IDF penetrates heart of south Gaza in ‘most intense day’ of ground op
December 6, 2023 by Joshua Marks
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The Israel Defense Forces over the past 24 hours penetrated the heart of the southern Gaza Strip as soldiers fought to take control of key neighbourhoods in Khan Yunis, the second largest city in the enclave. Read more
Israel arrests Shifa Hospital director fleeing to south Gaza
November 24, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Israeli forces arrested the director of Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, on Thursday while he was attempting to evacuate southward along the humanitarian corridor. The arrest was confirmed by the Israel Defence Forces and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet). Read more
Israel: No ‘friction’ between soldiers and patients in Gaza hospital
November 15, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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The Israel Defence Forces said on Wednesday morning that there is no “friction” between soldiers inside Gaza’s Shifa Hospital and its patients or staff. Read more
IDF calling for Hamas surrender in Shifa Hospital
November 15, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Based on intelligence information, IDF forces are carrying out a precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area in the Shifa Hospital. Read more
Incubators for Shifa courtesy IDF
November 14, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Following the Israel Defence Forces’ offer of humanitarian assistance to the director general of the Shifa Hospital, the IDF initiated a humanitarian effort to coordinate transfer of incubators from a hospital in Israel to the Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Read more
Israeli Health Ministry cuts red tape to save sperm from fallen soldiers
Israel’s Health Ministry has smoothed bureaucratic channels and offered special services to help recover sperm from IDF soldiers killed in the war against Hamas. Read more
Baby escapes injury as Palestinians fire on Israeli car
November 10, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Two Israelis were wounded in a shooting attack overnight Wednesday while they were driving near Itamar, southeast of Shechem (Nablus) in central Samaria. A five-month-old girl who was in the car was uninjured. Read more
Hamas HQ underneath Gaza’s largest hospital – fuel stored under hospitals
The Israel Defence Forces provided proof on Friday that the Hamas terrorist organization uses Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City as a command and control centre. Read more
‘Too many red lines were crossed: Israeli hospital bans BBC News crew from premises
Citing BBC News’s “biased coverage” of the Gaza war, staff at the Galilee Medical Centre in Nahariya banned a film crew from entering the hospital on Saturday, according to a spokesperson. Read more
Conflict escalates on Lebanese front
October 10, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Israel’s third day of fighting terror escalated on Monday as a group of Lebanese infiltrators were killed in northern Israel, prompting air strikes on positions in Southern Lebanon. Read more
Israeli soldier with Down’s Syndrome to swap army uniform for chef’s hat
September 19, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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In a heartwarming tale of determination, resilience, and unbreakable human spirit, Ortal Butvia, a 22-year-old with Down’s syndrome, embarked on a journey that many thought impossible. Read more
IDF soldier killed by ‘friendly fire’ during Jenin operation
Chief Sgt. David Yehuda Yitzchak was mistakenly shot in July during firefight with terrorists. Read more
Israel ‘one of the world’s top cyber powers’
August 18, 2023 by Yaakov Lappin
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Israel’s position as a cyber superpower places it in an exclusive club of world powers, despite having a population a little larger than New York City, according to former Israeli defence official Chuck Freilich. Read more
Abbas firing PA Governors like ‘reshuffling deck chairs on Titanic
August 13, 2023 by Bradley Martin
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Mahmoud Abbas, the 87-year-old ailing Palestinian Authority president, is showing his desperation and corruption by trying to fire more than 80% of the authority’s regional governors, according to Washington analysts who follow the region closely. Read more
Israel’s hasbara failure on full display, again
August 10, 2023 by Ariel Kahana
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The killing of Muhammad al-Durrah has gone down as one of Israel’s most colossal PR failures ever. Read more
Not when it’s against the Jews
July 26, 2023 by David Cumin
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I believe in judging people for their actions, which is why I am so appalled that the New Zealand government would fund an organisation that teaches children to glorify terror and employs staff who incite violence and praise Hitler on social media. Read more
Soldiers with disabilities earn special berets
July 21, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Eleven young men and women with various disabilities recently joined an unforgettable Israel Defence Forces “Beret March,” marking their induction as full-fledged soldiers. Read more
Israeli soldier killed in terrorist attack near Kedumim
A Palestinian terrorist, who sought to infiltrate the town of Kedumim, killed an Israeli soldier on Thursday. Read more
Israeli commando killed in Jenin is laid to rest in Jerusalem
July 6, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
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IDF commando Chief Sgt. David Yehuda Yitzchak was laid to rest at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on Wednesday, hours after being shot as Israeli troops withdrew from Jenin. Read more
Israeli soldier killed as Jenin operation winds down
An Israeli soldier was killed in Jenin on Tuesday evening as military forces began withdrawing from the Palestinian city following an intensive two-day counterterrorism operation. Read more
Israeli troops withdraw from West Bank’s Jenin
Israeli forces have withdrawn from the Palestinian city of Jenin, witnesses say, after carrying out one of their biggest military operations in the West Bank. Read more
Israel’s counter-terror operation continues in Jenin
July 4, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Fighting continued in the Jenin refugee camp as an Israeli counter-terror incursion entered its second day. Read more
IDF seeks to shatter Jenin’s role as terror safe haven
July 4, 2023 by Yaakov Lappin
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The extensive Israel Defence Forces operation focused on Jenin is designed to reverse the trend in which this Palestinian city and parts of Samaria became a safe haven for, and hornet’s nest of, terrorism. Read more
Three Israeli soldiers, Egypt officer die in gunbattle
June 4, 2023 by AAP J-Wire
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Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian security officer have been killed near the countries’ border, Israel and Egypt say, in an incident whose details remain unclear. Read more
Senior Israeli military officer reprimanded for unauthorized meeting with Itamar Ben-Gvir
April 13, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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A senior Israeli military commander was reprimanded by the Israeli Forces for an unauthorised meeting with Minister of Public Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, an IDF spokesperson confirmed on Thursday morning. Read more
Judge the Jewish rioters, but don’t rationalize Arab murderers
March 1, 2023 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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In terms of the amount of coverage it has received in the media, the most important event in the Middle East in the last week was a riot carried out by Jews that took place in the town of Huwara following a terrorist attack committed by Palestinian Arabs that took the lives of two young Jewish men. Read more
Israeli brothers killed in Samaria terror shooting
Two Israelis were killed in a terrorist attack near the village of Huwara, south of Nablus, in Samaria on Sunday. Read more
Pilgrimage to Joseph’s Tomb an increasingly perilous journey
December 27, 2022 by Josh Hasten - JNS
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Since the current wave of Arab terrorism began in March, worshippers and the IDF soldiers guarding them have come under gunfire during the monthly organised pilgrimages to the Jewish holy site of Joseph’s Tomb in the city of Shechem, aka Nablus, in Samaria. Read more
Is Israel returning to the policy of ‘Targeted Eliminations’?
October 24, 2022 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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Tamer Kilani, a 33-year-old leader of the Nablus-based terror cell Lion’s Den, was killed in an explosion in the early morning hours on Sunday. Read more
PM Lapid confirms PA security involved in death of Major Falah
September 15, 2022 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
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Prime Minister Yair Lapid and the IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi have spoken on the IDF officer who was killed on Tuesday by terrorists affiliated with the Fatah group. Read more