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| | + | After 500 dead, and "nearly 2,000 families have been displaced," Syrian Islamists pull out of Druze communities. |
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| | + | Article: 'Hypocrisy and double standards over the massacre of the Druze.' |
| | + | 'Some people blamed Israel—the only country that went to their aid—for attacking Syria. |
| | + | Syrian government forces carried out a four-day massacre this week of the Druze minority in Suweida, a Druze town in southern Syria. Yet this slaughter elicited no condemnation from those who, day in and day out, signal their own supposed virtue by falsely accusing Israel of war crimes. Faced with the evidence of a horrific attempt to exterminate the Druze, demonstrators who have been screaming about Israel’s “genocide[sic]” for the past 21 months were conspicuously absent from the streets and campuses. |
| | + | The likes of Amnesty and Human Rights Watch were silent. Al-Julani’s troops reportedly slaughtered the entire staff at Suweida’s hospital along with their patients. Yet from those who falsely accuse Israel of targeting hospitals in Gaza in order to kill patients and staff—and who wickedly ignore the fact that Hamas has turned them into terrorist hubs and thus made them into legitimate military targets—there was only silence. |
| | + | Astoundingly, these people instead blamed Israel—the only country that went to the aid of the Druze—for attacking Syria. António Guterres, the U.N. secretary-general, posted on X that he condemned the killing of any civilians, omitted to place responsibility on al-Julani’s forces and instead blamed Israel for defending the Druze.' |
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| | + | Israel Rescues Syria’s Druze. |
| | + | To understand what set off the latest round of sectarian conflict in southern Syria, I suggest reading this very brief and useful summary by Carmit Valensi and Amal Hayek. The two note that, as in previous rounds of fighting, “internal pressure from the Druze community in Israel spurred Israeli military involvement.” |
| | + | But Amit Segal argues that this incident was different from its predecessors: |
| | + | The Druze area acts as a buffer for Israel. It’s like a shield against Syria, which is essentially part of a Turkish empire, something that deeply disturbs Israel. But there’s one more thing that’s changed in recent months. Israel is acting as a regional power for the first time, and only history will judge if this was wise or a mistake. When Israel sees situations such as what’s happening in Syria, it intervenes. |
| | + | This has never happened before. Israel says it’s not just about immediate interests, but also about allies. There is also here a moral element, that goes beyond what some see as Jerusalem caving to domestic pressure from its Druze citizens. After all, no other country has lifted a finger to protect Middle Eastern minorities from slaughter. |
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| | + | Druze accuse the Syrian Government of Ethnic Cleansing. |
| | + | 'We’ve seen this movie with Hamas': Druze Spiritual leader speaks out after violence in Syria, he said that Israeli Druze are distrustful of interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. |
| | + | "It was a mistake to lift the sanctions; he hasn’t changed his stripes." |
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| | + | “Julani Is A Murderer:” Druze MK Hamad Amar entered Syria with IDF soldiers. |
| | + | “I returned tonight from Syria after we took young people out of there. I entered with the IDF at the request of IDF officers to prevent danger to the young Druze and to help bring them back.” |
| | + | “Am Yisrael needs to understand what is happening in Syria,” Amar said. “Monsters murdered and raped little girls. They are raging there under the auspices of Julani, who himself murdered people with his own hands.” |
| | + | “What is happening there is a religious war. Whoever is Druze is murdered. The world is raising a monster. Trump says: ‘Julani is nice, handsome!’ This handsome man murdered and raped women. He is behind these events. These are his soldiers and this is his belief. We are all in danger if this monster continues to operate in Syria.” |
| | + | “He is behind these actions,” Amar said. “These are the actions of his people. These are his tanks, the soldiers are his soldiers, and the armed, extremist groups—it’s all his. This is his belief. He imbibed extremism from the age of zero. We are in danger within Israel if this monster continues to grow there in Syria.” |
| | + | When Amar was asked if Israel needs to protect the Druze residents of Syria, he replied: “My brother’s brother is my brother, just as for me every Jew is a brother, and I am willing to fight for every Jew everywhere. We, as Druze and Jews have a covenant. Yes, you know, they often say a blood covenant. But it’s beyond that: as human beings, we need to intervene.” |
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| | + | Druze in Israel have forged what is often referred to as “a covenant of blood” with the Jewish state. Jethro—the biblical prophet Moses’ father-in-law—is the most important prophet in the Druze religion and the ancestor of all Druze. Alongside the Jewish majority, the Druze in Israel are the only religious community that is required by law to serve in the Israel Defense Forces [at the request of Druze religious and communal leaders]). |
