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☆ At least 5 people wounded as rocket shrapnel falls on Israeli city
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Omer Bekin | Omer Bekin Is A Producer Based In Tel Aviv. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

TEL AVIV — At least five people were wounded by falling shrapnel Monday after a missile fired from Lebanon was intercepted by the Israeli military over a street in the city of Ramat Gan, officials said. Another patient listed in moderate condition and three mildly injured were taken to the Rabin Medical Center, the service said. Israel’s police service said it was “working to secure the impact sites and assist in evacuating the injured” in the city, which is within the Tel Aviv district. The Israeli military said in a statement that the country’s air force had “intercepted one projectile that was identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory. An Israeli airstrike killed five people and another 24 were injured by a strike on central Beirut's densely populated Zuqaq al-Blat neighborhood, Lebanon’s health ministry said Monday.

Persons: ”, Israel’s Magen David, Rami Swaid, “ Organizations: Rabin Medical Center, United Locations: TEL AVIV, Lebanon, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Shfaram, Israel, Israeli

CNN —Israeli police have arrested a top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over allegedly leaking classified information to foreign media. Opposition leaders say the intelligence was “faked,” and part of a ruse to thwart a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza. Protesters in Tel Aviv call on Netanyahu to strike a deal to release hostages held in Gaza, in late October. The next day, Netanyahu held a news conference and presented an alleged Hamas document he said was found in a tunnel in Gaza. “This affair came out of the Prime Minister’s own office, and the investigation must examine if it wasn’t at the Prime Minister’s orders.”Dana Karni and Mike Schwartz contributed to this report.

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Sirens sounded in central and northern Israel Saturday and the Israeli military continued to pummel Lebanon and Gaza, as cease-fire talks held this week yielded little hope of ending hostilities on the ground. The Israeli military bombed targets in Beirut's densely-populated southern suburbs overnight after warning residents to evacuate. It was the first time in several days that the area, a Hezbollah stronghold, had been hit. The Lebanese Health Ministry said 52 people were killed by the Israeli strikes, and 72 injured across the country on Friday. Health workers in Gaza told Reuters that at least 68 people were killed in Israeli strikes in the last 24 hours.

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☆ Israel says another rocket barrage from Lebanon kills 2 in Israel, hours after 5 were killed
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

TEL AVIV, Israel — Rockets fired from Lebanon killed two more people in northern Israel on Thursday, Israeli medics said, raising the death toll there to seven in what marked the deadliest strikes to hit Israel since its military invaded southern Lebanon earlier this month. First responders carry the shrouded body of a woman who was killed Thursday when a rocket fired from Lebanon hit near Kiryat Ata in northern Israel. First responders transport a woman following a rocket attack near Kiryat Ata in northern Israel. Agricultural areas along Israel’s border, where much of the country’s orchards are located, are closed military areas that can only be entered with official permission. In Israel, rockets, missiles, and drones launched by Hezbollah have killed at least 68 people, about half of them soldiers.

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TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's emergency services are treating dozens of casualties after a truck rammed into a bus as it was dropping of passengers at a bus stop near Glilot military base north of Tel Aviv on Sunday morning. A spokesperson for Israel’s police force said a preliminary investigation indicated that the truck collided with passengers as well as the bus. United Hatzalah, a volunteer emergency services, said "a large number of pedestrians" were involved, and that people remained trapped under the truck 30 minutes after the incident. Police and emergency services remain on the scene. Yarden Segev reported from Tel Aviv, and Freddie Clayton from London.

Persons: Israel —, Ronit Glazer, Magen David Adom, Yarden Segev, Freddie Clayton Organizations: MDA, Police Locations: TEL AVIV, Israel, Tel Aviv, Glilot, London

☆ Israel’s weapons: Where do they come from and who supplies them?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Antoinette Radford | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The United States has warned Israel it may stop supplying the country with weapons unless the humanitarian situation in Gaza improves. This is not the first time Israel’s major ally has threatened to turn off supplies. Here’s a breakdown of who supplies Israel with weapons:The United States:The United States is overwhelmingly the biggest supplier of arms to Israel. In 2023 69% of Israel’s arm imports came from the US, according to a report into international arms transfers by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Germany:While in 2023, Germany contributed 30% of Israel’s weapons, that supply has significantly reduced over the course of 2024.

