Here are Friday’s updates on Gaza, the West Bank and the Middle East:
■ Israeli strikes across Gaza have killed 13 since Thursday, medical officials said. The IDF said six militants were killed in what it termed retaliation for a failed rocket…
Category: 1. Israel
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Iranians Are Rallying Around the Son of the Former Shah as Protests Swell – The Wall Street Journal
- Iranians Are Rallying Around the Son of the Former Shah as Protests Swell The Wall Street Journal
- The son of Iran’s last shah is rallying protesters. But do Iranians really want another king? CNN
- Exiled Iranian crown prince urges Trump to help…
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Oct. 7 changed how some Israelis practice Judaism
In the weeks after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, religiously charged videos started circulating on social media. Dozens of young women posted videos of themselves cutting up their “immodest” clothing, jeans, crop tops, minidresses, vowing to…
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How Oct. 7 changed the way Israel’s ‘somewhat observant’ practice Judaism
JTA — In the weeks after Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023, religiously charged videos started circulating on social media. Dozens of young women posted videos of themselves cutting up their “immodest” clothing, jeans, crop tops,…
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Kibbutz Be’eri residents decide to preserve one house as symbol of October 7
Of the homes that made up the beautiful Kibbutz Be’eri before October 7, only one house will remain standing — the home of the Dvori family. Kibbutz members voted to preserve the family’s house for at least the next five years as a memorial…Continue Reading
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Absence of Israeli interior minister threatens three athletes' participation in Winter Olympics
To particiapte, three naturalized athletes – including skeleton racer Jared Firestone and figure skater Mariia Seniuk – require the interior minister’s approval, but the position remains vacant due to political infighting: ‘It’s inconceivable…
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35,000 ‘Partially or Completely’ Deaf in Gaza Due to Israel bombs
An estimated 35,000 children and adults “have partially or completely” lost their hearing due to bombings during Israel’s two-year genocidal assault on the Gaza Strip, according to a Le Monde report, citing a survey by a local non-profit…
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By suspending 37 aid orgs is Israel pushing toward expulsion?
The Israeli noose around Gaza tightened December 30, with news that Jerusalem revoked the licenses of 37 aid groups that operate in the destroyed enclave, effective March 1.
Such a move suggests that the Israeli government means to drive…
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IDF soldier arrested on suspicion of murdering Israeli Druze man in road rage incident
Sharif Muafak Hadid from the northern Israeli town of Daliat al-Carmel was murdered with an M-16 in a road rage incident, police said. The soldier and his brother, who was with him at the incident, were arrested, including on suspicion of…
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Near NATO border, Putin stages show of force with ‘meteorite missile’
Kyiv accuses Vladimir Putin of “hallucinations.” One of his closest allies warns that international relations have become a “madhouse.” And one thing is clear: the breakthrough Donald Trump had hoped for in talks to end the war in Ukraine…Continue Reading