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Report:

Report: US told limited ground op in Lebanon imminent

Israeli officials tell US that Israel is preparing to launch a ground operation to clear out terrorist infrastructure from southern Lebanon in an operation that would be smaller than the 2006 war, the Washington Post reports.

Report: US told limited ground op in Lebanon imminent

ISA warns:

ISA warns: Iran stepping up efforts to carry out assassinations in Israel

Shin Bet warns of increase in Iranian efforts to recruit Israeli citizens to carry out attacks on Israeli officials.

ISA warns: Iran stepping up efforts to carry out assassinations in Israel

IDF attacks Beirut:

IDF attacks Beirut: Commander of medium-range rocket array eliminated

In the past week Air Force fighter jets attacked and destroyed commanders and sites belonging to Hezbollah's missile and rocket array.

IDF attacks Beirut: Commander of medium-range rocket array eliminated

Iranian cleric:

Iranian cleric: 'Jews have had access to genies since Davidic times'

Cleric claims in televised interview that Israel was able to eliminate Hassan Nasrallah by employing the aid of supernatural creatures and advanced technologies the Jews have supposedly had for 3,000 years.

Iranian cleric: 'Jews have had access to genies since Davidic times'

PFLP Lebanon branch head eliminated

Nidal Abdel-Aal, Head of the Lebanon Branch of the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) terrorist organization, and Imad Odeh, who was the Head of PFLP's Military Office in Lebanon, eliminated.

PFLP Lebanon branch head eliminated

Sweden Stands With Israel:

Sweden Stands With Israel, Commemorating October 7 at Kristet Center Örebro

Pastor Per-Åke Eliasson, Senior Pastor of Kristet Center Örebro: 'Our support for Israel is rooted in love, in faith, and in the belief that we must stand up against hatred wherever it exists. This is a fight for humanity, for decency, and for the right to live in peace.'

Sweden Stands With Israel, Commemorating October 7 at Kristet Center Örebro

Israeli airspace

Transportation Min. working to reverse no-fly recommendation for Israeli airspace

EASA recommends airline operators avoid Israel, Lebanon, airspace, Transportation Ministry works to prove recommendation stems from outside interests and not security concerns.

Transportation Min. working to reverse no-fly recommendation for Israeli airspace

Binyamin region farmer:

Binyamin region farmer: 'The State views me and my fellow shepherds as an enemy'

Police delivered a restraining order to Tal Yinon Dardik, a father of three who manages a farm near the town of Kochav Hashachar.

Binyamin region farmer: 'The State views me and my fellow shepherds as an enemy'

Leading Israeli news anchor:

Leading Israeli news anchor: I received threats from a professor

Anchor Amit Segal shared an email message he allegedly received from a professor who wrote to him, 'Mr. Segal, the ultimate trash, your appearances on television are nauseating.'

Leading Israeli news anchor: I received threats from a professor

Deputy Hezbollah leader:

Deputy Hezbollah leader: We're ready for an Israeli ground incursion

Naim Qassem, deputy to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, speaks for the first time following his leader's death, stresses that 'the war is long, but we will emerge victorious.'

Deputy Hezbollah leader: We're ready for an Israeli ground incursion

Report reveals:

Report reveals: Conditions for Jews in Diaspora significantly deteriorated

JPPI's disquieting 2024 report, 'A Year of War,' reveals deep concerns surrounding the future of global Jewry and the State of Israel.

Report reveals: Conditions for Jews in Diaspora significantly deteriorated

Hamas announces:

Hamas commander in Lebanon eliminated in Israeli strike, terror group announces

Fatah Sharif Abu al-Amin, senior UNRWA employee and senior Hamas official, killed in strike in Lebanon.

Hamas commander in Lebanon eliminated in Israeli strike, terror group announces

Rabbi Mazuz: Hassan Nasrallah 'received his gift'

Rabbi Meir Mazuz, head of the Kisei Rahamim Yeshiva, responds to elimination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah: 'G-d is watching over us, Nasrallah received his gift.'

Rabbi Mazuz: Hassan Nasrallah 'received his gift'

IDF Spokesperson:

IDF Spokesperson: 'We have lost the public's trust'

IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari reveals for the first time a conversation with a returned hostage and how it affected him throughout the war.

IDF Spokesperson: 'We have lost the public's trust'

Ahead of ground incursion:

Ahead of ground incursion: Israeli special forces operating in southern Lebanon

New WSJ report says Israel preparing for ground incursion into Lebanon with a series of 'small, targeted raids,' ground incursion could begin as early as this week.

Ahead of ground incursion: Israeli special forces operating in southern Lebanon

Watch: IAF tankers on their way to Yemen

IDF publishes footage of the tankers which flew alongside fighter planes on their way to strike Houthi military targets in Yemen.

Watch: IAF tankers on their way to Yemen

Watch:

Watch: UAV from Lebanon intercepted after crossing into Israeli territory

IDF publishes footage of Navy interception after UAV enters Israel's economic waters.

Watch: UAV from Lebanon intercepted after crossing into Israeli territory

Report:

Report: This is how Israeli intelligence infiltrated Hezbollah

The Financial Times reports that Israel managed to collect extensive data during the Syrian civil war, and expanded those capabilities afterwards.

Report: This is how Israeli intelligence infiltrated Hezbollah

In Depth:

In Depth: Arabs against oppression

Prime Minister Netanyahu recently addressed those suffering under oppressive regimes in the Middle East. Who was he talking to?

In Depth: Arabs against oppression

First time since start of war

The first time since the start of the war | Poll: Right-wing bloc wins 61 seats

Channel 14 poll shows that if elections were to be held today, the Likud led by Netanyahu would win 31 seats.

