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☆ Israeli military knew how Hamas planned to take hostages weeks before October 7: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewThe Israeli military knew about Hamas' plans to attack southern Israel weeks before October 7 — even how many hostages the militant group planned to capture, according to a report from Israeli public broadcaster Kan. The officials even had intel on how Hamas intended to treat the hostages in certain extreme circumstances and what rules Hamas set for executing hostages, Kan reported. That oversight prevented top Israeli intelligence leaders from doing anything about the internal report detailing Hamas' plans, Kan News reported. Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people and taking hundreds hostage, many of whom are still being held in captivity. The exact number of hostages Hamas took is unclear, but Israel has estimated it was around 240, with about 116 still in Gaza, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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☆ Video emerges seemingly showing Israeli soldiers using a trebuchet to lob fiery weapons at Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Ella Sherman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Israeli soldiers used a trebuchet to throw incendiaries near the Lebanese border, a video appears to show. The Israeli military stated this was a local initiative, not a widespread tool, per local reporting. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAn unusual video apparently depicting Israeli soldiers launching fireballs near the Lebanese border using a trebuchet, a siege weapon used to attack castles and fortifications in ages past, began circulating on social media Thursday.

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☆ Opinion: The rescue of Israeli hostages is unquestioned good. The loss of Palestinian life should be unquestioned tragedy
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Opinion Jill Filipovic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The rescue was complex and, as is often the case, did not go all that smoothly. The numbers are unclear – the Gazan Health Ministry, which is controlled by Hamas, says 274 Palestinians were killed; the Israeli military said it was fewer than 100. In the past several months, Israel has refused ceasefire agreements that would have released many hostages, to the great outrage of the hostages’ families. They, too, are not simply “casualties” or “civilians” or “collateral damage,” but people whose safety and futures have been snatched away. Brutal wars like the one between Israel and Hamas can test our humanity.

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☆ Israeli cabinet members say they oppose Ultra-Orthodox conscription plan in threat to coalition government
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Mick Krever | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Tel Aviv CNN —Two of the three members of Israel’s war cabinet signalled their opposition to government proposals on the recruitment of ultra-Orthodox men into the military, setting up a potential collapse of the government coalition. An outline of the Israeli government’s plans for reforming the exemption emerged over the weekend, but it appears as though the government will once again attempt to delay that legislation. “I will not be a party to any proposal that is not agreed upon by all parts of the coalition. Malach said that “there is a high chance that the Supreme Court will say that it’s not acceptable.”A longstanding debateIsrael has, since its founding, exempted Haredim from mandatory military service. In 1998, the Supreme Court ripped up the longstanding exemption, telling the government that allowing Haredim to get out of conscription violated equal protection principles.

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CNN —Israel agreed to a US proposal on a prisoner-hostage exchange that would release around 700 Palestinian prisoners, among them 100 serving life sentences for killing Israeli nationals, in exchange for the release of 40 Israeli hostages, CNN affiliate Kan News reported Sunday, citing a senior Israeli official. Earlier in the weekend, CNN analyst Barak Ravid, citing an unnamed Israeli official, tweeted that Israel agreed to a US “bridging proposal” on the number of Palestinian prisoners to be released for every hostage held by Hamas. Israel agreed to the proposal put forth by CIA Director Bill Burns, according to Ravid. Burns was in Doha, Qatar, where Hamas and Israel are engaged in talks through mediators. The latest proposal by Hamas this month demanded that some 700 to 1,000 Palestinian prisoners be released.

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☆ An off-duty Israeli soldier saved lives at the Nova music festival by fending off at least 6 grenades before one killed him
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Alisa Shodiyev Kaff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

More than 250 people were killed in an attack by Hamas at the Nova music festival. Aner Shapira, an off-duty soldier, stood at the entrance of a shelter and blocked grenades. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAdvertisementA 22-year-old off-duty soldier died while protecting Nova music festival attendees by fending off grenades during the Hamas terrorist attacks on October 7. One unidentified father told Shapira's parents over the phone during the interview that his son survived the attack thanks to Shapira.

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☆ Israel’s Military Says It Has Withdrawn From West Bank City After Deadly Raid
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Isabel Kershner | Aaron Boxerman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Israel’s military said on Wednesday that it had withdrawn from the West Bank city of Jenin after a large-scale incursion that killed at least 12 Palestinians, left one Israeli soldier dead and led thousands to flee their homes. Even as Palestinian militant groups celebrated the retreat of Israeli troops — initially confirmed by Israeli and Palestinian officials — sirens blared in Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip after five missiles were fired from the Palestinian enclave, the Israeli military said. No injuries were immediately reported, and the military said Israel’s air-defense system had intercepted all five. Hamas is the Palestinian militant faction that controls Gaza. Israel’s chief military spokesman said on Wednesday morning that the operation in Jenin, focused on the refugee camp in the city, was over.

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☆ Palestinian reporter breaks barriers by reporting in Hebrew on Israeli TV
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

He is one of the few Palestinian reporters who report in Hebrew, on Israeli TV. Maswadeh is not the first or the only Palestinian reporter on Israeli TV – there are several on the Arab affairs beat. “I was born in East Jerusalem to a Palestinian family, to a Palestinian culture. “We were there looking at the TV – Israeli TV – and saw, you know, the smokes and people screaming and I didn’t know what’s happening, I didn’t speak Hebrew. “I get threats from both sides [Palestinian and Israeli], but it was mainly from Palestinians who don’t like the fact that I work for Israeli TV,” he added.

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