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Israel’s prime minister hinted Thursday that Israel has begun attacking Iran to prevent it from further striking the Jewish nation and obtaining nuclear weapons.

Israel on Thursday was bracing for a massive armed confrontation with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in neighboring Lebanon after warnings from the Israeli army’s chief of staff.

A mob of armed Palestinians in the West Bank targeted and extensively damaged Jacob’s Well, a Christian holy site in Nablus (Shechem), on Sunday night, the Tazpit Press Service (TPS) reports. Christian tradition holds that the site of the well was purchased by the Biblical Patriarch Jacob and is referred to in the New Testament as the Well of Sychar.

Battles raged between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip even after both agreed on delivering medicines to Israeli hostages and aid to Palestinians in the war-ravaged territory.

The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared on the social media platform X that a groundbreaking agreement has been successfully brokered between Israel and Hamas, facilitating the delivery of medical supplies for hostages held by the terrorist organization.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that the tunnel network built by Hamas under the Gaza Strip is far more extensive than previously thought, spanning between 350 and 450 miles, significantly larger than the original estimate of 250 miles given in December.

Hamas, condemned as a terrorist organization by Israel, announced on Monday the death of two Israeli hostages.

The head of Hamas’ political bureau called on Muslims worldwide to “build on” the terrorist attacks perpetrated against Israel on October 7, and urged followers to continue in “jihad” for the liberation of Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Car ramming and stabbing attacks by suspected terrorists in Israel’s central city of Ra’anana killed one person and left over a dozen people injured, including children, Israeli police said.

Turkey has detained Israeli soccer player Sagiv Jehezkel for displaying a message about the Hamas massacre of some 1,200 people and kidnappings of 240 others 100 days ago in Israel.

The Islamist Hamas group posted a video on the 100th day of its war against Israel, apparently showing three hostages held in Gaza: Noa Argamani, Yossi Sharabi, and Itay Svirsky.

Hamas, which Israel regards as a terrorist organization, warned Sunday that many Israeli hostages may have been killed.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed victory on the battlefield as Sunday marked 100 days since Israel declared war against Hamas after the deadliest attack in Israel’s 75-year history.

Israel said Saturday that the “Hamas terrorist organization” had been planning to attack its embassy in Sweden and other sites as part of an expansion by the Palestinian Islamist group into Europe.

The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, posted a tweet in Hebrew, sharply criticizing the “Zionist entity” for its “crimes” and will still be remembered after Israel is destroyed.

The Israeli war cabinet is set to deliberate a Qatari proposal that would involve the deportation of Hamas leaders and the release of all hostages captured by the terrorist organization in exchange for a full withdrawal of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from Gaza according to Israeli Channel 13 which cited sources close to officials in Doha, Qatar.

Israel is preparing for a significant legal battle at The Hague’s International Court of Justice, where it faces charges from South Africa of perpetrating genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.  The case asserts that Israel’s military campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip amounts to genocide. Israel has strongly refuted these allegations of genocide.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the successful dismantlement of Hamas’s military infrastructure in the northern region of the Gaza Strip over the past weekend. Following this operation, they have initiated the withdrawal of thousands of their troops from the northern areas of Gaza and continue to “intensify and continue” its military operation in the southern Gaza Strip.

Following the war in Gaza, the Saudi ambassador to the United Kingdom revealed in a BBC interview on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia is interested in pursuing a normalization deal with Israel coupled with the establishment of a Palestinian State.

The population of Israel is expected to pass 10 million in 2024, including a growing number of Christians, Israel365 News reports. Statistics provided by the Central Bureau of Statistics show that Israel had some 9.842 million citizens at the end of 2023, representing an increase of 1.9% from the year before.