Rhonda Ballance

Israel structured Iran strike so that Tehran could deny damage done – report

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JERUSALEM POST STAFF OCTOBER 26, 2024 10:23Updated: OCTOBER 26, 2024 10:26Israel structured its strikes on Iran to limit casualties and keep the overall impact contained, a move designed to allow Iran to minimize acknowledgment of the damage and manage the aftermath, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing an individual with direct knowledge of Israel’s […]

Israel hits Iranian military targets in retaliation for Oct. 1 missile barrage

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The operation, which comes four weeks after Iran fired nearly 200 missiles at Israel, appears to have steered clear of oil and nuclear targets. WASHINGTON — Israel said it hit military targets in Iran in retaliation for that country’s missile barrage on Oct. 1, apparently heeding Biden administration pleas to avoid oil fields or Iran’s […]

Escalation or prevention: World leaders react to news of Israel’s retaliation strikes on Iran

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While some feared escalation, Israel’s allies said the strikes were a necessary step in protecting the region. DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD OCTOBER 26, 2024 09:37Updated: OCTOBER 26, 2024 09:59 News of Israel’s retaliation strikes, conducted on Friday night and the early hours of Saturday morning, was met with a wide range of reactions by world leaders – […]

Israel warns Iran before Operation Days of Repentance: ‘Don’t respond’

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WALLA! OCTOBER 26, 2024 09:15Updated: OCTOBER 26, 2024 09:34 Israel sent a message to Iran on Friday before its retaliatory airstrikes, warning the Iranians not to respond, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The Israeli message aimed to limit the ongoing exchange of attacks between Israel and Iran and prevent wider escalation, sources […]

Have We Reached the Point of No Return?

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Have We Reached the Point of No Return? Where do we go for refuge amid the onslaught of troubling news that wars against our souls and at times threatens to undo us? For me, it’s most often the Psalms. The richness of its prophetic value never ceases to amaze me; a great many of its […]

Up to 1,000 missiles: Iranian officials disclose potential retaliation plans – NYT

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Iran’s response to an Israeli strike would be contingent on the extent of Israel’s attack, the officials claimed. JERUSALEM POST STAFF OCTOBER 25, 2024 09:01Updated: OCTOBER 25, 2024 09:10 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has asked the Iranian military to prepare response scenarios to a potential Israeli attack, according to a Thursday New York Times report, citing […]

Fire breaks out at Iranian power plant, Iranian media silent – report

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JERUSALEM POST STAFF OCTOBER 24, 2024 10:10A fire broke out at the Karaj nuclear power plant, according to reports by regime opposition activists cited in Israeli media on Thursday. ראשוני: ארגון אופוזיציה איראני מדווח על שרפה בתחנת הכוח הגרעינית בעיר כראג’. לפי שעה אין דיווחים בכלי תקשורת רשמיים באיראן@asafroz15 pic.twitter.com/2Fe5YQMdzZ — החדשות – N12 (@N12News) […]

Hamas official says Russian-Israeli hostages to be prioritized for release in Moscow visit – report

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Deputy head of Hamas’s political bureau, Mousa Abu Marzouk, insisted that their release would still be contingent on a deal. JERUSALEM POST STAFF OCTOBER 24, 2024 09:13Updated: OCTOBER 24, 2024 09:38 Mousa Abu Marzouk, deputy head of Hamas’s political bureau, announced that the group is ready to prioritize the release of two Russian nationals held […]

Russian olim feel less threatened in Israel than at home, despite conflict – report

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While those interviewed did acknowledge the dangers of the broadening war in the region, they said they weren’t interested in going back to Russia. JERUSALEM POST STAFF OCTOBER 24, 2024 05:35Updated: OCTOBER 24, 2024 05:38 RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS attend an event in 2015 in Jerusalem marking the 25th anniversary of the great Russian aliyah from the […]

Israel declares war on Hezbollah’s money, killed 1,200 terrorists since invasion

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Terrorist group maintains heavy rocket, drone fire on large portions of country. YONAH JEREMY BOB YUVAL BARNEA JERUSALEM POST STAFF OCTOBER 22, 2024 03:12 Israel effectively declared war on Hezbollah’s finances on Monday, continuing air strikes on the group’s key banks which had started on Sunday, as Defense Minister Yoav Gallant redefined the banks as […]

The PA is at work while Israel fights in Lebanon and Gaza

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Palestinian Arabs continue to destroy Jewish archaelogy as the war goes on in order to cleanse all evidence of Jewish history in the region – in most cases with money and equipment provided by the EU, which funds illegal building in Area C at the same time. Op-ed. Ezequiel Doiny   Oct 21, 2024, 10:31 AM […]

Israel’s response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack already ‘a done deal,’ official tells ToI

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By Lazar Berman  20 October 2024, 7:06 pm Israel’s response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack is already a “done deal,” an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel. Two officials say that the drone attack on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home will not impact the scale or timing of the Israeli attack. The security cabinet meeting […]

Report: Israel presented US with demands to end war in Lebanon

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Among Israel’s demands is the right to actively ensure that Hezbollah would not rebuild itself in southern Lebanon. Israel National News   Oct 21, 2024, 8:10 AM (GMT+3)   Benjamin Netanyahu and Amos HochsteinAmos Ben-Gershom (GPO) Israel presented the US last week with its conditions for ending the war in Lebanon. According to a report by […]