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  • Hezbollah Hit Israel’s North 1,300 Times in August, Most in One Month Since Oct. 7

    The figure marked an increase of 400% compared to January. Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org August was the most intense month in the conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group so far, with more than 1,300 attacks on the Jewish state recorded, authorities said on Thursday. According to the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet),…

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  • Hostages Were Executed Days Before Being Found, Autopsies Show

    One of the six bodies recovered from a Rafah tunnel bore signs of having been tied up, and all showed evidence of neglect, according to the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute. By: Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org The six hostages whose bodies were recovered by Israeli forces from a Rafah tunnel in southern Gaza overnight Saturday were…

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  • Israeli Forces Rescue Hostage Alive from Southern Gaza

    Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, from the Arab Bedouin Negev city of Rahat, was rescued in a “complex operation.” Israeli forces have rescued a hostage alive from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency said in a joint statement on Tuesday. Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, from the Bedouin city of Rahat…

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  • Columbia President Minouche Shafik Resigns, Citing Toll of Controversy over Pro-Palestinian Protests on Campus

    By: JTA Staff – jta.org Minouche Shafik, the Columbia University president whose campus became an epicenter of unrest this year following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, has resigned weeks before the start of the school year. Shafik’s resignation, tendered Wednesday, means she is stepping down after about a year in the role. Her decision…

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  • In Jish, an Indigenous Christian Minority Defiantly Stays in Hezbollah’s Crosshairs

    Instead of fleeing the Galilee, hundreds of Zionist Arameans are digging in as they brace for a major escalation By: Canaan Lidor – The Times of Israel; timesofisrael.com JISH, northern Israel — In plain view of a Hezbollah stronghold, Shadi Khalloul scanned a fig tree for the best fruit to offer his guests. “Take some…

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  • Israel’s Underground Hospital Prepares for Attack

    By: Jenny Hill, reporting from Haifa, Israel – BBC News; bbc.com Deep under the northern Israeli city of Haifa, there’s a vast underground hospital. Hundreds and hundreds of beds are lined up within its concrete walls. There are operating theatres, a maternity ward, and medical supplies stacked up in corners. But there are no patients…

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