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☆ Israel’s kibbutz Be’eri became the symbol of Hamas’ brutality. Some survivors are determined to return
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Matthew Chance | Yon Pomrenze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel CNN —Scorch marks and bullet holes scar the battered walls of the Haran family home in kibbutz Be’eri. A child's ride-on toy is seen surrounded by rubble in kibbutz Be'eri, nearly a year after the Hamas-led October 7 attack. Aerial photographs show Kibbutz Be'eri after the October 7 attack, left, and as it was before. Yarden Tzemach, a farmer and surviving resident of kibbutz Be'eri, surveys the site where new construction is underway. “Kibbutz Be’eri has been my home for the past 56 years.

Persons: Israel CNN —, ”, Yarden Tzemach, Matthew Chance, “, Amit Solvy, Solvy, Be'eri, Yon Pomrenze, Yarden, Ayelet Hakim, ” Ayelet, Yehonatan, Be’eri, Jack Guez Organizations: Israel CNN, “, Hamas, CNN, Be’eri, That’s, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Be'eri, Israel, Be’eri, Gaza, Be’eri ., “, AFP

☆ US-made 2,000-pound bombs likely used in strike that killed Hezbollah chief Nasrallah, CNN analysis shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Allegra Goodwin | Gianluca Mezzofiore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

One of the Israeli Air Force planes that the military said was used in the attack targeting Hassan Nasrallah. The munitions contain 535 pounds of explosives, significantly less than MK84s, another type of 2,000-pound bomb frequently used by the Israeli military. That makes it extremely difficult to reliably estimate the number of munitions used,” he said. The use of 2,000-pound bombs, which are mostly manufactured by the US, can cause high casualty events in part due to the enormous scale of their impact. The Israeli military said it was striking Hezbollah, including in attacks by fighter jets on about 45 targets near a village in southern Lebanon.

Persons: Hassan Nasrallah, Trevor Ball, Ball, ” Ball, CNN geolocated, Hassan Ammar, Nasrallah, It’s, ”, Justin Bronk, ” Bronk, Bronk, Amichai Levin, Israel, Biden Organizations: CNN, US Army, Israeli Air Force, New York Times, Royal United Services Institute, Reuters Locations: Beirut, Beirut’s, Beirut's, London, Dahiyeh, Brig, Gen, Hatzerim Airbase, Gaza, Israel, Lebanon

Media affiliated to Hamas said explosions and gunfire could be head in the northern part of the Gaza Strip ahead of the truce deadline. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report and there was no immediate comment from Israel or Hamas. Mark Regev, an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Israel was open to continuing the ceasefire if Hamas committed to further hostage releases. Israel had previously set the release of 10 hostages a day as the minimum it would accept to pause its assault. [1/5]A helicopter carrying hostages released amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel arrives at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv district, Israel, December 1, 2023.

Persons: Israel's Kan, Israel, Mark Regev, Benjamin Netanyahu, we're, Athit, Qatar's, Abdullah Al Sulaiti, I've, Mia Schem, Schem, Aisha al, BLINKEN, Jordan's King Abdullah, U.N, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Netanyahu, Nidal al, Mohammed Salem, Humeyra Pamuk, Ari Rabinovich, Emily Rose, Andrew Mills, Cynthia Osterman, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Gaza Hamas, Hamas, Media, Street, CNN, United Nations, Sheba Medical, REUTERS, Reuters, Palestinian Red Crescent Society, U.S, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Gaza GAZA, TEL AVIV, Qatari, Palestinian, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv district, ISRAEL, Amman, United States, Tel Aviv, Cairo, Jerusalem, Doha

☆ Israeli hostages released by Hamas have undergone initial medical tests and are in good condition, says IDF
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hamas released 24 hostages as part of a deal with Israel. The hostages have undergone medical tests and are in good condition, an IDF spokesperson said. AdvertisementThe hostages released by Hamas have undergone initial medical tests and are in good condition, Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari said. Hamas released 13 Israelis and 11 foreigners, 10 from Thailand and one from the Philippines, on Friday as part of a negotiated four-day pause in fighting. The released hostages are being taken to the Hatzerim airbase for physical and mental checkups and to call their families, The Times of Israel reported.

