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Nurit Yohanan

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Gazan influencer dubbed ‘Mr. FAFO’ killed by militia opposed to Hamas in Gaza City

NYC mayoral frontrunner Mamdani’s wife mourns Saleh al-Jafarawi, who went viral in Israel for celebrating the Oct. 7 attack, then crying amid...

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Spy Eli Cohen’s remains to be transferred to Israel soon from Syria – report

Spy Eli Cohen’s remains to be transferred to Israel soon from Syria – report

Cohen’s widow Nadia, responding to Saudi outlet’s report, says Mossad unaware of plans to return his body, which was buried in Damascus...

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Hamas reappears on Gaza’s streets, and two of three militias that fought it go quiet

Hamas reappears on Gaza’s streets, and two of three militias that fought it go quiet

For now, the terror group’s reappearance is relatively limited, but reports are mounting of it pursuing those who have resisted it. And many...

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Senior Hamas official storms out of interview after pressed on merits of Oct. 7 attack

Senior Hamas official storms out of interview after pressed on merits of Oct. 7 attack

Mousa Abu Marzouk refuses to answer when asked by pan-Arab channel about whether onslaught was successful in ‘liberating Palestine,’...

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Hamas gunmen spotted on Gaza streets, in limited show of force as ceasefire sets in

Hamas gunmen spotted on Gaza streets, in limited show of force as ceasefire sets in

Footage shows terror group’s internal security unit in public for first time in months; Gazan officials thank Trump for deal; Jerusalem prepares...

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What do we know about the hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas?

What do we know about the hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas?

Agreement provides for return of all hostages within 72 hours in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian security prisoners, partial IDF withdrawal from...

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Top officials head to peace talks as Hamas submits list of prisoners it wants freed

Top officials head to peace talks as Hamas submits list of prisoners it wants freed

Sides project optimism on talks’ third day; Kushner, Witkoff, Dermer, Qatari PM and Hamas brass to meet in Egypt; Hamas said to want bodies of...

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Father of Arab East Jerusalemite murdered on Oct. 7 still can’t believe it happened

Father of Arab East Jerusalemite murdered on Oct. 7 still can’t believe it happened

Shuttle driver Suhaib Razeem was abducted by Hamas terrorists from the Nova festival and killed in Kibbutz Be’eri. His father Mohammed shares his...

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Henry Hamra, a Syrian Jew living in US, running in elections for new Syrian parliament

Henry Hamra, a Syrian Jew living in US, running in elections for new Syrian parliament

If victorious in Sunday vote, the nephew of Syria’s last chief rabbi who fled to US with his father in 1992, pledges to work with US Syrians to...

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‘Everyone in the street is now against Hamas’: Gazan elites push Trump to end the war

‘Everyone in the street is now against Hamas’: Gazan elites push Trump to end the war

Politically independent Gaza City mayor, academics and businessmen warn of total economic and infrastructural collapse in first joint letter urging US...

30.09.2025 10

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US envoy to Israel said set to visit Egypt, as Gazan officials ask US to work for truce

US envoy to Israel said set to visit Egypt, as Gazan officials ask US to work for truce

Huckabee reportedly set to discuss 21-point US plan to end war, Israel-Egypt tensions; Gaza City mayor, others write to Trump: ‘You have the...

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In southern Gaza, new anti-Hamas enclave emerges under militia claiming Israeli backing

In southern Gaza, new anti-Hamas enclave emerges under militia claiming Israeli backing

Working in apparent coordination with Abu Shabab, which also claims arms and other support from Israel, Hossam al-Astal says hundreds flocking to his...

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Eurovision boycotts ‘dumb and pointless,’ says senior official from 2026 host Austria

Austrian official says foreign minister will send letters to European counterparts to discourage them from withdrawing from song contest over...

20.09.2025 40

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Report: Iraq helped Syria foil attack on Sharaa by ex-members of his rebel group

Fighters who defected from HTS due to disappointment from Syria’s direction under new administration also said to have plotted bombing campaign...

