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Fast Forward Airstrike On Iranian Weapons Depot In Damascus Blamed On Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — At least 15 people were killed in an airstrike on an Iranian weapons depot in Damascus. Eight members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were reported to be among the dead in the late Tuesday night attack, according to reports citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group, which has attributed the attacks…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldiers Kill 3 Palestinians Attempting To Breach Gaza Border
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli soldiers shot and killed three Palestinians attempting to breach Israel’s border fence with Gaza and infiltrate the country. The men killed on Sunday afternoon were part of a group of four men planning to enter Israel from Gaza and carry out a terror attack, the IDF said. The soldiers had been…
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Fast Forward IDF Bombs Hamas Position In Gaza Over Kite Firebombs
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces bombed a Hamas position in Gaza after it was used to launch kites carrying explosives. The Israeli military attack on Saturday night was in response to the incendiary kites, which have sparked fires in the current hot and dry weather which have burned more than 200 acres of…
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Fast Forward 3 Palestinians Attempting To Infiltrate Israel From Gaza Killed By IDF Soldiers
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers in two separate incidents on the border with Gaza. The incidents, all involving the Gaza border fence, took place on Sunday evening. Two Palestinians trying to damage the security fence and infiltrate into Israel were fired upon by Israeli soldiers, killing one. The second was…
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Fast Forward Airstrikes Hit Syrian Military Bases, Israel Suspected
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Overnight airstrikes targeted military bases in northern Syria. At least 26 people are reported dead, mostly Iranian pro-Syrian government fighters, in the Sunday night attacks on the military bases in Hama and Aleppo, according to reports citing the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. At least 60 fighters were wounded and some…
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Fast Forward Trump Peace Envoy: Hamas Uses Gaza Protests ‘As Cover To Attack Israeli Troops’
NEW YORK (JTA) — Jason Greenblatt, President Trump’s chief Middle East negotiator, said Hamas uses protests at Israel’s border with Gaza to attack the Jewish state. “Hamas and other terrorist groups have spent their energy and resources encouraging Palestinians in Gaza to stage protests and throw rocks and Molotov cocktails at the border fence,” Greenblatt…
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Fast Forward IDF Investigating Death Of Palestinian Teen During Border Protests
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s military is investigating the death of a Palestinian teen killed during protests on the Gaza-Israel border. Mohammed Ayoub, 15, was killed Friday during the fourth week of protests along Gaza’s border with Israel, part of the so-called “Great March of Return.” His shooting about 100 meters from the border was captured…
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Fast Forward Teenage Settlers Attack Soldiers Sent To Evacuate Them From Illegal Settlement
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Teenage settlers who erected an illegal outpost in the northern West Bank attacked Israeli soldiers who came to evacuate them. The evacuation on Saturday was met with rocks and pepper spray, according to reports. The soldiers reportedly shot into the air and used tear gas and other riot dispersal methods to halt…
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