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Fast Forward Israeli Driver Injured in West Bank Rock Attack
An Israeli driver was injured when his car overturned after being attacked by Palestinians throwing rocks in the West Bank. The driver, who was hit in the head in the Saturday night attack near Gush Etzion, was being treated at Hadassah Hospital for internal bleeding. His wife and baby were lightly injured. Also Saturday, a…
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Fast Forward N.J. Yeshiva Student Missing After Hike in Jerusalem Forest
A haredi Orthodox yeshiva student from Lakewood, N.J., was reported missing after hiking in the Jerusalem Forest. Aaron Sofer, 23, was last seen at noon Friday when he and a friend began climbing down a steep incline on a hiking trail, according to the Yeshiva World website. The friend called police several hours later and…
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Fast Forward Iran Claims It Shot Down Israeli Drone Near Nuclear Facility
Iran claimed that it shot down an Israeli drone near its Natanz uranium enrichment facility. “This act demonstrates a new adventurism by the Zionist regime,” Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said in a statement on its official website, the AFP news agency reported. “The Revolutionary Guard and the other armed forces reserve the right to respond to…
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Fast Forward 200 Hollywood Elite Condemn Hamas in Statement
Nearly 200 Hollywood elite from actors to directors to studio heads has signed a statement condemning Hamas, as its conflict with Israel continues. “Hamas cannot be allowed to rain rockets on Israeli cities, nor can it be allowed to hold its own people hostage. Hospitals are for healing, not for hiding weapons. Schools are for…
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Fast Forward Hundreds Attend Funeral of 4-Year-Old Israeli Killed by Gaza Rocket
Hundreds of people attended the funeral of four–year-old Daniel Tregerman, who was killed by shrapnel from a mortar outside his home near the border with Gaza. “We were the happiest family in the world, and I just cannot come to grips with it,” Daniel’s mother, Gila Tregerman, said between sobs at Sunday morning’s funeral. “We…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu: Israel Will Continue ‘War Against Extremist and Violent Islam’
Israel’s operation in Gaza will continue “until its goals are achieved” and could extend into the start of the school year, Benjamin Netanyahu said. The Israeli prime minister also reiterated that Hamas is equal to the jihadist group ISIS Netanyahu on Sunday at the beginning of the weekly Cabinet meeting called on the residents of…
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Fast Forward Rockets Fired From Syria, Lebanon Strike Northern Israel
Rockets fired from Syria and Lebanon struck northern Israel. At least five rockets fired from Syria landed in areas across the Golan Heights early Sunday morning, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed. No one was injured in the rocket attack from Syria, which occurred at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday amid a series of Code Red rocket…
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Fast Forward Israel Says It Found Hamas Training Manual in Gaza
The Israeli army has released what it says is a page from a seized Hamas training manual that would appear to support its case that Palestinian militants deliberately use the cover of residential areas for combat operations. Hamas, which denies it puts civilians at risk by storing and firing weapons from built-up areas, dismissed the…
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