20.09.2025 10

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After Palestinian influencer leaves Gaza, critics claim she raised money and fled

‘Malak Fadda,’ a young woman who rose to fame during the war with videos showing her helping Gazans, has departed citing medical needs,...

18.09.2025 20

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Senior Hamas official makes first appearance since surviving Israeli strike in Qatar

Interview is latest sign attack failed to kill terror group’s leaders; Ghazi Hamad says they were discussing truce proposal when attack hit

18.09.2025 10

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With tents and transport south in short supply, Gazans flee bombs into the unknown

Evacuating Gaza City means paying exorbitant sums for shelter or a ride, forcing those without means to stay put, while shortages lead some who left...

16.09.2025 10

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Jerusalem terror attack exposes fresh holes in reliance on West Bank security barrier

With Israel heavily restricting work permits for Palestinians since October 7, many are now entering the country illegally, stretching the ability of...

12.09.2025 60

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School delayed and wages unpaid, Palestinian Authority faces deep economic crisis

After years of financial clashes with Israel, the PA is undergoing its most severe financial crisis, with Israeli officials warning of security...

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IDF blows up a Gaza City high-rise building, says it housed Hamas infrastructure

Strike comes after evacuation order issued, as troops expand op; Egypt vows to block mass displacement of Palestinians; Katz: ‘Bolt now being...

05.09.2025 40

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Hamas members seen beating Gaza merchants who refuse to accept cash

Gazan school principal accuses terror group of killing his son at an aid site; IDF said to warn lawmakers it’s ‘not certain at all’...

04.09.2025 50

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Mediator says final US proposal calls for release of all hostages and end to Gaza war

Bishara Bahbah, who has served as a broker between Hamas and Washington, says Trump is seeking to heavily pressure Netanyahu to accept that deal

04.09.2025 60

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Despite looming Israeli offensive, many in Gaza City insist they won’t flee again

Residents, including those displaced from elsewhere and many who only returned home in January, say evacuating to overcrowded south will make life...

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‘There is never a vacuum’: How Hamas keeps functioning even as Israel kills its leaders

The terror group has adapted amid targeted assassinations and a prolonged war, enabling it to keep making strategic decisions; crucially, no viable...

01.09.2025 60

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Israeli strike on Yemen said to kill Houthi prime minister, other top officials

Iran-backed group’s defense minister, chief of staff reportedly among top officials targeted in separate attack Thursday on Sanaa apartment,...

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Joining UAE airdrop, a Gazan expat gains a new perspective on his ruined former home

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, outspoken Hamas critic who left Strip in 2005, describes seeing desolation from the air, says parachuting aid ‘inefficient...

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In Jerusalem but cut off, Nu’man is an island. It could soon be wiped away for good

Although they live inside the capital’s municipal boundaries, those in the tiny hamlet were never recognized as residents. Now, Israel is...

27.08.2025 40

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IDF said to uproot thousands of West Bank olive trees after Palestinian shooting attack

In apparent policy of collective punishment, IDF imposes curfew, uproots trees after commander vowed al-Mughayyir will ‘pay heavy price’...

24.08.2025 40

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In IDF-controlled Rafah, an armed clan’s school plants seeds of a Hamas-free future

The Abu Shabab gang claims to have carved out an area where it is providing electricity, medical care and education for thousands of displaced Gazans...

22.08.2025 10

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After seeing misery up close, the man feeding Gaza says there’s no doubt Strip is starving

Meeting ex-hostages and visiting Deir al-Balah, WCK founder José Andrés has sympathy for both sides, maintaining good ties with COGAT as he aims for...

21.08.2025 40

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With barely a leg to stand on, Hezbollah may still not give up its arms without a fight

While the terror group is at its weakest point in decades, it’s still strong enough to stand up to the army tasked with confiscating its...

