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IDF Chief Approves Battle Plans Amid Ongoing Back-and-forth Strikes with Hezbollah

Friday, 20 September 2024 | The chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) yesterday approved battle plans for Israel’s northern front with Hezbollah, the military announced, amid ongoing back-and-forth strikes between the Israeli military and the Lebanon-based terrorist group. Early yesterday, two IDF soldiers were killed in a heavy barrage of Hezbollah missile

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Israel Accused of Violating International Law for ‘Incredibly Precise’ Pager Attack on Hezbollah

Friday, 20 September 2024 | The Jewish state has not claimed responsibility for an incident, in which some 2,700 pagers belonging to Hezbollah terrorists exploded in Lebanon and Syria earlier this week. But critics of Israel accused it of violating international law and of being responsible for the attack. “Israel’s pager attack in Lebanon detonated

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Nasrallah Acknowledges ‘Unprecedented’ Defeat in Alleged Israeli Attacks

Friday, 20 September 2024 | Hezbollah suffered an unparalleled defeat, the Lebanese terrorist group’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged on Thursday, saying that the alleged Israeli attacks using its communication devices amounted to a declaration of war. “There is no doubt that we have been subjected to a major security and humanitarian blow, unprecedented in the

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More Hezbollah Devices Explode Across Lebanon

Thursday, 19 September 2024 | More communications devices used by Hezbollah terrorists exploded on Wednesday afternoon across the group’s main stronghold in Beirut and in southern Lebanon, Reuters reported, citing a security source. According to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, at least 20 Hezbollah operatives were killed in the latest series of device explosions. In addition, some

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UN General Assembly Passes Resolution Calling for Jerusalem Old City to be Jew-free

Thursday, 19 September 2024 | Jerusalem’s Old City, in addition to Judea and Samaria, must be Judenrein [Nazi term for an area “clean of Jews”] within a year, according to a Palestinian-drafted resolution, which the UN General Assembly [UNGA] passed on Wednesday. The resolution, which passed by a 124–14 margin with 43 abstentions, is meant

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Why is Hamas so Confident that it’s Winning?

Thursday, 19 September 2024 | After nearly a year of suffering and grievous losses, most Israelis and Palestinian Arabs will likely observe the anniversary of the war started by Hamas on October 7 with sorrow. But not everyone. An interview the New York Times conducted with Khaled Mashaal, the head of Hamas’s “political wing,” in

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Five Israeli Hospitals Rank Among World’s Best Smart Hospitals

Thursday, 19 September 2024 | Five Israeli hospitals made it onto the list of 350 top hospitals worldwide for implementing new medical technologies, as ranked by Newsweek in collaboration with Statista in their fourth annual report released on Tuesday. Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv was ranked 10th on the list. Other Israeli hospitals on

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The Thousands of Tiny Blasts to Prevent an All-out War

Wednesday, 18 September 2024 | It is a feat that will no doubt go down in military history for its sheer innovation and brilliance. Nearly 4,000 enemy combatants hit in little more than an hour, with almost no civilian casualties and minimal structural damage—executed with an arsenal of outdated communication devices that sparked thousands of

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IDF Chief Reviews Readiness in ‘All Arenas’ Following Lebanon Blasts

Wednesday, 18 September 2024 | Israel Defense Forces [IDF] Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi convened a situational assessment focusing on readiness in “offense and defense in all arenas” on Tuesday night, the IDF said, after Hezbollah blamed the Jewish state for blasts in Lebanon that killed several terrorists and wounded thousands more. Halevi

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Blinken in Egypt to press Israel–Hamas Ceasefire

Wednesday, 18 September 2024 | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday morning, his tenth trip to the Middle East since Hamas’s October 7 massacre. “The secretary will meet with Egyptian officials to discuss ongoing efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza that secures the release of all hostages, alleviates

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