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| | + | A slight majority of Americans support strikes against Iran, poll says. A Harvard-Harris poll also found that 87% of Republicans supported the strikes while 33% of Democrats did. |
| | + | A whopping 86% overall said Iran should not be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. |
| | + | The poll also found that 56% of Americans believe that Israel should only make a deal to get the hostages back from Hamas if the terror organization leaves the Gaza Strip entirely. Some 77% said they supported Israel over Hamas, a minor increase from 75% in June. |
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| | + | Commander coward. The IDF on Thursday released new images of Izz al-Din Haddad, the de facto head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, revealing a dramatically altered appearance as he continues to evade Israeli forces. |
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| | + | Shai Golden attacks: Israelis should be banned from Iminterviewing with Piers Morgan, claiming he presents Israel as "bloodthirsty." In his opinion, recent interviews - like the one with Daniella Weiss - cause "enormous damage" to public diplomacy efforts. |
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| | + | If at first you don't succeed. |
| | + | Senator Ted Cruz Targets Muslim Brotherhood: “Hamas Is Just the Start”. |
| | + | His latest bill seeks to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, citing its ties to Hamas, while critics warn the move could strain U.S. alliances and oversimplify the group’s complex role. The legislation, backed by GOP senators and pro-Israel groups, aims to impose sanctions and disrupt funding for the global Islamist movement amid escalating Middle East tensions. |
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| | + | Israeli envoy condemns ‘glaring silence’ from UN agencies. “These children were victims of an evil that this council seems unwilling to address or condemn: Hamas,” Reut Shapir Ben-Naftaly said. |
| | + | The political coordinator for the Israeli mission to the United Nations, criticized several U.N. agencies during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday, including the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which she said “has continued to abandon all semblance of neutrality and impartiality.” |
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| | + | Member of antisemitic hate group arrested for alleged assault of Jewish man in Tennessee. “Our police department will not let stand hatred that translates into criminal conduct,” the Metro Nashville police chief said. Louis Edward Dunn, 43, a member of the Goyim Defense League (GDL), is expected to be returned to Tennessee to face a grand jury indictment charging him with civil rights intimidation and assault, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department announced on Thursday. |
| | + | Dunn, who was visiting Nashville when the alleged altercation took place on July 13, 2024, is currently being held as a fugitive in the Maricopa County Jail in Phoenix, Ariz., following his arrest on Sunday at the request of the MNPD’s Specialized Investigations Division. |
| | + | Dunn, with accomplice Ryan Scott McCann, 30, are charged with assaulting and intimidating a 20-year-old Jewish man, members of the GDL antagonized and taunted the man when McCann attempted to strike. |
| | + | As the victim attempted to flee, Dunn allegedly grabbed and pinned him against a truck with McCann in pursuit. The victim said “he was struck in the neck and legs during the altercation.” |
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| | + | Army vet - Kyle Christopher Benton, 29,, who posted Jew-hatred online, sentenced to two years for illegal guns |
| | + | "You not only illegally possessed extremely dangerous firearms, but you bragged about it and put on firearms trainings for others while doing so," the district judge said at trial. |
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| | + | Campus Antisemitism. Online Jew-hatred surges, violent incidents decline on campus in 2024-25, Hillel reports. |
| | + | In total, the number of instances rose from 1,853 to 2,334, according to collected data. |
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| | + | Israel ‘deeply impressed’ by Queens College response to Jew-hatred. Ofir Akunis, Israeli consul general in New York, thanked the public school's president “for not remaining silent and for standing up for truth and facts.” |
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| | + | Edward Arthur Owens Jr., 29, of Elizabeth, Pa., indicted for telling official ‘go back to Israel or better yet, exterminate yourself’. |
| | + | He faces up to five years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. |
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| | + | [[File:Hamas Terrorists Who Infiltrated Israel on October 7th and Were Eliminated. Hasan Mahmoud. Muhammad Zaki. Iyad Nasr. 6.10.25.jpg|thumb|Hamas Terrorists Who Infiltrated Israel on October 7th and Were Eliminated. Hasan Mahmoud. Muhammad Zaki. Iyad Nasr. 6.10.25.]] |
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| | + | IDF eliminates Hamas commanders who participated in massacre. |
