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Journalist on Palestinian Affairs:

Journalist on Palestinian Affairs: Hezbollah not collapsed; still has countless abilities

Following reports on significant damage to Hezbollah's capabilities, journalist Elior Levy says that the terrorist organization 'has countless more abilities up its sleeve.'

Journalist on Palestinian Affairs: Hezbollah not collapsed; still has countless abilities

Violence in Crown Heights:

Violence in Crown Heights: Driver arrested on suspicion of assaulting a Jewish youth

The suspected driver drove wildly and tried to overtake the Jew's car. After a collision, the victim got out of his car and the suspect violently attacked him.

Violence in Crown Heights: Driver arrested on suspicion of assaulting a Jewish youth

Sderot:

Sderot: Families of 'deadly minibus' victims file lawsuit

Families of 'deadly minibus' victims file a lawsuit of NIS 12 million against the municipality of Sderot and Motorola Solutions, which is responsible for the mobile shelter where they were murdered: 'They were left helpless.'

Sderot: Families of 'deadly minibus' victims file lawsuit

Watch:

Watch: Car in flames after rocket strike in Carmiel

Hezbollah fires barrage of 15 rockets at northern city of Carmiel. Multiple rockets struck the city, causing damage to vehicles. No injuries were reported.

Watch: Car in flames after rocket strike in Carmiel

IAF intercepts two UAVs launched from Syria

Less than a day after a UAV hit an IDF training base, IAF intercepts two UAVs making their way towards Israel from Syria.

IAF intercepts two UAVs launched from Syria

Recording

Recording | Gazan: Gazan: 'Hamas hitting us with sticks to stop us from evacuating'

Gazan civilians told the IDF that Hamas is actively preventing Gazan civilians from heeding the IDF’s calls to move away from the combat zone in Jabaliya.

Recording | Gazan: Gazan: 'Hamas hitting us with sticks to stop us from evacuating'

In a single day:

In a single day: IDF destroys 200 terror targets in southern Lebanon

IDF continuing operations in southern Lebanon and Gaza, eliminating dozens of terrorists and destroying 220 terror targets.

In a single day: IDF destroys 200 terror targets in southern Lebanon

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Watch: Border police officers with guns drawn arrest Arab car thief

Border Police officers arrested caught a Palestinian Arab who was allegedly attempting to smuggle a vehicle that was stolen from central Israel into Palestinian Authority-controlled territory

Watch: Border police officers with guns drawn arrest Arab car thief

Week of Oct. 7th:

Week of Oct. 7th: CAM records highest-ever weekly antisemitism count

'We believe it’s also the week with the highest number of attacks on Jews since the end of the Holocaust,' CAM CEO Roytman Dratwa says.

Week of Oct. 7th: CAM records highest-ever weekly antisemitism count

Father relates:

Father relates: 'UAV exploded six or seven meters away from my son'

Father of squad commander serving at the Golani Brigade training base which was hit by a Hezbollah UAV describes the scene of the attack, says his son had wanted to fight in Lebanon.

Father relates: 'UAV exploded six or seven meters away from my son'

Defense Minister:

Defense Minister: We're working on solutions to the threat of UAV attacks

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visits Golani Brigade training base hit by Hezbollah UAV, promises incident will be investigated, 'concentrated effort' to find solutions for UAV threat.

Defense Minister: We're working on solutions to the threat of UAV attacks

UAV strike on IDF base:

UAV strike on IDF base: Yosef fell 33 years after his grandfather fell in Lebanon

Sergeant Yosef Hieb was killed one week before his the 33rd anniversary of his grandfather's death in Lebanon.

UAV strike on IDF base: Yosef fell 33 years after his grandfather fell in Lebanon

Golani Brigade base hit by UAV exposed on YouTube

The 'Mitgaysim' site features a video tour of the Golani Brigade training base which was hit by a Hezbollah UAV, in an incident which killed four soldiers and injured over 60 others.

