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Fast Forward Hamas Claims Responsibility for Car-Ramming Terror Attack
Hamas claimed responsibility for a car-ramming attack in Jerusalem that injured 14, saying the Palestinian driver was a member. Among those injured in Monday’s attack at the western entrance to the city was an 18-month-old boy, who reportedly had a leg amputated that night. Abed el-Muhsen Hassuna, 21, formerly of eastern Jerusalem, was living in…
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Fast Forward IDF Strikes Hamas Targets After Gaza Rocket Attack
Israel’s Air Force struck two Hamas military posts in Gaza in retaliation for a rocket fired from the coastal strip at southern Israel. The rocket fired from Gaza on Sunday night, which caused sirens to sound in several southern Israeli communities, landed in an open area, causing no injuries, according to the Israel Defense Forces….
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Fast Forward Family of Slain Israeli Soldier Pleads With Hamas for Answers
The family of Oron Shaul, the Israeli soldier who was killed during the 2014 Gaza war, called on Hamas to present evidence that their son, who has been declared dead, is still alive as Hamas claims. Shaul’s parents held a news conference on Sunday at their home in Poria Illit in the wake of the…
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Israel News Hadar Goldin’s Body Still a Pawn in Israel’s Gaza Battle — Even a Year Later
At Hadar Goldin’s funeral in Kfar Saba, Israel, last year, a slim casket draped by an Israeli flag was lowered into the ground. But the body of Goldin, a 23-year-old soldier, was 50 miles away in Gaza, where it has been held captive by Hamas since last summer’s war with Israel. The Israel Defense Forces…
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Fast Forward Hamas Confirms ‘Positive’ Truce Talks With Israel
Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal confirmed that his organization is negotiating with Israel over a long-term truce and described the talks as “very positive.” In an interview with a London-based Qatari newspaper published Friday, Meshaal said former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is one of the mediators and that talks have not yet produced an…
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Fast Forward Israel in Talks With Hamas for Longterm Gaza Truce
Israel and Hamas are reportedly negotiating a long-term deal that would end Israel’s blockade of Gaza in exchange for an end to Hamas attacks on Israel. Based on Arabic-language news sources, Israeli papers are reporting that negotiations on the agreement are in their final stages, and that the agreement has been approved by the Shura…
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Fast Forward Captured Hamas Fighter Gives Up Information About Gaza Tunnels
A captured Hamas fighter has provided information to Israeli security services about the location of tunnels between Gaza and Israel, planned attacks on Israel and the Hamas-Iran connection. Ibrahim Shaer, 21, from Rafah in Gaza, was captured in a joint operation of the Shin Bet security service and the Israeli army in early July, the…
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Fast Forward A Gazan Sentenced to Death for Collaborating with Israel
A Gaza court sentenced a man to death for collaborating with Israel. On Thursday, a military court ordered the 30-year-old to be hanged for cooperating with “enemy entities,” the Palestinian Maan news agency reported. A year ago, 18 accused collaborators were killed by Hamas, the terrorist group that runs Gaza, for cooperating with Israel.
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