| | + | IDF and Shin Bet reveal that July 10, 2025 they eliminated Jabaliya Battalion Iyad Nasr, as well as two other terrorists who infiltrated Israel and participated in Hamas’ brutal massacre on October 7th. |
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| | + | Socialist Zohran Mamdani called for ‘abolition of private property,’ resurfaced video shows. |
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| | + | Doron Steinbrecher: 'The terrorists shot the bed, bullet missed my head'. Survivor of captivity from Kfar Aza recalls her kidnapping on October 7 and how she was nearly killed while hiding under a bed. |
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| | + | Article: 'The massacre of the Druze. If you shout "Allahu Akbar," you have a license to kill.' |
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| | + | Defense Minister Katz: 'We don't trust al-Julani, we trust only G-d and the IDF'. |
| | + | He was meeting with Senator Ted Cruz, emphasizing Israel's unwavering policy to defend Druze and ensure security in the Golan Heights. 'IDF's presence in southern Syria is guarantee for Israel's security.' |
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| | + | Netanyahu mourns victims of Gaza church attack, IDF investigates. |
| | + | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expresses deep regret over missile hitting Gaza's H. Family Church, leading to casualties, stressing Israel’s commitment to protecting civilians and h. sites. |
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| | + | ‘Israel must win, not apologize,’ says US lawyer Alan Dershowitz. He voices strong support for Netanyahu’s legal battle and Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza in interview, condemning global double standards and rising anti-Israel bias. |
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| | + | House rejects MTG bill slashing $500 million to Israel. |
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| | + | Saving 5 lives. Commander refused to use vehicle with malfunctioning system. |
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| | + | On this day in history: Hezbollah terror cell bombs AMIA building in Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
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| | + | Israel's battle-tested air defenses 'exceeded expectations' in Iran war, missile defense chief says. |
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| | + | Will NYC collapse? The alarming vision of Mamdani’s socialist agenda. Gregory Lyakhov gives a sobering warning about the future of NYC if radical Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani and his brand of socialism prevail and exposes the stark reality behind Mamdani’s rhetoric. |
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| | + | Bipartisan reps introduce resolution to censure use of ‘globalize the intifada’. |
| | + | “Words like these incite violence, fuel hate and put Jewish families at risk,” said New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer. |
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| | + | Three police officers injured in explosion in Jaljulia. |
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| | + | Disturbing figures: Spike in IDF soldier suicides in 2025. |
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| | + | Israel allows limited entry of Syrian forces in Druze region. |
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| | + | Three Hamas terrorists to be charged with murder of mother and newborn. |
| | + | Military prosecution to indict three Hamas terrorists for murder of Tze'ela Gez and her baby son, Ravid Chaim. |
| | + | The attack occurred in May during the evening hours, when the Gez couple was driving from the Barkan Junction towards the Peduel Interchange on their way to the delivery room. Gunfire was opened at their vehicle, killing Tzala at the scene. Her baby, Ravid Chaim, was delivered at the site but later died in the hospital. |
| | + | Three days after the attack, Hamas-affiliated terrorists from the area were arrested. The investigation revealed that the terrorist who carried out the shooting was eliminated in an operational IDF and Shin Bet mission. |
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| | + | IDF commander bans face coverings in Judea and Samaria. |
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| | + | Blatant contempt for law. Regavim files petition to demolish illegal Palestinian Arab structure. |
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| | + | Netanyahu calls Pope following damage to Gaza church. |
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| | + | Soldier who fought — and earned his doctorate. Captain (Res.) Dr. S., an IDF doctor who balanced medical studies with 320 days of reserve duty, shares how frontline unity and swift medical care in Gaza saved lives once thought beyond hope. |
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| | + | IDF/Shin Bet eliminate key PIJ operative responsible for funding terror. |
| | + | They eliminated a key Islamic Jihad terrorist, who managed transferring funds to terrorist organizations in Judea and Samaria. |
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| | + | Russia jails 135 over mass anti-Israel airport protest in Dagestan. Russian courts sentence 135 individuals to prison for their roles in an October 2023 anti-Israel protest at Makhachkala airport in Dagestan. Three alleged organizers remain at large. |
