Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward Israel and Hamas set to resume indirect talks as fallout continues from IDF killing of 3 hostages
The fallen hostages, according to reports, were waving a white cloth and yelling in Hebrew, and a photograph from the area shows a wall graffitied in Hebrew with the message “Help, 3 hostages”
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Fast Forward UN General Assembly calls for ceasefire in Gaza war, with Israel and US objecting
The vote came after the United States vetoed a resolution on Friday calling for a ceasefire in the U.N. Security Council
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Fast Forward Under fire, Harvard and UPenn presidents condemn calling for genocide of Jews
Penn’s president promised to launch a process to clarify and evaluate the school’s policies regarding speech on campus. She said calls for genocide of Jews are “evil, plain and simple"
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian protesters target Philadelphia falafel shop owned by Jewish celebrity chef Michael Solomonov
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, called the genocide chant “a blatant act of antisemitism — not a peaceful protest.”
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Fast Forward Fighting in Gaza resumes as Israel-Hamas ceasefire ends after 7 days
Efforts to continue the truce fell short as Hamas did not provide Israel with a list of 10 hostages it would have released Friday in return for one more day of quiet
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Fast Forward 17 additional hostages released by Hamas to Red Cross en route to Israel
In total, the terror group has now released 40 Israeli hostages — nearly all of them women and children — to Israel as part of an agreement that includes a ceasefire in Gaza
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Fast Forward It’s official: Israel approves deal with Hamas to free at least 50 hostages in exchange for pause in fighting
The deal is a milestone in the global campaign for the release of the 240 hostages taken captive by the terror group on Oct. 7
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News ‘The world can see that we are together’: March for Israel attendees say they delivered a powerful message
Rally-goers seemed to reflect the broad pro-Israel tent that the organizers had hoped for. Many also attended as families
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