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Fast Forward Hamas Hanukkah Plot To Kidnap Israelis Thwarted
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli security services thwarted a Hamas kidnapping plot set to take place during Hanukkah. A Hamas cell from a Palestinian village near Nablus in the West Bank planned to abduct an Israeli soldier or a settler from a bus stop near Nablus, the Israel Security Agency, or Shin Bet, said in a…
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Fast Forward Israeli Army Commander Suspended For Stealing Fruit From Palestinian
An Israeli Defense Forces officer has been suspended after being filmed stealing from a fruit stand in the West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday. The video showed the soldier taking apples from a cart that that had been left unattended when the owner hid inside during a violent demonstration. The soldier then distributed it…
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Fast Forward IDF Destroys Gaza Terror Tunnel Being Built By Hamas
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces discovered and demolished a terror tunnel that crossed into Israel from central Gaza. The tunnel, which had been monitored for several weeks, was demolished on Saturday, the IDF announced Sunday. The tunnel is believed to have belonged to the Hamas terror organization. The exit of the tunnel had…
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Opinion I Was An IDF Soldier During The First Intifada. It Changed Me Forever
This Saturday marks an important anniversary in Israeli history: 30 years since the First Intifada. For years leading up to the Intifada, which literally means dustup or uprising in Arabic, Israel had maintained Gaza as a pool of cheap labor. Tension had been building since 1985, when Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s “iron fist” policy resulted…
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Fast Forward Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syrian Military Facility
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli warplanes struck a Syrian military outpost near Damascus. On Tuesday, Syrian news reports said that the Israeli airstrike was aimed at the Jamarya military facility and research center, which reportedly has developed missiles, rockets and nonconventional weapons. Reports also said that Syrian forces intercepted three of the six missiles fired by…
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Fast Forward Israeli Retaliatory Strikes Hit Hamas Posts In Gaza
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli tanks and planes fired on four Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for mortar shells fired on soldiers working in southern Israel, the Israeli army said. Following the mortar attacks early Thursday afternoon, trains running between the southern Israeli cities of Ashkelon and Sderot were stopped. Buses were sent…
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Fast Forward Israeli President Rejects Pardon For Soldier Who Shot Downed Terrorist
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin rejected a request to pardon a former Israeli soldier convicted of shooting and killing an injured Palestinian terrorist as he lay on the ground. Rivlin rejected the request to pardon jailed soldier Elor Azaria, who is serving a reduced sentence of 14 months in prison for the murder….
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Fast Forward IDF Chief Of Staff: We’re Ready To Share Intel With Saudis
DUBAI (Reuters) – The Israeli army’s chief of staff told an Arabic language online newspaper that Israel was ready to share “intelligence information” with Saudi Arabia, saying their countries had a common interest in standing up to Iran. Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot told the privately Saudi-owned Elaph in what it said was his first interview…
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