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Israel suffers worst loss of soldiers in Gaza but says goals unchanged

Published by Reuters UK By Arafat Barbakh, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed in Israel’s worst day of losses in Gaza, the military said on Tuesday, as its forces encircled southern Gaza’s main city, trapping Palestinian residents trying to flee. Israel said the aims of its war against the […]

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Jerusalem Library Receives 45,000 Jewish Manuscripts from Yemen

The items were endowed to the museum last Thursday by the family of the late Yehuda Levi Nahum (1915-1998), a Yemenite Jew who immigrated to pre-state Israel in 1929 at the age of 14. Over six decades, Nahum assembled the world’s most extensive collection of Yemenite-Jewish manuscripts. [JNS]

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OpEd: Mindless Embrace of Houthi Terror

Extolling Iranian-armed and trained Houthi terrorists who were firing on American and other shipping, kidnapping crewmen from the ships, and firing missiles at southern Israel, and have now fired on American warships, the minions in the West wave signs proclaiming, “I stand with Yemen.” And “Hands off Yemen.” [Shoshana Bryen]

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From ‘Too Many Notes’ to ‘Too Many Lives’

After World War II, the Geneva Convention defined genocide as acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. In the context of Israel and Gaza, accusations have been made against Israel by some international entities. For example, South Africa has attempted to make a case in the International Court against Israel, accusing it of committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. However, it’s important to note that warfare, particularly urban warfare, inherently involves complexities and high risks of civilian casualties. [Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel]

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Netanyahu rejects Hamas conditions for hostage deal which include ‘outright surrender’

Published by Reuters By Emily Rose JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected conditions presented by Hamas to end the war and release hostages that would include Israel’s complete withdrawal and leaving Hamas in power in Gaza. As Israeli planes resumed bombing Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, senior Hamas official

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Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza passes 25,000, Gaza health officials say

Published by Reuters By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ibraheem Abu Mustafa DOHA/GAZA (Reuters) -The toll of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since war broke out between Israel and Hamas in October has passed 25,000, Gaza health officials said, while Israeli attacks and street battles raged across the Hamas-run enclave on Sunday. Israeli

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Missile attacks across Middle East raise Gaza escalation risks

Published by Reuters By Phil Stewart and Timour Azhari WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Missile attacks in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen on Saturday threw into sharp focus the increasing risk of the war in Gaza triggering a wider regional conflict pitting Iran and its allies against Israel and the United States. Iran said five of its Revolutionary

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Likud lawmakers to government: Keep Palestinian workers out

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], January 18 (ANI/TPS): Palestinian laborers from Judea and Samaria should not be allowed to return to work across the Green Line inside Israel’s pre-1967 territory, a dozen Likud lawmakers wrote in a letter to Cabinet members made public on Wednesday. “The time has come to say explicitly that

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Hostages in Gaza sent medicine as part of Qatar-brokered aid deal

Published by DPA International Medicines could soon be on their way to Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip under a Qatar-mediated deal that also provides for more aid to Palestinians in the territory. Two planes carrying food and medicine from Qatar and France landed in the Egyptian coastal town of al-Arish on

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Noah Schnapp Addresses Israel-Hamas Comments

Published by Radar Online Noah Schnapp says his “thoughts and beliefs” on the Israel-Hamas war “have been so far misconstrued” amid calls for him to be canceled, RadarOnline.comhas learned. Addressing the backlash, the Stranger Things star defended himself in a TikTok video on Monday evening. “I feel like my thoughts and beliefs have been so

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Palestinian attack on Christian Holy site raises concern

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], January 16 (ANI/TPS): A Palestinian mob caused extensive damage to a Christian holy site in Shechem (Nablus) known as Jacob’s Well on Sunday night, the Tazpit Press Service has learned. Christian sources told TPS that Palestinians from the Balata refugee camp in Shechem armed with guns, firebombs and

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Israel Defence Forces says it fear for lives of two hostages after Hamas released video

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], January 16 (ANI): Israel Defence Forces spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari has said that the military, several days ago, informed the families of two hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip that it fears for their lives, based on new intelligence, The Times of Israel reported. Over

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Trudy Rubin: Israel’s trial on genocide charges before a UN court should be a wake-up call for Jerusalem

Published by The Philadelphia Inquirer The charge of “genocide” leveled at Israel last week before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, should be a wake-up call for Jerusalem, but not for the reasons you might think. South Africa has accused Israel before the United Nations’ highest court of taking actions against Palestinian

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Israel at War: History Repeating Itself

Of course, we all know that not all Arabs, certainly not all Moslems, are dedicated to the destruction of Israel and Jews.  Signed agreements with several Arab countries contradict this.  The major entity behind all the current antagonism is Iran, which encourages, finances and fosters hatred of Israel wherever it can. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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