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In The News

IDF strike on Lebanon terror squad thwarted cross-border attack

A terrorist squad eliminated by Israeli forces in Southern Lebanon on Tuesday night planned to cross the border and carry out an attack in the Mount Dov area, Channel 12 reported on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hezbollah fires 10-rocket barrage at northern Israel

Hezbollah launched 10 rockets at Shlomi in northern Israel on Thursday morning, triggering air-raid sirens in the Western Galilee for the second time within hours.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Three Israelis wounded in Jordan Valley terror shooting

Three Israelis were wounded on Thursday morning in a terrorist attack in the Jordan Valley.
A Palestinian gunman opened fire on a school bus and several cars traveling along Route 90, near Al-Auja, north of Jericho.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Joe Lieberman, longtime senator and first Jewish-American VP candidate, dies at 82

Former Sen. Joe Lieberman died on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 82 after complications from a fall, according to a statement from his family.

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Released hostage: ‘I was forced to commit sexual acts with a gun pointed at me’

Released Gaza hostage Amit Soussana gave her personal testimony of the sexual violence and physical abuse she endured in Hamas captivity in an eight-hour interview with The New York Times that was published on Tuesday. She is the first released hostage to give direct testimony of sexual atrocities committed by Hamas.

Read more: The Jerusalem...

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IDF kills 3 Palestinian terrorists in Jenin op

Three Palestinian terrorists were killed during an overnight raid of Jenin in northern Samaria, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF strikes Iran-linked operatives, assets in eastern Syria; more than 15 said killed

The Israeli Air Force carried out airstrikes in the predawn hours of Tuesday morning in eastern Syria, targeting Iranian assets and operatives involved in a recent plot to smuggle advanced arms to West Bank terrorists, The Times of Israel has learned.
Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israeli killed in Hezbollah rocket barrage on Kiryat Shmona

A 25-year-old Israeli man was killed in the Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona on Wednesday by a Hezbollah rocket barrage from Lebanon.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas will do anything to stop Gazans leaving Rafah

The presence of over a million Gazan civilians in the Rafah area serves as a kind of “armor” for Hamas’s remaining battalions in southern Gaza, which is why any Israel Defense Forces operation aimed at taking control of this last bastion of the terror group must begin with the evacuation of civilians.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Up to 30 said dead in Syria strikes, including 8 Iran Guards fighters, top commander

Some 30 people were killed, among them at least nine pro-Iranian fighters including a commander, in overnight strikes on a villa taken over by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Tuesday morning.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israeli officials decry UNSC ceasefire resolution, US abstention

Israeli government officials were near-unanimous on Monday in their condemnation of a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding a two-week halt to the war against Hamas, with Prime Minister Netanyahu slamming the U.S. decision to refrain from exercising its veto power.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hezbollah targets Israeli air base, winery in latest attacks

A Hezbollah anti-tank missile barrage scored a direct hit on a winery in Moshav Avivim in Israel’s Upper Galilee region on Tuesday, setting it on fire. There was heavy damage to the winery, but no injuries were reported. Two fire crews extinguished the blaze.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Al Jazeera deletes fabrication of IDF rapes in Gaza hospital

The Qatar-based Al Jazeera news channel has quietly removed a libelous story accusing Israeli soldiers of raping Palestinian women in Gaza, a day after it went viral on social media.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Photo said to show kids’ bedroom in Gaza where Liri Albag, other hostages were held

A British newspaper released an exclusive image on Monday showing what it said was a children’s bedroom in the Gaza Strip where hostage Liri Albag and other captives were held by the Hamas terror group in their first few days in captivity.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israel agrees to free 800 Palestinian security prisoners for 40 hostages

As part of truce talks taking place in Doha, Qatar, Israeli officials have agreed to release between 700 to 800 Palestinian security prisoners in exchange for 40 Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, according to various media reports.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas fires first rocket barrage at Ashdod in over 2 months

Hamas fired eight rockets at Ashdod from the Gaza Strip on Monday, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed, marking the first such attack on the southern coastal city since Jan. 14.

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‘Be quiet:’ Israel summons Turkish envoy after Erdogan threatens Netanyahu

Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Friday ordered the Foreign Ministry to summon Turkey’s envoy to Israel for a “serious reprimand” after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to “send to Allah.”

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Tens of thousands participate in global Shema prayer on behalf of Israeli hostages

Tens of thousands of Jews around the world joined in a collective recitation of the Shema prayer on Thursday that was broadcast from Jerusalem’s Western Wall to support the more than 130 hostages still held by Hamas.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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7 Israelis hurt in hours-long clashes with terrorist in West Bank; airstrike kills him

A Palestinian terrorist opened fire at an Israeli vehicle in the West Bank early Friday morning, leading to an hours-long exchange of fire that ultimately resulted in the gunman being killed in a helicopter strike, according to the military.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Blinken meets Netanyahu, Israel’s war cabinet in his 6th visit since October 7

The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday arrived in Israel for his sixth visit to the country since the war against Hamas broke out.
The U.S. top diplomat met with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu first and then convened with the country's war cabinet.
Read more: i24 News