Persons: —, Daniel Hagari, Hagari Organizations: Service, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli Air Force, Street, Cross, OF, Reuters Locations: Israel, Thailand, Philippines, Gaza, Qatar

Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara wrote online that he was “overjoyed.”He had traveled more than three weeks ago to Egypt and Qatar to seek their help in obtaining the hostages’ freedom. “It is our deep hope that all remaining hostages will be taken care of, and will be safely released at the earliest opportunity,” the Thai Foreign Ministry said. The spokesman for the Qatari foreign ministry, Majed al-Ansari, posted on X that the number was 10. Prof. Hagai Levine, head of the medical team at the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum, said that getting medical information about the Thai hostages' pre-existing conditions has been trickier than with released Israelis. According to Thailand's foreign ministry, 39 were killed in the Oct. 7 attacks, and 26 abducted.

Persons: Parnpree Bahiddha, Nukara, ”, Thais, Srettha Thavisin, Majed al, Ansari, farmhands, Hagai Levine, Ratana, “, Parnpree Organizations: Thai, International Committee, Thai Foreign Ministry, Qatari, Shamir, Center, Facebook, Hamas, Government, Trade, Labor Ministry Locations: Egypt, Qatar, Thailand, Israel, Iran, Malaysia, Thai, Udon Thani, Tehran, Persia

All but one were abducted from the Nir Oz kibbutz, according to spokespeople for the kibbutz and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. Eleven foreign nationals were also released alongside the Israeli hostages: 10 Thai citizens and one Filipino citizen, according to a Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesperson. Here’s what you need to know about the released hostages:Yafa Adar, 85Adar is a founder of the Nir Oz kibbutz and is the oldest person to be taken hostage on October 7. Now Daniel and Emilia are on their way to Israel,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement. “She has diabetes, and suffers severe vision loss in one of her eyes,” said the Hostages and Missing Families Forum in a statement.

Persons: Nir, “, Daniel Hagari, Hagari, Yafa, Kibbutz Nir Oz, Tamir Adar, Nir Oz, Margalit Moses, ”, Hana Katzir, Rami Katzir, Elad, Nir Oz’s, Adina Moshe, David, Sa’id, Moshe, Ruth Munder, Keren, Ohad, Roee, Avraham, Ruth, Keren Munder, Ohad Munder, Munder “, Daniel Aloni, Emilia Aloni, Emilia, Sharon Aloni, “ Daniel, Daniel, Doron Katz Asher, Raz Asher, Aviv Asher, Doron, Efrat Katz, Ganot Hadar, Dori Roberts, Efrat, Roberts, Channa Peri, Peri Organizations: CNN, Gaza, Qatar Foreign Ministry, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas, Raz Locations: Israel, Hatzarim Airbase, Gaza, Hatzerim Airbase, Mozambique, Aviv, Ganot, Kibbutz Nirim, South Africa

When Ana Lavi neared the gates of her village in southern Israel late one night in July, a small group of men appeared in the road, surrounded her car and blocked its path. The men had gathered half in celebration, half in vengeance. Hours earlier, Israel’s ultranationalist and religiously conservative governing coalition had passed the first part of its deeply contentious effort to weaken the Supreme Court. The kibbutz security guard hurried to the scene, accompanied by other residents. A scuffle broke out, and the guard drew his pistol.

Persons: Ana Lavi, Israel’s ultranationalist, Hatzerim, Lavi Locations: Israel, Lavi’s

☆ Israeli secret service says it captured plot leader in Iran, foiling attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, June 29 (Reuters) - Israel said on Thursday its Mossad intelligence service carried out an operation in Iran to capture the suspected leader of an Iranian plot to attack Israeli businesspeople in Cyprus and thwart the attack. Iranian officials were not immediately available for comment. Mossad did not say when the capture took place, where the suspect is now nor when the Cyprus attack would have happened. Israel accuses Iran of backing militant attacks against it, while Iran says Israel has carried out a number of killings of Iranian officials. U.S., European and Israeli officials fear Iran may seek nuclear weapons.

Persons: Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yousef Shahabazi Abbasalilu, Netanyahu, Henriette Chacar, Mark Heinrich, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Sunday, Revolutionary Guard, Thomson Locations: Iran, Cyprus, Hatzerim, Israel, Tehran, United States

☆ Here's why Israel, one of the toughest militaries, isn't arming Ukraine despite a global push to do so. It's got another fight in focus.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Israel, a major US partner, has not provided direct military aid to Ukraine. Russia allows Israel to conduct operations targeting Iran-linked forces in Syria, something it doesn't want to jeopardize. Israel, as of February 2022, was the largest cumulative recipient of US foreign assistance — most of which comes in the form of military support. But the country has stopped short of providing direct lethal military aid to Ukraine, despite pleas from leadership in Kyiv. Even as Moscow allows Israel to clamp down on Iranian influence in Syria, Russia and Iran have increased their military ties and support throughout the Ukraine war.

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