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☆ Hezbollah evaded Israeli defenses with a drone that killed 4 soldiers, raising uncomfortable questions
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Hezbollah drone strike killed 4 soldiers and injured dozens at an Israeli base near Binyamina. The strike didn't trigger an alert, and Israel's military said it needed to improve its defenses. AdvertisementFour soldiers were killed and dozens injured in a Hezbollah drone strike on a military base near the Israeli town of Binyamina on Sunday night, with the incoming drone failing to set off an air-defense alert. In the aftermath, the Israel Defense Forces said that Israel's military needs to improve its defenses against drone attacks. The four soldiers killed in the strike were all 19, according to the IDF.

Persons: —, Magen David Adom, Daniel Hagari, Hagari, It's, Tamir, David Tal, Tal Organizations: Service, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Golani Brigade, Iran, University of Sussex, Business, BI Locations: Binyamina, Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Tel Aviv

Thailand’s foreign ministry said it was “profoundly saddened” by the death of a Thai worker in northern Israel on Friday, according to a statement. The Thai foreign ministry disputed that account, saying the death, and the injury of another of its nationals, had resulted from “an explosion of dropped ammunition” without providing additional details. The statement said the embassy was working to evacuate 10 additional Thai nationals from the kibbutz where the incident had occurred. The agriculture industry in Israel has employed thousands of Thai nationals to tend crops and work in dairies. Thais made up the largest group of foreign nationals killed in the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023.

Persons: Magen David Adom, Thais Organizations: Thai Locations: Israel, Galilee, Lebanon, The Thai, Gaza

☆ Jewish students fear climate of antisemitism on campus stoked by Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

“The idea was that all you need to defend against antisemitism is a table and a couple of Jewish students willing to have a conversation,” he explained. “It was a very difficult time and a lot of Jewish students started to become scared. “Jewish students had a terrible year last year,” Emma Hallali, president of the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS), an umbrella organization representing 160,000 young people in 36 different countries, told CNN. “The community of Jewish students in Oxford has never been stronger and it’s a really vibrant place to be,” he said. The Union of Jewish Students President Sami Berkoff (left) with Solicitor General Sarah Sackman at a meeting to discuss the concerns of Jewish students.

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Israel and the Hezbollah militant group exchanged heavy fire across Lebanon's border on Sunday, fueling fears of a wider conflict in the region as the monthslong war in Gaza continues to rage. “Dozens of rockets hit Israel which destroyed homes, cars and communities.” Israel Defense Forces spokesman Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani said on X. In a separate statement, the IDF said roughly 150 rockets, cruise missiles, and drones were launched at Israel. “This is a blatant attack on the Al Jazeera channel and Al Jazeera Network and those who are working with them, as well as on the freedom of speech and the task of delivering the truth,” al-Omari told Reuters. Last week, Israel’s government announced it was revoking the press credentials of Al Jazeera journalists in the country, four months after banning the channel from operating inside Israel.

Persons: Nadav Shoshani, Israel‘s Magen David Adom, United Hatzalah, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, JACK GUEZ, Al Jazeera’s, Walid al, ”, Omari, Shlomo Karhi, Al, Israel’s Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, United, IDF, Sunday, Getty, Israel, ., West Bank, Al, Al Jazeera Network, Reuters Locations: Israel, Lebanon's, Gaza, Lebanon, Beirut, Iraq, Iran, State, Haifa, AFP, Al, Ramallah, Al Jazeera, ” Israel

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Such escalation could also jeopardize efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and release hostages, despite recent progress in negotiations. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin discussed comprehensive security strategies to protect Israel, according to a statement on Monday. Israel was considering its options to prepare for a regional attack over the weekend. The country braces for war in its own way and tends to pick up after itself.

