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Fast Forward Hamas Terror Cell Planned To Kidnap, Murder Israelis
A Hamas terror cell whose members were from Jerusalem and Hebron planned to kidnap and murder Israelis, the Shin Bet security service said. The cell of six people was uncovered and arrested last month, the Shin Bet announced on Thursday. The Hamas operatives had planned to use the bodies of their kidnapped Israeli victims as…
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Fast Forward Moscow Won’t Put Hamas and Hezbollah on Terror List, Top Russian Says
The fighting in Syria will not affect Russia’s decision to keep Hamas and Hezbollah off its list of terrorist organizations, a senior Kremlin official said. Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told the Interfax news agency last week that while his country concurs with the United States’ definition of some organizations that are operating in Syria…
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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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