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| | + | Diplomatic source: Hamas hindering hostage deal progress. Senior Israeli diplomatic source says significant progress made in hostage deal efforts, but Hamas continues to create obstacles. |
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| | + | Report. Mossad chief sought US help in relocating Gazans. Axios reports that Mossad Director David Barnea met US envoy Steve Witkoff in Washington to seek American support in persuading Ethiopia, Indonesia and Libya to accept hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans. |
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| | + | French court frees terrorist behind murder of Israeli, US diplomats. |
| | + | "Such terrorists, enemies of the free world, should spend their lives in prison," the Israeli embassy in Paris said. |
| | + | The Lebanese terrorist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, 74, who served 40 years of a life sentence for his role in the murder of Israeli and American diplomats in 1982. |
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| | + | Israel to reconnect Gaza to grid four months after cutting it off. The move came at the orders of the Cabinet. |
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| | + | Captivity survivor Arbel Yehud: Physically, I’m back - but I’m still there. |
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| | + | 'Gideon’s Chariot': IDF kills three key Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Barhoum Shahin and Asham Tzartzur enforced the terrorist group's rule through repression and violence against the Strip's civilian population. |
| | + | The three were eliminated in targeted strikes carried out this week in the Gaza Strip. |
| | + | Among those killed were Barhoum Shahin, head of the Western Gaza District for Hamas’s General Security Apparatus, and Asham Tzartzur, who led the terrorist group’s Government Emergency Committee in eastern Gaza. Both men played key roles in Hamas’s internal security and governance efforts, including supporting the terrorist group’s “military” wing and enforcing its rule through repression and violence against Gaza’s civilian population. |
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| | + | Biden admin let $900m in federal funds go to terror, anti-Netanyahu protests, House panel says. |
| | + | Biden Administration gave Anti-Netanyahu group almost a Billion dollars. According to an ongoing investigation by the Republican-held House, the Biden White House sent over $800 billion to Blue and White Future, an NGO with deep ties to the anti-Netanyahu camp in Israel. |
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| | + | The Qatar Weekly Update (QWU) – Part Of The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – No. 28, July 18, 2025: |
| | + | Circled: Former Congressman Jim Moran at House Committee on Education and Workforce hearing on Antisemitism in Higher Education: Examining the Role of Faculty, Funding, and Ideology. |
| | + | 1. MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 12073, Two Palestinian Authority Police Officers, Trained At Qatar Police Academy, Perpetrated A Stabbing And Shooting Attack In Which An Israeli Was Murdered, July 14, 2025. |
| | + | 2. Al-Jazeera Balkans Officially Shuts Down After 14 Years Of Broadcasting, Sarajevo Times, July 12, 2025. |
| | + | 3. MAGA podcaster and activist Laura Loomer alleged that Rep. Lisa McClain, a Michigan Republican who was elected House Republican Chairwoman last year, had leaked the agenda of a Congressional hearing on antisemitism to the Embassy of Qatar, The Daily Beast, July 15, 2025. |
| | + | 4. "Georgetown University Interim President Robert M. Groves addressed questions about alleged antisemitism from faculty and speakers, as well as the university's connections to the Qatar Foundation, a government-supported educational nonprofit that operates Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q)." During Congressional Testimony, Groves Strikes A Middle Ground On Questions Of Antisemitism, Qatari Influence, The Hoya, July 17, 2025. |
| | + | 4a. Georgetown University, Already Under Scrutiny, To Face Questions Over Qatar Ties, Inaction Against Extremism: A recent Middle East Forum report alleges that the school's Alwaleed Center was established and funded by the terror-linked Safa Network. Jewish Insider, July 15, 2025. |
| | + | 4b. According to Swedish counterterrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp, former Congressman Jim Moran sat behind Georgetown University President Robert M. Groves at the House Committee on Education and Workforce hearing on Antisemitism in Higher Education: Examining the Role of Faculty, Funding, and Ideology. Ranstorp wrote: Why is former Congressman Jim Moran (white haired man on right), Qatar's chief Washington lobbyist, sitting behind Georgetown interim president? When is Qatar's influence on Georgetown and the Bridge initiative covered in the congressional hearing? Magnus Ranstorp on X, July 15, 2025. |
| | + | 5. In response to Israel's military strikes against Syrian Islamist forces to stop their massacre of Syrian Druze, Qatar condemned Israel. Doha News, July 17, 2025. |