The first time since the start of the war | Poll: Right-wing bloc wins 61 seats

Report:

Report: Israel likely used US-made bombs in Nasrallah strike

Washington Post reports that Israel likely used US-made 2,000-pound bombs in its strike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Report: Israel likely used US-made bombs in Nasrallah strike

Elimination in Beirut:

Elimination in Beirut: Three senior PFLP terrorists killed in explosion

Media in Lebanon report explosion in the Al-Kola district of the Lebanese capital. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: Three of our senior leaders were killed in an Israeli attack.

Elimination in Beirut: Three senior PFLP terrorists killed in explosion

Deep in Lebanese territory

IDF strikes dozens of Hezbollah terror targets deep in Lebanese territory

IAF fighter jets strike dozens of launchers and buildings where weapons belonging to Hezbollah were stored in the Beqaa area.

IDF strikes dozens of Hezbollah terror targets deep in Lebanese territory

Report:

Report: Hezbollah appoints replacement for Nasrallah

Hashem Safieddine, the head of Hezbollah's Executive Council, was chosen by the organization's Shura Council, on which he serves as well, to replace Hassan Nasrallah as Secretary General.

Report: Hezbollah appoints replacement for Nasrallah

Channel 12 News poll:

Channel 12 News poll: Likud leads, Ben Gvir weakens

If elections were to be held today, Likud would win 25 seats, National Unity 21, Yesh Atid 15, while Otzma Yehudit would be weakened to six seats.

Channel 12 News poll: Likud leads, Ben Gvir weakens

What happened to Sinwar? The IDF's hint

A picture published by the IDF shows a list of terrorists who were eliminated since the beginning of the war. A question mark hangs over the photo of Yahya Sinwar.

What happened to Sinwar? The IDF's hint

Iranian Jews:

Iranian Jews: 'Eulogize Nasrallah and call for revenge on Zionist regime'

The Jewish communities in Isfahan and Tehran express their condolences to Hezbollah supporters and say that 'Nasrallah was murdered in a brutal attack by the Zionist regime.'

Iranian Jews: 'Eulogize Nasrallah and call for revenge on Zionist regime'

Estimate:

Nasrallah died in agony from suffocation in the bunker

The body of the Hezbollah leader was exhumed intact, leading to the assumption that Nasrallah died as a result of suffocation and in great agony.

Nasrallah died in agony from suffocation in the bunker

Watch:

Watch: Hassan Nasrallah's body recovered after elimination

Reuters reports that witnesses say Hezbollah leader's body shows no sign of injury and he was killed by the force of the blast.

Watch: Hassan Nasrallah's body recovered after elimination

ADL chief:

ADL chief: Silence in face of antisemitism against Josh Shapiro 'shameful'

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt criticized the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris, the Biden Administration, and the Democratic Party or their lack of response to the antisemitic abuse hurled at Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.

ADL chief: Silence in face of antisemitism against Josh Shapiro 'shameful'

Zelenskyy attends memorial on 83rd anniversary of Babi Yar massacre

Memorial ceremony was held at the Babi Yar killing site, marking 83 years since the massacre of Kyiv’s Jews, who were murdered by the Nazi Germans and their collaborators in 1941.

Zelenskyy attends memorial on 83rd anniversary of Babi Yar massacre

Watch:

Watch: Kilometer-long tunnel in central Gaza demolished

IDF forces destroyed a tunnel about a kilometer long near residential houses in central Gaza.

Watch: Kilometer-long tunnel in central Gaza demolished

Hezbollah security unit commander eliminated in Beirut

Nabil Qaouk, a high-ranking Hezbollah figure who joined the organization in the 1980s, becomes the latest Hezbollah commander to be eliminated in Lebanon.

Hezbollah security unit commander eliminated in Beirut

Watch:

Watch: 3D simulation of elimination of Hassan Nasrallah

The Al-Arabiya network published a video dsiplaying a simulation fo the airstrike in which Hezbollah's secretary-general was eliminated.

Watch: 3D simulation of elimination of Hassan Nasrallah

Elections for Chief Rabbi of Israel begin

Three months after the current chief rabbis end their term, 140 members of the voting body hold elections to decide who will fill the positions for the next decade.

Elections for Chief Rabbi of Israel begin

Erdogan-affiliated paper:

Erdogan-affiliated paper: 'World won't be safe until Israel is destroyed'

Yeni Şafak, a newspaper closely affiliated with the Erdogan regime in Turkey, publishes front-page article explicitly calling for the destruction of the State of Israel in response to the elimination of Hassan Nasrallah.

Erdogan-affiliated paper: 'World won't be safe until Israel is destroyed'

Saudi Crown Prince: I don't care about a two-state solution

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says he would be willing for Israel to conduct counterterror operations in Gaza following war. 'I don't personally care about the Palestinian issue, but my people do.'

Saudi Crown Prince: I don't care about a two-state solution

Bennett:

Bennett: Nasrallah's death shows Israel and the Jewish people never forget

Former PM tells CNN elimination of Hezbollah's leadership a "watershed event and a huge opportunity" that would be wasted if Israel does not finish the job and eliminate the Hezbollah threat permanently.

Bennett: Nasrallah's death shows Israel and the Jewish people never forget

31,000 new olim moved to Israel over the last year

Ministry of Aliyah and Integration and Jewish Agency Release Aliyah Numbers Ahead of Jewish New Year showing how over 30,000 Jews made aliyah over the last year despite the war.

31,000 new olim moved to Israel over the last year

Jared Kushner:

Jared Kushner: Nasrallah's death most important day in Middle East since Abraham Accords

Son-in-law of former US President Donald Trump who advised him on the Middle East reacts to elimination of Hezbollah leader, says those calling for a ceasefire are mistaken and Israel must finish the job.

Jared Kushner: Nasrallah's death most important day in Middle East since Abraham Accords