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US Admits: Hamas Toughened Positions, Adding Non-starters

Friday, 6 September 2024 | A senior US official said Hamas increased the number of Palestinian terrorists who committed murders, which the group now demands in exchange for the release of hostages. “Hamas has been putting some things on the table that have been complete nonstarters [regarding] the exchange, and they’re different than what was

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‘Hamas Can Smuggle Hostages Out of Gaza,’ Netanyahu Warns

Friday, 6 September 2024 | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said Hamas could smuggle hostages out of Gaza in tunnels under the Philadelphi Corridor. In an interview on Fox News, Netanyahu said. “To ask Israel to make concessions after this murder is to send a message to Hamas, ‘Murder more hostages. You’ll get more

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Hezbollah Hit Israel’s North 1,300 Times in August, Most in One Month Since October 7

Friday, 6 September 2024 | August was the most intense month in the conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group so far, with more than 1,300 attacks on the Jewish state recorded, authorities said on Thursday. According to the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), Hezbollah terrorists fired no fewer than 1,307 rockets, missiles

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The Hope

Thursday, 5 September 2024 | Sunday was the start of a new school year here in Israel. You know the drill. Back-to-school advertisements for weeks. Pictures of beaming little ones dwarfed by giant backpacks. First graders walking oh-so-bravely through the gates of the “big school” while trying to keep the tears at bay. Mommies dropping

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Hamas Rejects New Ceasefire Proposals, Blames Israel

Thursday, 5 September 2024 | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to insist on the Philadelphi Corridor and Hamas rejects an official announcement of “new proposals,” but the Americans are not giving up. The US is expected to present a mediation proposal, the second in less than a month, and are considering submitting the proposal this

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Cartoon Characters and Stuffed Toys: IDF Reveals Entrance of Tunnel Where Hostages Were Executed

Thursday, 5 September 2024 | The IDF [Israel Defense Forces] revealed on Wednesday the first footage from the terror tunnel in Gaza’s Rafah area where the bodies of the six hostages who were murdered in captivity last week were found and their bodies recovered and returned to Israel. The video from the area close to

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Exposed: UNRWA Teaches Children to Kill

Thursday, 5 September 2024 | Revelations by Israel’s government about the United Nations Relief and Works Agency [UNRWA}] have shattered the group’s carefully cultivated image as a humanitarian organization, revealing it to be no less than an arm of Hamas in Gaza. However, little light has been thrown on UNRWA’s identical role in Judea and

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Samaria Car Bomb Intended for Israeli School Bus

Wednesday, 4 September 2024 | A car bomb neutralized on Monday near the entrance to the Jewish community of Ateret in the Binyamin region of Samaria was intended to detonate while a school bus was passing by, security officials believe. According to the Kan News broadcaster, the bomb, which was planted inside a gas cylinder,

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Polls: Israelis put Philadelphi Corridor above Hostage Deal

Wednesday, 4 September 2024 | Two new polls reveal that a majority of Israelis support maintaining control of the Philadelphi Corridor, the 8.7-mile-long [13.6 km.] strip of land extending the length of the Egypt–Gaza border, even at the expense of a hostage deal with Hamas. Forty-nine percent of Jewish Israelis agreed with the statement, “Israel

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What’s Behind the UK’s Decision to Suspend Some Arms Shipments to Israel?

Wednesday, 4 September 2024 | The day after the UK announced the suspension of 30 arms export licenses to Israel, new details have emerged about the behind-the-scenes process leading to the decision. Ultimately, the British move, though disappointing, is seen as the lesser evil and could have been far more severe. The UK is a

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