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IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in Beirut and across Lebanon in response to rocket fire

IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in Beirut and across Lebanon in response to rocket fire

Military says Hezbollah ‘destroying’ Lebanon, is responsible for any escalation * Israeli Air Force launches new wave of strikes on Iranian regime...

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Four of the 9 victims of Iranian missile strike on Beit Shemesh named by authorities

Four of the 9 victims of Iranian missile strike on Beit Shemesh named by authorities

Ronit Elimelech, an emergency service volunteer, was killed alongside her mother, Sara; Oren Katz, 16-year-old Gavriel Baruch also confirmed to be...

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Schools transition to distance learning amid ongoing missile fire from Iran

Schools transition to distance learning amid ongoing missile fire from Iran

Home Front Command restrictions likely to curtail celebrations of the Purim festival, set to begin Monday evening

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IDF says dozens of top Iranians killed within seconds of Khamenei as CIA role emerges

IDF says dozens of top Iranians killed within seconds of Khamenei as CIA role emerges

Report says US spy agency tracked supreme leader’s location and handed intel to IDF; deaths of military chief of staff, defense minister and top...

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threaten ‘severe punishment’ for killing of Khamenei

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threaten ‘severe punishment’ for killing of Khamenei

Iranian state TV announces 40 days of mourning for supreme leader after confirming he was killed at his Tehran compound * IDF says it’s continuing...

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Schools, most businesses to stay shuttered Sunday amid Israel-US assault on Iran

Schools, most businesses to stay shuttered Sunday amid Israel-US assault on Iran

Health system suspends all non-essential services, while courts cancel all but urgent proceedings; banks, supermarkets remain open as economy minister...

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Rubio tells US envoys to avoid inflammatory comments after Huckabee fracas — report

Rubio tells US envoys to avoid inflammatory comments after Huckabee fracas — report

US ambassador sparked anger among US allies by suggesting Israel has biblical right to much of the region; memo doesn’t single him out

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Some Iranians celebrate Israeli-US strikes as Khamenei said targeted, his palace destroyed

Some Iranians celebrate Israeli-US strikes as Khamenei said targeted, his palace destroyed

Satellite images show supreme leader’s Tehran compound reduced to smoldering rubble, unclear if he was hit; state media says at least 40 killed in...

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Full text of Netanyahu’s message as Israel, US strike Iran: We will remove ‘existential threat’

Full text of Netanyahu’s message as Israel, US strike Iran: We will remove ‘existential threat’

If we do not stop nuclear and missile programs now, ‘they will become immune,’ PM says. Tells Iranians, ‘You are not our enemies… Cast off the...

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PM: Strikes meant to end ‘existential threat’; time for Iranians to cast off yoke of tyranny

PM: Strikes meant to end ‘existential threat’; time for Iranians to cast off yoke of tyranny

Netanyahu says campaign aims to ‘create conditions’ for Iranians to change their destiny; Lapid, opposition figures offer praise, support for action

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Rubio demands US envoys avoid inflammatory remarks after Huckabee sparks regional fury

Rubio demands US envoys avoid inflammatory remarks after Huckabee sparks regional fury

Secretary of state sends memo to envoys amid concern Huckabee’s claim that Israel has biblical right to much of Mideast could harm Iran talks * GOP...

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Over 3,000 people run largest-ever Tel Aviv Marathon; new women’s record set

Over 3,000 people run largest-ever Tel Aviv Marathon; new women’s record set

Half-marathon also sees record participation with over 12,000 runners; mayor Ron Huldai expresses hope that race will come to symbolize a return to...

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Ex-hostage Matan Angrest reveals Hamas terrorists electrocuted him in captivity

Ex-hostage Matan Angrest reveals Hamas terrorists electrocuted him in captivity

Soldier abducted from his tank on Oct. 7 says he was made to sleep with his right leg in the air, bound to a gas canister; recalls withholding army...

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Ex-hostage Matan Angrest reveals he was tortured after being abducted to Gaza on Oct. 7

Ex-hostage Matan Angrest reveals he was tortured after being abducted to Gaza on Oct. 7

Freed captive says terrorists electrocuted him after tying cables to wound he suffered when his tank was hit by RPG * Three said killed in IDF strike...

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‘May your village burn’: Jewish extremists protest at Arab journalist’s home for 5th time this week

‘May your village burn’: Jewish extremists protest at Arab journalist’s home for 5th time this week

Police open investigation into alleged far-right campaign against Lucy Aharish, as dozens hold counterprotest in support of her outside TV studio...

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Australian tribunal rules ‘All Zionists are terrorists’ chant is unlawful

Australian tribunal rules ‘All Zionists are terrorists’ chant is unlawful

Melbourne Jewish community representative successfully argues the protest slogan crosses from political speech into illegal racial and religious...

