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Breaking News Letter Threatens Mumbai Synagogues Over Gaza Conflict
Mumbai city police received a letter threatening to bomb Jewish sites in the city in retaliation for Israel’s operation in Gaza. The letter, reported by Indian news outlets on Sunday, reportedly had threatened to launch the attacks on Friday, the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The letter was signed by the…
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Breaking News Israel Insists It Didn’t Kill 15 at Gaza School Shelter
A mortar fired by Israeli troops in the direction of a United Nations school in Gaza did not cause casualties as was widely reported, Israel’s military said. The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday issued a report on an inquiry into the incident on Thursday, in which a school in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza affiliated…
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Breaking News Kerry’s Rejected Proposal for Israel-Gaza Ceasefire Leaked
Details of the week-long cease-fire proposal U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry offered and Israel rejected emerged in leaks to various media outlets. The proposal made Friday, according to the leaked documents, calls for Israel and the Palestinian factions in Gaza to halt hostilities and then convene within 48 hours to discuss other terms, “including…
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Israel News Thousands of Israelis Protest Gaza War in Rare Outpouring for Peace
(Haaretz) — Thousands assembled at Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on Saturday evening for what became the largest protest against the Israeli military operation in Gaza thus far. According to official estimates some 7,000 protesters attended. Meanwhile, a smaller group rallied in support of the operation in Gaza. The police served as a barrier between the groups…
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Breaking News Is De Facto Truce Taking Shape in Gaza?
(Reuters) – Fighting subsided in Gaza on Sunday after Hamas Islamist militants said they backed a 24-hour humanitarian truce and U.S. President Barack Obama called for a ceasefire but there was no sign of any comprehensive deal to end fighting with Israel. Hamas said it had endorsed a call by the United Nations for a…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Says Hamas Has Violated Its Own Ceasefire
(Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday the Palestinian militant group Hamas had violated its own offer of a 24-hour humanitarian truce in Gaza. Asked whether Israel would accept the truce offer, Netanyahu told CNN’s “State of the Union” program: “Hamas doesn’t even accept its own cease-fire, it’s continuing to fire at…
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Breaking News Sydney Jewish Leader Resigns Government Post Over Gaza War
A senior Jewish leader in Sydney resigned from a high-profile government post amid a furor over the Gaza conflict. Vic Alhadeff, the chief executive of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, stood down on Sunday as the part-time chair of the NSW Community Relations Commission just two weeks after an email he sent…
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Breaking News Israel Says Soldier Definitely Not Captured
The Israeli army announced on Friday that a soldier unaccounted for after an ambush in the Gaza Strip six days ago was definitely dead, although they had still not recovered his body. Islamist militant group Hamas said last Sunday it had captured Oron Shaul, giving his name and army ID number, but did not release…
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