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IDF fighter jets attack Hamas targets after explosive balloon attacks

Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2020

IDF fighter jets attacked a Hamas underground infrastructure in the northern Gaza Strip late Thursday, the IDF Spokesperson confirmed.

Netanyahu warns Hezbollah amid high tensions along northern border

Posted on Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday warned the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah and others, after Israeli forces said they thwarted an infiltration attempt from Syria by suspected militants.

Israel Mulls Imposing Another Lockdown to Fight Virus

Posted on Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Israeli leaders are considering reinstating a full lockdown in August as the country continues to battle a second wave of the coronavirus.

Israeli court upholds block on Palestinian Authority payments to terrorists

Posted on Tuesday, August 4, 2020

The Tel-Aviv District Court ruled in favor of an Israeli government crack-down on Palestinian Authority (PA) payments to convicted terrorists in prison, Israel Hayom reported.

15 said killed in mystery airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias in Syria

Posted on Tuesday, August 4, 2020

At least 15 people were killed in a mystery air attack on a base used by Iranian forces and Iranian-backed militias, a war monitor group focused on Syria said Tuesday.

IDF strikes Syrian military targets in response to attempted border attack

Posted on Monday, August 3, 2020

The Israeli military conducted a series of airstrikes on Syrian military targets late Monday night in response to an attempted attack on the border in the Golan Heights the night before, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Likud minister: If Gantz fails to back budget, we’ll form alternative government

Posted on Monday, August 3, 2020

Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis warned Monday that if the Blue and White party does not back a single-year budget as pushed by his Likud party, the latter will seek to replace the unity coalition with an alternative…

Netanyahu: West Bank annexation ‘not off the table’; issue ‘is in Washington’

Posted on Monday, August 3, 2020

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday told his Likud faction meeting that Israel’s planned annexation of West Bank land is not off the table, but is being held up by the US administration.

In largest protest yet, over 10,000 rally against Netanyahu in Jerusalem

Posted on Monday, August 3, 2020

Thousands of Israelis protested against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his official residence in Jerusalem on Saturday evening, in the biggest rally to be held in the capital since the recent start of anti-government protests.

After rocket attack, Israel hits ‘underground’ Hamas targets in Gaza

Posted on Monday, August 3, 2020

Israeli warplanes hit several Hamas sites in central and southern Gaza Strip early Monday, the Israel Defense Forces said, hours after Palestinians fired a rocket into Israel from the coastal enclave.

Remarkable archaeology discovery in Jerusalem places Jews firmly in Jerusalem in Biblical times

Posted on Friday, July 31, 2020

A recent, outstanding archaeological discovery of a 2,700-year-old major administrative center in Jerusalem provides further compelling evidence that Jews lived in the area during Biblical times, the Jerusalem Post reported last week. Excavated by the Israel Antiquities Authority…

Another ancient church discovered in the Galilee

Posted on Friday, July 31, 2020

A 1,300 year-old church has been uncovered in the Galilee region of Israel, CBN News reported Wednesday. Working with the Kinneret Academic College, Israel’s Antiquity Authority discovered the church in the Circassian village of Kfar Kama.

1st half of 2020 sees near-record anti-Semitism in UK despite lockdown

Posted on Thursday, July 30, 2020

Anti-Semitic incidents in the UK have dropped by 13 percent in 2020 compared to the year before, likely due to COVID-19 lockdown regulations, but the 789 events reported between January and June still represent the third-highest number on…

Netanyahu and Pompeo say Trump peace plan remains on the table but give no timeline for Israeli annexation plans

Posted on Thursday, July 30, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s peace plan was still on the table, although neither leader gave any indication as to when Israel would extend sovereignty to those parts…

Israel sends reinforcements to north, bracing for imminent attack

Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2020

The Israel Defense Forces deployed additional reinforcements to the country’s Lebanese and Syrian borders on Tuesday, indicating it was bracing for more violence along the frontiers after an alleged attempted attack by the Hezbollah terror group the day…

Israel, Hezbollah trade fire in ‘security incident’ near Lebanese border

Posted on Monday, July 27, 2020

The Israeli military confirmed on Monday there had been a "security incident" on the country's northern border with Lebanon and said its forces were engaged in "ongoing combat" with Hezbollah militants.

IDF strikes Syrian army targets near border after munitions fired at Israel

Posted on Monday, July 27, 2020

Israeli attack helicopters on Friday night struck several military targets in southern Syria belonging to the Syrian military, in response to munitions fired at Israel earlier in the day, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Shin Bet said to have secretly tracked most Israelis’ phones for over 2.5 years

Posted on Monday, July 27, 2020

Long before the coronavirus outbreak, the Shin Bet security service was secretly tracking Israelis’ cellphones in a clandestine program to fight the Islamic State terror group that lasted for at least two and a half years, and may…

Intense Israeli protests against government

Posted on Monday, July 27, 2020

Following demonstrations in Tel Aviv, protestors took to the streets of Jerusalem this week to prevent the passing of a controversial law that would give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government powers to impose extensive COVID-19 restrictions…

Israel Sends Troops to Lebanon Border Amid Threat of Hezbollah Attack

Posted on Friday, July 24, 2020

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday beefed up defenses on the country's northern border with Lebanon in anticipation of a potential attack after Hezbollah accused Israel of killing one of its fighters during an alleged air raid…

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