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Shin Bet employee indicted for smuggling goods into Gaza, reportedly earning millions

Shin Bet employee indicted for smuggling goods into Gaza, reportedly earning millions

Several others, including a Palestinian, also charged in case, which is under a gag order, according to joint statement from police and Shin Bet

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As talks resume, Rubio, Vance accuse Iran of trying to restart its nuclear program

As talks resume, Rubio, Vance accuse Iran of trying to restart its nuclear program

Iran’s president: Khamenei has banned weapons of mass destruction, so country not seeking nukes; Trump aides said to prefer Israel attack Iran...

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At least 29, mostly IDF soldiers, injured in 2 separate bus accidents in Negev

At least 29, mostly IDF soldiers, injured in 2 separate bus accidents in Negev

Collision at Nevatim Junction and bus rollover near Mitzpe Ramon around the same time cause highway closures across the south

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Israeli woman arrested in Turkey for serving in IDF, released after US intervention

Israeli woman arrested in Turkey for serving in IDF, released after US intervention

Ex-soldier, who was visiting her parents in Istanbul, was held under house arrest after local anti-Israel campaigners urged her detention; US pressure...

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Far-right activists threaten Arab news anchor at latest rally outside her home

Far-right activists threaten Arab news anchor at latest rally outside her home

Agitators show up at Lucy Aharish’s residence to harass her for fourth time in past week, vow to continue doing so: ‘It won’t stop here’; one...

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Vance: US has seen evidence Iran is trying to rebuild its nuclear weapons program

Vance: US has seen evidence Iran is trying to rebuild its nuclear weapons program

American VP: Trump wants to address Tehran’s nuclear program ‘diplomatically, but of course the president has other options as well’ * Red...

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AG lets police summon Netanyahu to testify on claims against chief of staff – reports

AG lets police summon Netanyahu to testify on claims against chief of staff – reports

Prime Minister not expected to be questioned as a suspect, but senior law enforcement source tells Channel 12 ‘there was no escape’ from him...

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Australia tells families of diplomats in Israel, Lebanon to leave amid Iran tensions

Australia tells families of diplomats in Israel, Lebanon to leave amid Iran tensions

Canberra advises citizens in the two countries to consider leaving while commercial flights still available, a day after US pulls nonessential staff...

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Iran-linked hacker group claims to breach data of Israel’s largest healthcare network

Iran-linked hacker group claims to breach data of Israel’s largest healthcare network

Handala group, which has previously claimed to break into politicians’ phones, posts medical records reportedly from the Clalit network, which says...

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Prince Harry and Meghan to meet refugees from Gaza on two-day trip to Jordan

Prince Harry and Meghan to meet refugees from Gaza on two-day trip to Jordan

Visit comes at invitation of WHO director general after the pair donated $500,000 last year to causes benefiting Palestinian refugees, humanitarian...

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US Justice Department withheld allegations against Trump from Epstein files, NPR finds

US Justice Department withheld allegations against Trump from Epstein files, NPR finds

Investigation finds that FBI interviews with a woman who alleged Trump sexually and physically assaulted her as a minor were missing from Epstein...

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Two dead, at least 9 hurt in Netanya apartment building fire

Two dead, at least 9 hurt in Netanya apartment building fire

Blaze that killed two octogenarians was likely caused by candles left burning unattended, investigators say

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In first, US embassy to provide consular services at pop-ups in West Bank settlements

In first, US embassy to provide consular services at pop-ups in West Bank settlements

Security forces investigating arson in West Bank village of Susya after reported settler attack * Trump administration sues University of California...

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Clashes reported as Iranian student protests persist for fourth consecutive day

Clashes reported as Iranian student protests persist for fourth consecutive day

Regime-aligned Basij militia members said to use violence in effort to contain protesters in some locations; chants call for ‘dictator’...

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UK premier visits Poland with family to find wife’s ancestral Jewish home

UK premier visits Poland with family to find wife’s ancestral Jewish home

Victoria Starmer’s grandparents fled rising antisemitism before WWI; decades later, the family members who stayed were killed by the Nazis

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Trump said frustrated with limits of military leverage against Iran

Trump said frustrated with limits of military leverage against Iran

US president reportedly to base strike decision on Witkoff, Kushner’s assessments of Tehran’s intentions after Thursday talks; Iran says...

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Nearly 20 nations slam Israel’s West Bank moves as step toward ‘de facto annexation’

Nearly 20 nations slam Israel’s West Bank moves as step toward ‘de facto annexation’

Statement condemns decision to facilitate Jewish settlement as a ‘direct attack on the viability of the Palestinian state and the implementation of...

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Footage from 2022 shows Hamas commanders overseeing dry run of October 7 attack

Footage from 2022 shows Hamas commanders overseeing dry run of October 7 attack

Video aired by Channel 13 shows terror group’s military brass in ‘war room,’ planning assault by land and sea to secure release of security...

