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IDF demolishes Samaria home of Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri
The Israel Defense Forces demolished the Samaria home of top Hamas commander Saleh al-Arouri on Tuesday morning.
Al-Arouri, the commander of Hamas operations in Judea and Samaria and the deputy of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, is currently...
Yad Vashem: Ambassador’s yellow-star UN protest dishonors Holocaust victims
The head of Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial on Tuesday criticized Israel's U.N. ambassador for donning a yellow Star of David during an address to the U.N. Security Council, saying the stunt "dishonors both...
Israel’s Arrow system intercepts Houthi missile from Yemen
Israel's Arrow air-defense system has intercepted a surface-to-surface missile launched at the Jewish state from the “Red Sea area,” the military said on Tuesday.
A spokesperson for Yemen’s Houthi rebels confirmed the Iranian-backed terror group...
Top Hamas commander killed as Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza
Israel struck over 300 Hamas targets and killed "numerous" terrorists in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, including a senior commander, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday morning.
Among the sites targeted...
Watchdog: 31 journalists killed in Israel-Hamas war
Thirty-one journalists have been killed in Gaza, Israel and Lebanon since Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Four journalists were killed during the terror group's invasion of southern Israel, 26...
250,000 Israelis displaced, bodies identified three weeks after mass murder
Some 250,000 Israelis have been displaced by the war so far, and the Israel Defense Forces are working with local councils to care for devastated communities of traumatized people from the south, including children...
‘Let the arms cease,’ Pope Francis says
Pope Francis called for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas during his weekly, Sunday address in Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City.
"In Gaza, spaces must be left to guarantee humanitarian aid and the hostages...
It’s about time for a global reckoning
My staff and I had the profound honor this week of taking Or Got of Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel to Capitol Hill. Kibbutz Be’eri has been a beautiful oasis of convivial neighbors, family...
The Gaza War and International Law: An Informed Assessment
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In its obligatory war against Palestinian terror – a criminal process encouraged and sustained by Iran – Israel is acting within the bounds of pertinent international law. Though this assessment is difficult to...
Our Divine Defense System
Rabbi Yom Tov Lipman Heller (1579–1654), in his classic commentary on the Mishnah, Tosfot Yom Tov (Pirkei Avot, 5:3), offers profound insight into the title bestowed upon our forefather Avraham, known as “Avinu” (our...