Golani Brigade base hit by UAV exposed on YouTube

Civilians report unknown UAV - minutes before explosion

IAF confirms UAV reported to police was innocent, just prior to a deadly UAV strike in Binyamina. It is not clear that it was the same UAV.

Civilians report unknown UAV - minutes before explosion

Chief of Staff at base hit by UAV:

Chief of Staff at base hit by UAV: 'You acted well, treating and evacuating the injured'

'We are at war, and an attack on a training base on the home front is difficult and the results are painful,' IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi says.

Chief of Staff at base hit by UAV: 'You acted well, treating and evacuating the injured'

Two soldiers severely injured in southern Gaza

Two soldiers, one from the 8101st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, and the other from the 46th Battalion, 401st Brigade, severely in combat in southern Gaza.

Two soldiers severely injured in southern Gaza

Tragic UAV attack

Tragic UAV attack: Seven still hospitalized in serious condition

The victims who were wounded in the kamikaze drone strike on the Golani Training Base were taken to nine different hospitals. Seven are in serious condition and nine are in moderate condition.

Tragic UAV attack: Seven still hospitalized in serious condition

NBC News poll:

NBC News poll: Trump and Harris tied at 48 percent

Three weeks until Election Day, new NBC News poll reveals a tightly contested race for the White House.

NBC News poll: Trump and Harris tied at 48 percent

Rep. Torres:

Rep. Torres: Harvard brought their problems on themselves

Rep. Ritchie Torres responds to disappointment expressed by Harvard University President Alan Garber with the university’s fundraising efforts: More disappointing than Harvard’s fundraising is its failure to combat campus antisemitism.

Rep. Torres: Harvard brought their problems on themselves

After shots fired at school

Members of Toronto's Jewish community demand action after shots fired at school

Leadership of Bais Chaya Mushka and community heads gather outside the school to condemn the violence and call on all three levels of government to step up and take action.

Members of Toronto's Jewish community demand action after shots fired at school

After Hezbollah UAV attack

Austin calls Gallant, expresses condolences after Hezbollah UAV attack

US Secretary of Defense speaks to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, expresses condolences over deaths of four soldiers killed when a Hezbollah drone hit a base near Binyamina.

Austin calls Gallant, expresses condolences after Hezbollah UAV attack

Macron to Iranian President:

Macron to Iranian President: Support a general de-escalation in the region

French President speaks to Iranian counterpart, calls on him to support a "general de-escalation" in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

Macron to Iranian President: Support a general de-escalation in the region

California:

Man caught in illegal possession of weapons near Trump event in California

The Riverside County Sheriff said that Vem Miller, a 49-year-old resident of Las Vegas, was stopped at a checkpoint near the rally and was found to be illegally in possession of a shotgun, a loaded handgun, and a high-capacity magazine.

Man caught in illegal possession of weapons near Trump event in California

A miracle

A miracle | Watch: Fragment from exploding UAV stuck in wounded man's kippah

A fragment from the UAV that exploded in Binyamina stuck in the kippah of one of the wounded. It was only when he arrived at Laniado Hospital that he noticed that "something was stuck in the kippah." The hospital says that the shrapnel did not scratch the wounded man.

A miracle | Watch: Fragment from exploding UAV stuck in wounded man's kippah

Released hostage to diplomats:

Released hostage to foreign diplomats: I nearly died underneath the ground

Ambassadors and diplomats join hostages' families in solidarity event. Released hostage Aviva Siegel: I was there. For 51 days. I nearly died underneath the ground. One more day and I would have been dead.

Released hostage to foreign diplomats: I nearly died underneath the ground

In past month:

25 Hezbollah launches at Israel from near UNIFIL positions in past month

IDF soldiers uncovered weapons stored inside underground compounds located from a few dozen meters up to a few hundred meters from UNIFIL posts situated near the Blue Line.

25 Hezbollah launches at Israel from near UNIFIL positions in past month

Don't panic:

'Don't panic,' says Viznitzer Rebbe to his followers

'I don't like it when people get into a panic, in anything, and also on this issue,' Viznitzer Rebbe says to his followers. 'If you have to undergo a medical procedure, trust Hashem.'

