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Shin Bet agent from Gaza admits to lying and misleading Israel before Hamas attack.
 
Shin Bet agent from Gaza admits to lying and misleading Israel before Hamas attack.
 
During his interrogation, a Shin Bet agent from Gaza admits to acting as a double agent and providing false information about Hamas’s intentions, contributing to the failure to prepare for the massacre.
 
During his interrogation, a Shin Bet agent from Gaza admits to acting as a double agent and providing false information about Hamas’s intentions, contributing to the failure to prepare for the massacre.
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Israel National News
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Israel National News.
 
Published: May 14, 2025, 3:02 AM (GMT+3)
 
Published: May 14, 2025, 3:02 AM (GMT+3)
 
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408318 INN]
 
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408318 INN]
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Trump touches down in Qatar amid controversy over luxury jet gift and hopes for Gaza ceasefire.
 
Trump touches down in Qatar amid controversy over luxury jet gift and hopes for Gaza ceasefire.
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07:33 EDT 14 May 2025, updated 07:33 EDT 14 May 2025
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07:33 EDT 14 May 2025, updated 07:33 EDT 14 May 2025.
 
By Emily Goodin, Senior White House Correspondent And Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent.
 
By Emily Goodin, Senior White House Correspondent And Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent.
 
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Hamas abuse of civilian facilities in Gaza City revealed.
 
Hamas abuse of civilian facilities in Gaza City revealed.
 
The IDF revealed new intelligence indications demonstrating the continued terrorist activity of the Hamas organization from within and near civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, including hospitals, educational institutions, and other civilian facilities.
 
The IDF revealed new intelligence indications demonstrating the continued terrorist activity of the Hamas organization from within and near civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, including hospitals, educational institutions, and other civilian facilities.
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Israel National News
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Israel National News.
 
Published: May 14, 2025, 7:54 PM (GMT+3)
 
Published: May 14, 2025, 7:54 PM (GMT+3)
 
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408371 INN]
 
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408371 INN]
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'Drank murky water,' held with Hamas leaders: New details about Edan Alexander's captivity revealed
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'Drank murky water,' held with Hamas leaders: New details about Edan Alexander's captivity revealed.
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Released hostage's aunt offers new details in wake of Edan's return to Israel after 19 months in Hamas captivity, including more about the inhumane conditions, torture and emotional family reunions; 'From the moment Trump started talking about him, they gave him more food so he could gain weight'
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Released hostage's aunt offers new details in wake of Edan's return to Israel after 19 months in Hamas captivity, including more about the inhumane conditions, torture and emotional family reunions; 'From the moment Trump started talking about him, they gave him more food so he could gain weight'.
 
Lihi Gordon|05.14.25. [https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1qv38gzll Ynet]
 
Lihi Gordon|05.14.25. [https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1qv38gzll Ynet]
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Hamas abuse of civilian facilities in Gaza City revealed.
 
Hamas abuse of civilian facilities in Gaza City revealed.
 
The IDF revealed new intelligence indications demonstrating the continued terrorist activity of the Hamas organization from within and near civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, including hospitals, educational institutions, and other civilian facilities.
 
The IDF revealed new intelligence indications demonstrating the continued terrorist activity of the Hamas organization from within and near civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, including hospitals, educational institutions, and other civilian facilities.
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Israel National News
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Israel National News.
 
Published: May 14, 2025, 7:54 PM (GMT+3)
 
Published: May 14, 2025, 7:54 PM (GMT+3)
 
[https://2.a7.org/files/pictures/781x439/1189146.jpg].
 
[https://2.a7.org/files/pictures/781x439/1189146.jpg].
 
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IDF reveals intel on Hamas terror activity within civilian sites
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IDF reveals intel on Hamas terror activity within civilian sites.
 
The intelligence underscores the terrorist group's “cynical exploitation” of civilian environments to carry out attacks, according to the military.
 
The intelligence underscores the terrorist group's “cynical exploitation” of civilian environments to carry out attacks, according to the military.
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JNS Staff
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JNS Staff.
    
(May 15, 2025 / JNS)
 
(May 15, 2025 / JNS)
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'We won't bow!'
 
