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Israel Plans Strike on Iran, Prepares for Aftermath: ‘It Won’t End with Our Response’

Tuesday, 15 October 2024 | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed the US that Israel was willing to attack Iranian military targets and not oil or nuclear facilities, according to a report in the Washington Post, quoting two officials, to avoid regional war. Officials in Jerusalem emphasized that the Israeli strike in retaliation for Iran launching

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Hezbollah Launched 25 Attacks from Near UNIFIL Posts over Past Month

Tuesday, 15 October 2024 | Over the past month, the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah has fired 25 rockets and missiles at Israeli communities and forces from terrorist compounds embedded near UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) posts in Southern Lebanon, the Israel Defense Force [IDF] said on Sunday night. One of the attacks killed two

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Yad Vashem Tackles Rising Antisemitism in Austria with Holocaust Exhibit in Parliament

Tuesday, 15 October 2024 | Austria, the birth nation of Adolf Hitler, is again facing the threat of growing antisemitism—and Yad Vashem [Israel’s official memorial museum to the victims of the Holocaust] is addressing that threat directly with a Holocaust exhibit in the Austrian parliament building. “Torn from Life: The Fate of Austrian Jews After

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Four Soldiers Killed in Hezbollah Drone Attack

Monday, 14 October 2024 | The UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] launched on Sunday by the Hezbollah terrorist organization hit an army base adjacent to Binyamina, the Israel Defense Forces [IDF] announced early Monday morning, hours after the attack that injured at least 67. Four IDF soldiers were killed in the incident and an additional seven

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This is the New Air Defense System the US is Sending to Israel

Monday, 14 October 2024 | Israel announced on Saturday that the US had agreed to deploy a THAAD [Terminal High Altitude Area Defense] air defense system to help intercept ballistic missiles, with the US confirming on Sunday that the system would arrive soon. This comes amid a potential Israeli retaliation to Iran’s ballistic missile attack

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Media Softens Hezbollah Attack on Holiest Day on Jewish Calendar

Monday, 14 October 2024 | The Hezbollah terrorist organization fired some 320 projectiles at civilians in the Jewish state on the High Holiday of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), according to the Israel Defense Forces [IDF]. “This should tell you everything you need to know about our enemies,” the IDF said. Isaac Herzog, the Israeli

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IDF Troops Build First Sukkah in Gaza since 2005

Monday, 14 October 2024 | Israel Defense Forces [IDF] soldiers have erected a sukkah (booth) in the Netzarim Corridor dividing northern and southern Gaza ahead of Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, which starts on Wednesday, Hebrew media reported. It is the first time a sukkah has been built in Gaza since Israel disengaged from the enclave in 2005, forcibly

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Yom Kippur: When a Nation Repents

Friday, 11 October 2024 | Today no ordinary day for the people of Israel. The frantic hubbub on city streets as a country goes about its morning routine as they prepare for the day of rest on Shabbat will be more subdued, more focused. The reason is simple. Today, the nation prepares for the Sabbath of

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Hamas Prevents Civilians from Fleeing Danger in Northern Gaza

Friday, 11 October 2024 | The Hamas terror group has been preventing civilians from leaving areas under Israel Defense Forces [IDF] attack and sheltering in humanitarian zones. The military has been urging civilians to leave ahead of an operation targeting Hamas terrorists. Some 200,000 people managed to leave, according to the military but many civilians remain.

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Every House is a Terror Base, IDF Says of South Lebanon Village

Friday, 11 October 2024 | Israel Defense Forces [IDF] troops operating in South Lebanon found Hezbollah’s preparation for an invasion into Israel, the military spokesperson said on Thursday. Every house here was a base for terror, Daniel Hagari said in a video filmed inside a Shi’ite village near the Lebanon border with Israel. Hagari said Hezbollah’s

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