| | + | 6. Reckoning Needed Between Terror-Sponsoring Qatar And United States, FFD, July 13, 2025. |
| | + | 7. Keep Qatari Money Out Of Post-War Gaza, FFD, July 10, 2025. |
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| | + | Jews excel in global sports, defying stereotypes. From Matt Turner’s World Cup goalkeeping to Amit Elor’s Olympic wrestling gold, these athletes showcase talent across soccer, tennis, baseball, basketball and more, in worldwide inspiration. |
| | + | Jews, like all communities, have a deep passion for sports despite persistent stereotypes that suggest otherwise. From soccer fields to wrestling mats, Jewish athletes continue to excel and make their mark globally. Highlighting ten standout athletes—many not representing Israel but carrying Jewish heritage or identity—demonstrates the community’s diverse athletic talent. |
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| | + | Got Another One. IDF Eliminates October 7th terrorist. Muhammad Uthayn, a prominent Hamas terrorist. |
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| | + | IDF intercepts missile fired from Yemen as sirens send millions to shelters. Missile launched from Yemen intercepted by Israeli forces, triggering sirens across central Israel and briefly disrupting air traffic at Ben Gurion Airport. |
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| | + | Israeli Harvard grad sues university, alleging assault cover-up and systemic antisemitism. |
| | + | Former student claims school shielded students who attacked him during a 2023 campus protest and enabled a broader pattern of antisemitic harassment; federal lawsuit accuses Harvard of civil rights violations, obstructing justice and fostering a hostile environment. |
| | + | Harvard obstructed investigations, rewarded Jewish student’s attackers, “Harvard not only for failing to protect him and other Jewish students, but for defending and rewarding antisemitism.” |
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| | + | Following Damascus Church bombing by Islamists, Syrian Christians slam Ahmad Al-Sharaa regime: It allows extremism to spread in society; Syria's Christians need protection. |
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| | + | 'A cry for humanity: The Druze people amid the tragedy In Syria.' |
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| | + | Syria to deploy troops to south; Druze say Sweida hospital has become a mass grave. |
| | + | Fighting rages on as Druze in Sweida plead for global help; over 400 bodies brought to city’s only hospital, where staff describe horrific scenes and corpses left in the streets; Syrian presidency vows troop deployment, saying it won’t 'respond to chaos with chaos'. |
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| | + | Israel and Syria agree to ceasefire, Damascus thought it had 'green light' to send forces south. A Syrian military official said correspondence with the US had led Damascus to believe it could deploy forces to Sweida without Israel confronting them. |
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| | + | Key Hamas, PIJ terrorists as troops press ahead in Gaza. |
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| | + | Gideon Sa'ar accuses Syrian president of supporting jihadists. |
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| | + | Fierce fighting on ongoing in Syria's Suweida despite declaration of ceasefire. |
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| | + | Overrun Sweida hospital now a 'mass grave’; Israel mobilizes emergency medical supplies |
| | + | Death toll in Syria’s Druze stronghold climbs past 940 as ceasefire falters; with bodies filling Sweida hospital, Israel to send life-saving aid via IDF; Health Minister Buso: 'The brotherhood between Israel and the Druze community is strong'. |
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| | + | Disengagement commander: Expulsion from Gush Katif created potential for Oct. 7 massacre. Major General (res.) Gershon Hacohen, who commanded the 2005 Disengagement, admits that if the communities of Gush Katif had not been evacuated, the October 7th massacre would not have happened. |
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| | + | Shock in Sweden: racist Arab led "protestors" hang effigies in concentration camp uniforms. A pro-Palestinian group in Sweden sparked outrage after setting up a "protest" display featuring mannequins hanging on a gallows dressed in Nazi concentration camp prisoner uniforms. |
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| | + | 'Hezbollah wanted to slaughter us and rape our women—we’re too merciful to them'. |
| | + | In rare frontline interview, IDF colonel admits he is 'ashamed' over Hezbollah’s buildup on Israel's border, blasts pre-October 7 failures and warns of new escalation in the near future. |
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| | + | We will not be silent: Maghrebi Rabbis against Druze massacre in Syria. |
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| | + | IDF warns Gazans to evacuate Deir al-Balah ahead of a ground offensive |
| | + | Military says it is expanding operations to areas not yet infiltrated by troops, anticipating it needs two months to eliminate the local Hamas battalion; families of hostages shaken and demand explanation how loved ones held captive would be protected. |
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