'We won't bow!'
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Iran rejects Trump's call to end proxy wars for nuke deal
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Iran rejects Trump's call to end proxy wars for nuke deal.
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Elad Benari
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Elad Benari.
 
May 15, 2025, 2:07 AM
 
May 15, 2025, 2:07 AM
 
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408382 INN]
 
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408382 INN]
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Doha pessimistic.
 
Doha pessimistic.
 
Qatari PM blasts Israel's 'bad signal' on Gaza.
 
Qatari PM blasts Israel's 'bad signal' on Gaza.
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Israel National News
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Israel National News.
 
May 15, 2025, 5:38 AM
 
May 15, 2025, 5:38 AM
 
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408388 INN]
 
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408388 INN]
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China Breaks Silence on Hamas Massacre, Opens Door to Strategic Partnership with Israel.
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Discourse Power | May 14, 2025
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Tuvia Gering.
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May 14, 2025.
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Greetings from Jerusalem,
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On May 10, 2025, in a rare display of dugri דוגרי - Israeli straight talk, or 直截了当 in Chinese - PRC Ambassador to Israel Dr. Xiao Junzheng made his first TV appearance since arriving in Israel six months ago.
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The 45-minute prerecorded interview with Maayan Hoffman for ILTV touched on everything from Hamas to Iran, tariffs to Taiwan, and managed to avoid the usual diplomatic fog.
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Top headlines:
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The ambassador finally issued China’s unambiguous, on-the-record condemnation of the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre. 581 days later. The ambassador even wore the yellow ribbon for the 58 hostages still held in Gaza - also a first, as far as I remember.
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Amb. Xiao said China is open to upgrading the Innovative Comprehensive Partnership with Israel to the strategic level.
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“China firmly opposes Iran acquiring nuclear weapons,” Xiao says, while arguing regional integration is a better option and “will ultimately benefit Israel”. He dismisses notions about the China–Russia–Iran axis as “absurd”.
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Backs Xi’s Global Security Initiative (GSI) as a path to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Denies Chinese military exports to Iran, while evading questions on hard evidence of dual-use components aiding IRGC and Iran-backed terror groups.
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Subtle warning amid US pressure on Israel: “Anyone who bets on China losing will lose the enormous market opportunities China offers.”
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[https://discoursepower.substack.com/p/china-breaks-silence-on-hamas-massacre Discoursepower].
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Israel ישראל @Israel:
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Hamas spokesperson released a statement praising the murder of Tzeela Gez, a pregnant mother of three.
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The baby is still fighting for life.
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For Palestinian jihadists, shooting a mother on her way to deliver her baby is “heroic”.
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Sickening.
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May 15, 2025
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[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gq-Dm7DXUAALIjq?format=jpg&name=900x900]
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[https://x.com/Israel/status/1922900289125818397 On X]
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Watchdog: Gazan reporters ‘intimidated, threatened, assaulted by Hamas’.
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Committee to Protect Journalists says phenomenon ‘vastly underreported’ due to reporters’ fears of coming forward; journalists self-censoring rather than reporting on dissent
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By Michael Horovitz.
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May 16, 2025.
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Gazan journalists face beatings and threats by Hamas while covering anti-Hamas protests and dissent in the Strip, forcing them to self-censor to ensure their safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported Thursday.
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In a report headlined, “Gaza journalists speak out about Hamas intimidation, threats, assaults,” the media watchdog lamented that the phenomenon has been “vastly underreported.” It noted that the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, the Palestinian journalists’ union, does not publicize the testimonies it compiles of Hamas attacks on reporters because of fear of reprisals.
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Gazan Tawfiq Abu Jarad told CPJ, a New York-based NGO, that he complied with a Hamas security agent’s warning not to cover a women’s anti-war protest on April 27 in Beit Lahiya, adding that the agent told him he would be “responsible” if his wife took part in the rally.
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[https://www.timesofisrael.com/watchdog-gazan-reporters-face-beatings-threats-when-covering-anti-hamas-rallies/ TOI]
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Trump ends Mideast tour with synagogue visit in Abu Dhabi.
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The president departed for the United States after securing economic deals in the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
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Joshua Marks.
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(May 16, 2025 / JNS)
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U.S. President Donald Trump concluded his Middle East tour on Friday with a visit to the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi, an interfaith complex housing a mosque, church and synagogue.
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[https://www.jns.org/trump-ends-mideast-tour-with-synagogue-visit-in-abu-dhabi/ JNS]
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How much trust has Trump earned in the Middle East?
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Eschewing both nation-building and appeasement is wise. But an embrace of Qatar’s agenda—and gifts—undermines confidence that his decisions advance U.S. national interests.
