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The Israel Defense Forces says it has successfully completed a week-long operation conducted by troops from the 646th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade and the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit. The neighborhood where the mission took place—often referred to as “the towers neighborhood” by the IDF due to its high-rise buildings—served as a hub for various terror activities. According to the IDF, these buildings were utilized by terrorists as positions for anti-tank missiles and machine gun fire. During the course of their operations, IDF troops engaged in battles with and neutralized many Hamas gunmen. Additionally, they discovered several primed rocket launchers, booby-trapped…

The IDF conducted strikes on more than 100 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip within the past day, military officials said Friday. The strikes were carried out using a combination of air, sea, and ground forces and targeted various Hamas facilities, including command centers, launch positions, and weapons depots, among other infrastructure, as reported by the IDF. In central Gaza’s al-Bureij, the Border Defense Corps’ 414th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit identified a group of Hamas operatives attempting to attack an IDF tank. Following the identification, a pursuit ensued as the gunmen used a drone to watch IDF movements. Subsequently, the…

Since 2015 the UN passed 141 resolutions against Israel, more than double the rest of the world. The United Nations General Assembly condemned Israel twice as often as it did all other countries combined in 2023, according to UN Watch. The Geneva-based NGO, which monitors the UN, found that the General Assembly last year passed 14 resolutions singling out Israel, while passing only seven condemning other countries. The international body passed two measures against Russia and one each against North Korea, Myanmar, Syria, Iran, and the United States. Notably, there were zero resolutions passed condemning countries such as Venezuela, Lebanon,…

WASHINGTON (JNS) – U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Wednesday told CNN‘s Jake Tapper that the popular social media app TikTok is distorting Americans’ perception of the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Tapper, who is Jewish, had asked Fetterman—who is not, but has been one of the most vocal Zionists in Congress of late—about a New York Times/Siena College poll which found that 72% of registered voters aged 18 to 29 disapprove of the way U.S. President Joe Biden is handling the Israel-Palestine conflict. Why do so many younger people, especially Democrats, see Israel differently from…

‘The level of their awareness about that Intelligence Corps base in the western Negev slipped us … they knew exactly what they wanted to achieve.’ Interrogations with Hamas Nukhba terrorists and recovered documents reveal the extent to which Hamas had mapped out IDF bases and civilian areas in the south before the October 7th massacre. Unit 504 of Israel’s Intelligence Division reveals that Hamas terrorist commanders gathered intelligence on IDF activity and locations as well as detailed information about communities in the south and trained and instructed their terrorists accordingly. Nukhba terrorists knew security vulnerabilities, the precise locations of dining…

SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — Did a New York City coffee shop’s workers quit over the owner’s pro-Israel stance? Was the library at Cooper Union barricaded to protect Jewish students inside from an angry pro-Palestinian mob? Ten weeks into the Israel-Hamas war, these are the kinds of stories fueling angry debate on social media, with Jews charging bigotry and critics of Israel saying antisemitism is being weaponized to silence them. These weren’t the kinds of events being debated—at least formally—at the 55th annual convention of the Association for Jewish Studies, held this week in San Francisco. Some 1,000 scholars gathered to…

In a confidential memo addressed to partner law enforcement agencies, the FBI’s Assistant Director Cathy Milhoan disclosed that a recent string of swatting incidents targeting Jewish institutions across the nation was likely a coordinated effort by a group operating outside the United States. The memo, obtained by ABC News, highlighted that nearly 200 Jewish organizations were affected over the weekend. Milhoan’s letter said, “At this time, based on similar language and specific email tradecraft used, it appears the perpetrators of these threats are connected. Additionally, these threats appear to be originating from outside of the United States.” She further assured,…

Famed director Steven Spielberg reacts to the prevalent, and open display of antisemitism in the world.

Hamas’ armed wing broadcasted a video on their Telegram channel on Monday night, showing three elderly male Israeli hostages currently held captive. In the distressing footage, the hostages are seen pleading for help from Israel for their release, expressing their fear of being casualties in an Israel Air Force strike. They also say that they are suffering from poor health, with the video concluding with their united plea: “Do not let us grow old here.” This release comes at a critical time as negotiations continue over a potential new hostage exchange deal between Hamas and Israel. However, Hamas official Osama…

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Wall Street Journal editorial claims that Israel is intentionally endangering its soldiers more than previously in order to placate President Biden. Recently Biden has severely criticized the Israeli government, going as far as stating that the government “must change.” The WSJ says that Biden should be looking instead for change among the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria, 82% of whom believe Hamas’s murderous attack on Oct. 7th was legitimate, according to local pollsters. Hamas is now hugely popular in these regions, and the goal of eradicating Hamas must include the eradication of the national dreams…