'Don't panic,' says Viznitzer Rebbe to his followers

Political echelon directive:

Following political echelon directive: IDF has not struck Beirut for three days

The last strike on the capital city was conducted on Thursday against senior Hezbollah official Wafiq Safa.

Following political echelon directive: IDF has not struck Beirut for three days

Amb. Danon:

Amb. Danon: 'Insistence on keeping UNIFIL soldiers in line of fire incomprehensible'

IDF says the incident where tanks entered a UNIFIL position occurred while attempting to evacuate injured soldiers while still under fire.

Amb. Danon: 'Insistence on keeping UNIFIL soldiers in line of fire incomprehensible'

Southern Lebanon:

Southern Lebanon: 120 meter long tunnel located and destroyed | Watch

Forces from the 205th Brigade uncovered underground infrastructure approximately 120 meters long and two meters deep, located about half a kilometer from the border.

Southern Lebanon: 120 meter long tunnel located and destroyed | Watch

Hezbollah is running out of money following Israeli offensive

Lebanese U.S.-designated terror group Hezbollah is running out of money, after a week long Israeli offensive in Lebanon disrupts 3 of its key sources of cash.

Hezbollah is running out of money following Israeli offensive

Month after airstrike

Report: Hamas aerial unit commander succumbs to wounds month after airstrike

Last month Samer Abu Dakah was targeted in an IDF airstrike on the humanitarian zone in Khan Yunis. According to al-Hadath, he has been pronounced dead.

Report: Hamas aerial unit commander succumbs to wounds month after airstrike

October 7th:

Case against Israelis suspected of murdering October 7th terrorist expected to close

Roy Yifrah, who impersonated a soldier, was charged with only illegal possession of a weapon. The murder case is expected to be closed due to evidential difficulties and an understanding of the extreme abnormality of the events of October 7th.

Case against Israelis suspected of murdering October 7th terrorist expected to close

'I salute you my precious grandson'

'I salute you my precious grandson' | First Sergeant Ittai Fogel laid to rest

Fogel (22), fell in battle in Gaza, leaving behind parents and four siblings. His cousin First Sergeant Elkana Navon fell at the end of August, during military activity in Jenin.

'I salute you my precious grandson' | First Sergeant Ittai Fogel laid to rest

Bennett:

Bennett: 'A propotional response to Iran would be horrendous'

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett explains why Israel should avoid a proportional response to the Iranian missile attacks.

Bennett: 'A propotional response to Iran would be horrendous'

CBS instructs staff not to refer to Jerusalem as Israel

National Unity party leader says 'No attempt to distort or hide reality' will change fact that Jerusalem is the Jewish people's eternal capital after CBS senior director Mark Memmott instructs employees to never admit Jerusalem is part of Israel.

CBS instructs staff not to refer to Jerusalem as Israel

Double Tragedy:

Double Tragedy: Dalya lost two grandchildren in 42 days

'When they knocked on the door I didn’t need an explanation - I heard the message 42 days ago.'

Double Tragedy: Dalya lost two grandchildren in 42 days

Netanyahu to UN chief:

Netanyahu to UN chief: 'Get UNIFIL forces out of Hezbollah strongholds right now'

Israeli PM calls on UN Sec. Gen. Guterres to remove UNIFIL's forces from the combat zones in southern Lebanon and "out of harm's way" so they are not used as human shields by Hezbollah.

Netanyahu to UN chief: 'Get UNIFIL forces out of Hezbollah strongholds right now'

Posters of hostages torn down in Judea and Samaria

Emuna Or, the sister of hostage Avinatan Or, tells Arutz Sheva the posters were torn down in Jewish communities while posters about other issues like judicial reform were left untouched.

Posters of hostages torn down in Judea and Samaria

Watch:

Watch: IDF captures terrorist emerging from tunnel in Lebanon

In a relatively rare achievement, the terrorist was spotted coming out of the tunnel and taken for questioning alive.

Watch: IDF captures terrorist emerging from tunnel in Lebanon