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US Coast Guard removes swastika from training center, launches inquiry

US Coast Guard removes swastika from training center, launches inquiry

Ahead of war’s 4th anniversary, Zelensky asks Trump to be on Ukraine’s side * Trump administration steps up efforts to scrutinize foreign funding...

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Denying reports, Trump says top general isn’t against Iran war, thinks it would be ‘easily won’

Denying reports, Trump says top general isn’t against Iran war, thinks it would be ‘easily won’

Statement from US president follows report that Dan Caine said striking Iran ‘could incur significant costs to US forces and munitions...

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Board of Peace said looking into ‘stablecoin’ to boost economy of postwar Gaza

Board of Peace said looking into ‘stablecoin’ to boost economy of postwar Gaza

Israeli tech entrepreneur spearheading project to set up a US dollar-pegged cryptocurrency for use in the enclave, where shekels have become scarce,...

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Nine-month-old girl from Beit Shemesh dies after choking on small object

Nine-month-old girl from Beit Shemesh dies after choking on small object

Baby without vital signs when medics arrive at the scene; doctors at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek hospital pronounce her dead

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Jabotinsky letter revealing plea for funds to save European Jews heads to auction

Jabotinsky letter revealing plea for funds to save European Jews heads to auction

Revisionist Zionism founder’s missive to finance director warned movement’s ‘success or failure’ hinged on new funding system

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Coalition forges ahead with bid to bar court from nixing ministerial appointments

Coalition forges ahead with bid to bar court from nixing ministerial appointments

Shelved 2023 bill to allow a minister to serve despite criminal convictions is revived in apparent effort to protect Ben Gvir, who faces petitions for...

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Congregants from prison chief’s synagogue taken on tour to see Hamas prisoners – report

Congregants from prison chief’s synagogue taken on tour to see Hamas prisoners – report

Nitzan jail visit said to include lunch, Q&A with staff and sermon for some 20 members of Kobi Yaakobi’s Jerusalem congregation, including rabbi;...

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Woman, 82, jailed for a year for leaving scene of hit-and-run that killed 4-year-old boy

Woman, 82, jailed for a year for leaving scene of hit-and-run that killed 4-year-old boy

Carol Fessler, who was not blamed for accident, punished for fleeing after 2023 collision that caused death of Rafael Adana; family lament light...

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Arab Israeli news anchor who was harassed by far-right mob: These are Netanyahu’s goons

Arab Israeli news anchor who was harassed by far-right mob: These are Netanyahu’s goons

Lucy Aharish charges PM is ‘guilty’ over provocateurs’ repeated targeting of government critics, says there is ‘no forgiveness for what my...

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Report: Democrats’ internal review finds Harris lost votes in 2024 over Gaza stance

Report: Democrats’ internal review finds Harris lost votes in 2024 over Gaza stance

Unreleased audit said to show US presidential candidate’s position alongside Biden led to ‘net negative’ in White House run; DNC shared results...

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Israeli Olympic champion Dolgopyat wins gold at Gymnastics World Cup in Germany

Israeli Olympic champion Dolgopyat wins gold at Gymnastics World Cup in Germany

Tokyo medalist scores 14.500, says that ‘hearing the anthem is the most exciting thing there is’

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Democrats’ internal review said to find Kamala Harris’s stance on Gaza cost her votes in 2024

Democrats’ internal review said to find Kamala Harris’s stance on Gaza cost her votes in 2024

DNC reportedly showed findings to pro-Palestinian group despite saying it would not make probe public * Israelis in Mexico urged to exercise caution...

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Coalition to renew work on bill barring court intervention in ministerial appointments

Coalition to renew work on bill barring court intervention in ministerial appointments

Legislative process began in 2023 as attempt to allow Deri to serve as minister despite criminal convictions, but may now benefit Ben Gvir, who faces...

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Khamenei, planning for possible assassination, appoints Larijani to key role – report

Khamenei, planning for possible assassination, appoints Larijani to key role – report

NYT details succession plans, says Iran views US strikes as ‘inevitable and imminent’; official says US willing to hold another round of talks...

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UK government botched response to police ban on Maccabi fans, lawmakers’ report says

UK government botched response to police ban on Maccabi fans, lawmakers’ report says

MPs blast police for bogus research, failure to liaise with local Jewish community ahead of Aston Villa game last year, say government’s...

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Right-wing activist detained for protest at home of Arab Israeli anchor Lucy Aharish

Right-wing activist detained for protest at home of Arab Israeli anchor Lucy Aharish

Video shows provocateur Mordechai David arguing with newswoman’s partner, actor Tsahi Halevi; is released along with second protester; network says...

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