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Jonathan S. Tobin.
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(May 16, 2025 / JNS)
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What exactly is President Donald Trump trying to accomplish in the Middle East? That’s not an easy question for either his supporters or his detractors to answer after a tour that emphasized closer relations with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, as well as a renewal of relations with Syria, and a major policy speech that laid out American goals in the region.
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[https://www.jns.org/how-much-trust-has-trump-earned-in-the-middle-east/ JNS]
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Salman Rushdie stabber sentenced to 25 years for attempted murder.
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Hadi Matar was convicted in the 2022 stabbing attack on the author.
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By Meredith Deliso
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May 16, 2025.
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A New Jersey man convicted of attempted murder in the 2022 stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie, while on stage at a speaking event, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday, the maximum sentence he faced.
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[https://abcnews.go.com/US/salman-rushdie-stabbing-sentencing-attempted-murder-hadi-matar/story?id=121844226 ABC]
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Suspected arsonists linked with Remembrance Day fires released - report.
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By Jerusalem Post Staff. 05/16/2025 08:21 AM
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[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-854211 JPost]
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Nir Barkat, Mike Huckabee meet to discuss Israel-US economic ties, trade barriers.
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By Jerusalem Post Staff. 05/16/2025 10:19 AM
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[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-854223 JPost]
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Freed hostage Edan Alexander discharged from hospital.
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By Jerusalem Post Staff. 05/16/2025 12:13 PM
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[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-854232 JPost]
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Shin Bet, police arrest Israeli teen linked with online Iranian terror agents.
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By Walla! 05/16/2025 03:05 PM
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[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-854251 JPost]
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Trump says Iran needs to move quickly on proposal.
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By Reuters. 05/16/2025 03:14 PM
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[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-854256 JPost]
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World Bank says Syria arrears cleared, making country eligible for new loans.
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By Reuters. 05/16/2025 04:53 PM
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[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-854265 JPost]
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Manhunt tightens for terrorist who murdered expectant mother; newborn's condition. improves slightly.
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Elisha Ben Kimon|05.16.25.
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[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkenahvzgl YNet]
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Police officer stabbed in Jerusalem's Old City, attacker neutralized.
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Roi Elman|05.16.25
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[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ryqesws11eg YNet]
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Israeli Air Force carrying out strikes on two ports in Yemen.
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ynet correspondents|05.16.25
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[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hkagernbgl YNet]
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Yisrael Ganz:
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'We will win this war because we are united, like Jerusalem'.
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Yoni Kempinski, New York.
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May 16, 2025, 11:01 PM
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408471 INN]
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15 jets, 30 bombs:
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IDF pounds Houthi ports in Yemen.
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Israel National News.
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May 16, 2025, 10:12 PM
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408495 INN]
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Consul General Akunis in NY:
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'We returned to our old homeland, we will not withdraw again'.
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Yoni Kempinski, New York.
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May 17, 2025, 12:30 AM
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408464 INN]
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Stabbing attack in Jerusalem.
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Police officer moderately wounded, attacker neutralized.
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Israel National News.
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May 16, 2025, 10:43 PM
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408494 INN]
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Report:
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White House explores mass Gaza resettlement in Libya.
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Elad Benari, Canada.
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May 16, 2025, 11:43 PM
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408496 INN]
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Full scale ahead;
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IDF broadens Gaza offensive, launches 'Gideon's Chariots'.
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IDF announces launch of Operation "Gideon's Chariots," expanding its Gaza campaign to seize strategic areas, defeat Hamas, and secure hostage release.
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Israel National News.
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May 17, 2025, 12:04 AM
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408497 INN]
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