15.08.2025 10

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Hezbollah chief threatens ‘no life in Lebanon’ if government tries to seize weapons

Naim Qassem warns not to ‘hand over the country to an insatiable Israeli aggressor’ but says terror group is still open to dialogue

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UN says 13,000 children treated for malnutrition in Gaza in July as aid trickles in

Humanitarian agency says vast majority of aid trucks raided en route, but notes that despite challenges, food prices have dropped and kitchens are...

15.08.2025 10

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Mossad chief meets Qatari leader in Doha as Israel shuts door on partial hostage deal

Barnea said to convey Israel is not bluffing with plan to conquer Gaza City; Hamas reportedly tells Egypt it will ‘keep hostages alive’ in...

14.08.2025 20

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Hundreds now leave Gaza for medical care each month. Thousands more are still waiting

Israel says evacuations for treatment have increased, with restrictions seemingly eased, but bottlenecks like finding host countries are keeping many...

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As humanitarian crisis deepens, Israeli aid groups gingerly open up about work in Gaza

With disaster at its doorstep, IsraAID and SmartAID are providing water, healthcare and more to the Strip, acting as a bridge for both UN-backed NGOs...

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Syria vows investigation after video shows forces killing worker in Sweida hospital

Interior Ministry promises accountability, but rights groups demand independent probe into apparent shooting of hospital employee by Syrian security...

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New video shows settler shot Palestinian dead during West Bank clash, rights group says

Awdah Hathaleen filmed his own final moments, B’Tselem states, as clip appears to show Yinon Levi fire in his direction before he collapses;...

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Palestinian activist allegedly killed by settler buried after Israel returns body

Israel held on to Awdah Hathaleen’s body for over a week after he was shot during clashes with extremist settler, who was only briefly detained

08.08.2025 10

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For Gaza’s residents, daily life a Sisyphean struggle for simplest necessities

Even those with a home and money in the bank say they are barely able to get through each day, paying for what they can in an unending battle against...

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Hezbollah rejects Beirut’s call to disarm as ‘major mistake’

Terror group says move ‘fully serves Israel’s interest’; IDF strike in Lebanon kills Hezbollah operative who it says directed terror...

06.08.2025 10

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20 Palestinians said killed, dozens wounded as Gaza aid truck overturns

Hamas accuses Israel of forcing deliveries to take dangerous routes; Jordan complains Israeli activists blocked another of its convoys; IDF orders...

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Palestinian reportedly killed, seven others wounded in settler attack near Nablus

Aqraba mayor says alleged assailants came from new illegal outpost situated on the West Bank village’s land; no immediate comment from IDF

03.08.2025 60

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Egypt says it’s training hundreds of Palestinians for Gaza security

Plan has been in works for months and is meant to be implemented after the war ends, Foreign Minister Abdelatty says, noting Cairo still working for...

30.07.2025 50

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Scabies outbreak plagues prisons as number of security inmates hits new high

Reports of abuse, overcrowding, disease and malnutrition have multiplied since Oct. 7, with some saying it violates both the law and human dignity

29.07.2025 50

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Palestinian activist featured in Oscar-winning movie shot dead during clash with settlers

Awdah Hathaleen fatally wounded after extremist settler under Western sanctions allegedly fired at group of Palestinians who were said to have been...

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In first, two major Israeli human rights groups accuse Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Report marks first time that leading Israeli human rights watchdogs have made the accusation, which Israel vehemently denies

28.07.2025 10

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UN report warns child malnutrition rising in Gaza as EU demands Israel do more on aid

Report says nearly 9% of Gazan kids who were screened are suffering from severe malnutrition; European Commission: All options on the table if Israel...

24.07.2025 30

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‘It’s better to die from a bomb’: Gazans’ testimony, data depict desperate hunger in Strip

As the UN reports claim a sharp rise in malnutrition cases among children, Gazans describe soaring market prices, saying, ‘hunger kills you several...

23.07.2025 20

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War in Gaza tests ties between Israel and traditional European allies

Germany, one of Jerusalem’s closest friends, seen as main holdout against any EU efforts to ramp up pressure, take more significant punitive...

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