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Netanyahu: Pushing forward with Gaza war only way to free hostages

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Netanyahu spoke one day after the IDF mistakenly shot three of the hostages in Gaza after they escaped their captors. TOVAH LAZAROFF DECEMBER 16, 2023 22:32 Updated: DECEMBER 17, 2023 00:37 A strong continued and sustained military campaign is the only way to destroy Hamas and ensure that captives in Gaza are freed, Prime Minister […]

Netanyahu to US: After Hamas Eradicated, Only IDF will Control Security, No Repeat of Oslo Mistake

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Hana Levi Julian5 Tevet 5784 – December 16, 2023 Photo Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Tel Aviv, Dec. 14, 2023.     Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a serious, blunt message to the Biden Administration on Saturday night, reiterating that regardless of American […]

US Destroyer Shoots Down Wave of Houthi Drones

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Pesach Benson / TPS5 Tevet 5784 – December 16, 2023 Photo Credit: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau / public domain The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea, Oct. 19, 2023. Carney is deployed to […]

Mossad chief Barnea expected to meet with Qatari PM in Europe this weekend

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Barnea is expected to fly to Europe to discuss continued negotiations for hostage release with Al Thani, the Prime Minister of Qatar, for the first time since the collapse of the ceasefire deal. JOANIE MARGULIES DECEMBER 16, 2023 05:39 The head of the Mossad, David Barnea, is expected to meet with the Prime Minister of […]

Gantz: If world doesn’t push Hezbollah from the northern border, we will

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IDF attack helicopter, drone strike South Lebanon targets; sirens blare in Kiryat Shmona; US national security adviser calls for ‘diplomacy’ in eliminating terror threat from north By EMANUEL FABIAN and TOI STAFF15 December 2023, 5:51 pm   5   A picture taken from from the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Harfa, near the border with Israel shows smoke billowing near […]

IDF launches major attack on Rafah, Philadelphi Corridor in Gaza’s south

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Any attack in that area is highly charged because it borders Egypt and has diplomatic implications for Israel’s relations both with Cairo and globally. YONAH JEREMY BOB DECEMBER 15, 2023 12:29 Updated: DECEMBER 15, 2023 15:24 Israel launched its first major attack on the politically-sensitive Rafah area and Philadelphi Corridor in southern Gaza, using aircraft […]

Israel puts six-figure bounties on Hamas leaders heads

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December 15, 2023 The leaflets contain a telephone number, Telegram contact information, and a promise of confidentiality. By Pesach Benson, TPS Israel began dropping leaflets on the Gaza Strip offering a bounty for information leading to the capture of Yahya Sinwar and three top other Hamas leaders on Thursday. As Hamas’s Gaza strongman and mastermind […]

US: Hezbollah’s threat against Israel best dealt with through diplomacy

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Jake Sullivan stressed that deterrence is an important element of the kind of diplomacy needed to bring security to north. TOVAH LAZAROFF DECEMBER 15, 2023 12:29 Updated: DECEMBER 15, 2023 13:27 US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, in […]

Hamas chief Sinwar’s ‘days are numbered,’ senior US official warns

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Biden administration official says terror group’s Gaza leader has the blood of 38 Americans killed on October 7 ‘on his hands’ By TOI STAFFToday, 8:58 am     Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s Gaza chief, speaks during a meeting in Gaza City, on April 30, 2022. (Mahmud Hamas/AFP) A senior Biden administration official said it is “safe to say” […]

White House ups pressure on Israel to end ‘high-intensity’ fighting in Gaza soon

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Officials say visiting Sullivan urged Israeli leaders to scale down military operations Hamas in coming weeks; Biden urges Israel ‘be more careful’ with Gaza civilians By JACOB MAGID and TOI STAFFToday, 1:44 am   5   This handout photo distributed by the Israel Defense Forces on December 14, 2023, shows troops operating in the Gaza Strip amid the war against […]

Senior US official: Sinwar’s ‘days are numbered,’ he has American blood on his hands

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By JACOB MAGID 15 December 2023, 12:23 am     FILE – Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, greets his supporters upon his arrival at a meeting in a hall on the sea side of Gaza City, on April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File) A senior Biden administration official briefing reporters on US National Security Adviser […]

Gaza war must continue until Hamas is destroyed, Netanyahu tells Sullivan

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Securing the release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza is one of the central objectives of the war, he said. TOVAH LAZAROFF DECEMBER 14, 2023 19:46 Updated: DECEMBER 14, 2023 21:01 The IDF must be allowed to continue its military campaign in Gaza until Hamas is destroyed and the hostages remaining there are released, […]

Hamas Using Chemical Warfare, Gassed IDF Soldiers to Death at Nahal Oz

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Hana Levi Julian2 Tevet 5784 – December 14, 2023 Photo Credit: IDF In 2019, the IDF saluted the soldiers who monitored the Gaza border from the Nahal Oz military base, and specifically one who spotted four armed terrorists infiltrating in an attempt to carry out a lethal attack that year.     An investigation into […]

Iran-backed attacks on US forces in Syria and Iraq continue

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Iran seeks to inflame Syria and Iraq and to use the war in Gaza to increase attacks on the US. Iran wants the US to leave Syria and Iraq so Iran can dominate Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen. SETH J. FRANTZMAN DECEMBER 14, 2023 11:18 Updated: DECEMBER 14, 2023 11:21 Iranian-backed proxies continued to attack […]