ISIS responsible for knife attack at festival in Germany killing three, police detain suspect

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Local police said they were not yet able to comment and it is unclear whether the background of the attack was criminal or terrorism. By REUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFFAUGUST 24, 2024 00:12Updated: AUGUST 24, 2024 23:51  The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Saturday for a knife attack in the German city of Solingen that […]

Report: Egypt rejected Israeli offer to build 8 watchtowers along Philadelphi Corridor on Gaza’s southern border

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Today, 1:31 pm   View of the Philadelphi Corridor between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, on July 15, 2024. (Oren Cohen/Flash90) Egypt rejected an Israeli proposal to build eight watchtowers along the Philadelphi Corridor during talks in Cairo this week to close a hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas, according to an Egyptian report. The Al-Ghad outlet […]

Top Hamas official says terror group sending delegation to Cairo but won’t attend hostage-truce negotiations

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By Agencies and ToI StaffToday, 10:54 am   A senior Hamas official said the Palestinian terror group is sending a delegation to Cairo today, but that they will not attend Gaza ceasefire-hostage talks. “The delegation will meet with senior Egyptian intelligence officials to be briefed on developments in the ongoing round of Gaza ceasefire talks… but this does […]

Several people dead, wounded in stabbing attack in Solingen, Germany

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Local police said they were not yet able to comment and it is unclear whether the background of the attack was criminal or terrorism. REUTERS JERUSALEM POST STAFF AUGUST 24, 2024 00:12Updated: AUGUST 24, 2024 01:20 Several individuals were killed on Friday night when a man knifed passers-by at random at a festival in the […]

Netanyahu denies that any deal is ready in statement to former hostages, hostage’s families

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Netanyahu defended his position, telling the families, “To overcome an ideology, you have to use a lot of force or eliminate it.” JERUSALEM POST STAFF AUGUST 24, 2024 00:46 Hostage survivors and relatives of those still held in Gaza met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, in his office in Jerusalem on […]

ICC prosecutor insists court has power to issue warrants for PM, Gallant and Sinwar

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Demanding urgent ruling, Karim Khan asserts ‘it’s settled law’ that The Hague can order arrest of Israeli leaders, rejects claim that provision of Oslo Accords trumps its authority By Agencies and ToI StaffToday, 11:12 pm   International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan at the Cour d’Honneur of the Palais Royal in Paris on February 7, 2024. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP) […]

Palestinian state is just an Iranian base in Gaza, West Bank, says FM Katz

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JERUSALEM POST STAFF AUGUST 23, 2024 09:32Updated: AUGUST 23, 2024 09:33″A Palestinian State would mean an Iranian base in Gaza and Judea and Samaria,” Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday. He added that Iran and Hamas have capitalized on the Palestinian issue and that just like they […]

Report: Hamas considering avenging Haniyeh by killing Israelis abroad

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Hebrew media reports Hamas considering changing tactics from attacking Israel directly to avenge its leader, who was assassinated in Tehran. Israel National News   Aug 22, 2024, 9:48 PM (GMT+3) HamasIsmail HaniyehAssassination PlotIsraelis abroad Ismail HaniyehHassan Jedi/Flash90 The Hamas terrorist organization is considering carrying out assassinations of Israelis abroad to take revenge for the assassination of […]

Hamas leader Sinwar is low on supplies, stalling hostage deal until Iran attacks Israel – report

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August 23, 2024 Sinwar is stuck within Gaza’s tunnel system and is running low on ammunition and supplies.  By Vered Weiss, World Israel News Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar may want to agree to a ceasefire and hostage release deal, according to a Washington Post opinion piece. Still, he is likely waiting out the clock and […]

IDF kills 50 terrorists, destroys Hamas infrastructure in south, central, and north Gaza

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JERUSALEM POST STAFF AUGUST 22, 2024 10:14  Division 162 of the IDF killed approximately 50 terrorists and destroyed Hamas infrastructure in the area of Tel al-Sultan in Rafah between Wednesday and Thursday morning, the IDF reported, including a terror cell the Nahal reconnaissance unit identified, which the Israeli air force struck. Division 98 operated in […]

FBI director worried as US faces multiple threats ‘elevated all at once’

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From cybercrime to terrorism, Christopher Wray says there is a peak of different dangers, urges partnership between law enforcement agencies and other entities By MICHAEL GOLDBERGToday, 8:25 am   FBI Director Christopher Wray answers questions during an interview, in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, August 21, 2024. (Abbie Parr/AP) BROOKLYN CENTER, Minneapolis (AP) — The country is facing […]

Iran Is Shockingly Close to Nuclear Breakout Potential; The World Must Act

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by Andrea Stricker Opinion Military personnel stand guard at a nuclear facility in the Zardanjan area of Isfahan, Iran, April 19, 2024. Photo: West Asia News Agency via REUTERS The UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), will soon issue new reporting on Iran’s nuclear program from a summer of inspections at Tehran’s […]

Iran Promises Retaliation Against Israel as Three Weeks Have Passed Since Haniyeh’s Bump Off

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David Israel17 Av 5784 – August 21, 2024 Photo Credit: A. Davey A mural of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei in Tehran. Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations on Wednesday promised that the Islamic Republic’s response to the Israeli assassination of Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran would come “at a time and […]

Ceasefire talks heading towards total collapse, say US and Israeli officials

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August 21, 2024 ‘We don’t know if Sinwar wants this deal’ – After optimism on prospects of a breakthrough in talks, US and Israeli officials fret that ceasefire negotiations are on the verge of collapse, with no alternative diplomatic route open. By David Rosenberg, World Israel News The prospects of a deal between Israel and […]