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Amid rising Jew-hatred, thousands march at Auschwitz on Holocaust memorial day

JNS — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:34:45 +0000

Against the twin backdrops of Israel at war and rising Jew-hatred around the world, some 7,000 people from around the world marked Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, by marching the two miles between the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps in Poland. Known as the International March of the Living, the annual event is designed to […]

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Jerusalem to hold direct talks with Lebanon aimed at disarming Hezbollah

JNS — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:44:00 +0000

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday announced that Jerusalem intends to hold direct negotiations with Lebanese interlocutors with a view to disarming Iran’s terror proxy Hezbollah. “In light of Lebanon’s repeated requests to open direct negotiations with Israel, I instructed at the [Cabinet] meeting yesterday to open direct negotiations with Lebanon as soon as […]

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IDF soldier KIA in Southern Lebanon, bringing total war toll to 937

JNS — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:40:27 +0000

Israel Defense Forces Staff-Sgt. Touvel Yosef Lifshiz, 20, from the northern city of Beit She’an, was killed fighting Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon, the military announced on Wednesday night. Lifshiz served in the 13th Battalion of the IDF’s Golani Brigade, the statement said. Five other soldiers sustained injuries of varying degrees and were […]

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Four Israeli soldiers killed in Southern Lebanon

JNS — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:02:27 +0000

Four Israel Defence Forces soldiers have been killed battling Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon, the military said on Tuesday morning. The slain troops were named by the IDF as Capt. Noam Madmoni, 22, from Sderot; Staff-Sgt. Ben Cohen, 21, from Lehavim; Staff-Sgt. Maxsim Entis, 21, from Bat Yam; and Staff-Sgt. Gilad Harel, 21, from […]

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22 countries say ready to help secure Strait of Hormuz

JNS — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 06:54:32 +0000

Nearly two dozen nations, most of them European but including Australia and New Zealand, said in a joint statement on Saturday that they are ready “to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage” through the Strait of Hormuz. “We condemn in the strongest terms recent attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels in the […]

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Paramedics treat nearly 100 people after Iranian missile hits Arad in southern Israel

JNS — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 06:27:41 +0000

United Hatzalah said that its paramedics treated 95 patients, including 10 in serious condition and some who were hospitalised, after a “mass casualty incident” following a missile attack in Arad, in southern Israel, some 25 miles east of Be’er Sheva. The Israeli Foreign Ministry called the attack on Arad and one earlier in the day […]

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Mojtaba Khamenei vows to avenge father’s killing

JNS — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:51:07 +0000

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Thursday published his first written statement since assuming office on March 8, vowing to avenge “the blood of the martyrs,” including his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tehran’s revenge “is not limited to the martyrdom of the great leader of the [Islamic] Revolution alone,” the newly minted supreme leader wrote […]

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Wiz joins Google

JNS — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:51:17 +0000

Google completed its US$32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity firm Wiz on Wednesday, representing the largest exit in Israel’s tech history and the biggest acquisition yet by Google. The New York-based company, founded in 2020 by Israeli entrepreneurs Assaf Rappaport, Ami Luttwak, Yinon Costica and Roy Reznik, will join Google Cloud while maintaining its brand and […]

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Israel sets up new rocket-protected hospital for vulnerable patients

JNS — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:35:33 +0000

Clalit Health Services has opened a new rocket-protected hospital designed to safeguard some of the nation’s most vulnerable patients as Iran continues to fire ballistic missiles at the Jewish state, the healthcare provider said on Sunday. Located in Rishon Letzion, the hospital on March 8 began receiving 216 patients transferred from rehabilitation and geriatric facilities […]

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IDF names second soldier KIA in Southern Lebanon

JNS — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:11:17 +0000

The Israel Defence Forces on Monday afternoon released the name of a second soldier slain while fighting the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group in Lebanon the previous day. Staff Sgt. Or Demry, 20, from Moshav Liman in the Western Galilee, was a combat engineering heavy equipment operator in the 91st “Galilee” Division, the IDF said. Demry […]

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