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☆ Strikes on Gaza kill 12 and stabbing in Israel kills 2 as fears of wider war spike
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Tensions have soared following nearly 10 months of war in Gaza and the killing of two senior militants in separate strikes in Lebanon and Iran last week. Those killings brought threats of revenge from Iran and its allies and raised fears of an even more destructive regional war. Israeli Police cordon off the site of a deadly stabbing attack in Holon, Israel on Sunday. "This is exactly why we armed the people of Israel: more than 150,000 gun licenses in the last eight months," he said. Both were linked to the ongoing war in Gaza, which was triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack into Israel.

Persons: Magen David Adom, Tomer, Itamar Ben, Yair Lapid Organizations: Police, National Security, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Tel Aviv, Lebanon, Iran, Palestinian, Holon, Israel

The demonstrations – a regular occurrence – were notable for taking place despite urgent security warnings as Israel braces for a possible strike from Iran. Videos showed protestors waving Israeli flags and holding up signs with images of the Israeli hostages. Of that number, 111 hostages were taken during the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, which killed over 1,200 people. “The head of the Mossad did not say that there was a deal ready and that it should be accepted. “While Prime Minister Netanyahu agreed to the deal outline, Hamas has been trying to introduce dozens of changes that, de facto, nullify the outline,” the statement said.

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☆ Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran by bomb planted months before blast, source says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Jeremy Diamond | Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Iranian state media and Hamas previously indicated that Haniyeh was killed by a rocket fired from outside the building in which he was staying. An image published by the New York Times shows the building where Haniyeh is believed to have been assassinated. He had a full schedule of public appearances and meetings before he was assassinated, according to Iranian state media press reports. Haniyeh was first pictured on Tuesday, before the inauguration, meeting with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Afterwards, Iranian state media published images of Haniyeh meeting with Iran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian.

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☆ At least 11 people injured after projectiles reportedly fired from Lebanon into Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Lauren Izso | Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —At least 11 people have been injured after projectiles were reportedly fired from Lebanon into Majdal Shams, Golan Heights on Saturday, according to the Israel Defense Forces and Israel’s national emergency service. “A short while ago, sirens sounded in the area of Majdal Shams. One projectile was identified crossing from Lebanon toward the area. People react at a site where a reported strike from Lebanon fell in Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-annexed Golan area on July 27, 2024. We immediately began triaging the injured, some of the injured were sent to local clinics and our teams were also directed to the clinics.

Persons: Majdal Shams, Magen David Adom, Jalaa Marey, Idan, “, triaging Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, MDA, ” Police, Police Spokesperson’s Unit Locations: Lebanon, Majdal, Golan, ”, Majdal Shams, AFP

A rocket from Lebanon struck a soccer field on Saturday in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, killing at least 10 people, including some youths, according to an Israeli emergency rescue service and the Israeli military. It was the deadliest single attack from across Israel’s northern border in months of hostilities. The rescue service, Magen David Adom, said that in addition to the 10 dead, 19 people had been wounded, some of them seriously, in the Golan town of Majdal Shams. Mr. Avshalom described a “gruesome” scene at the soccer field, with bodies on the ground and fires burning. “We immediately began triage; several casualties were evacuated to local clinics,” said Mr. Avshalom.

Persons: Magen David Adom, Majdal Shams, Idan, Avshalom, ” Locations: Lebanon, Golan, Israel’s, Majdal

CNN —Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Friday claimed responsibility for a deadly drone blast in Tel Aviv, the Iranian proxy group’s latest attack in what it says is a response to Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. The drone that caused the explosion was detected by an Israeli aerial defense system, but not intercepted due to “human error,” an Israeli military official said. The Israeli military is investigating the attack and does not believe further threats are imminent, the official said. An investigator inspects a damaged window of a building at the site of an explosion in Tel Aviv on July 19, 2024. The drone attack in Tel Aviv Friday comes after the Houthis claimed earlier this month that they had targeted ships in the Israeli port of Haifa with a number of drones in joint military operations with Iran-backed militias based in Iraq.

Persons: Yemen’s, Houthi, Yahya Sare’e, ”, ” Sare’e, Ricardo Moraes, Israel’s Magen David Adom, “, Roi Klein, ’ Organizations: CNN, Embassy, Israel Defense Forces, Reuters, US Embassy, US State Department, MDA, Police, IDF Locations: Tel Aviv, Gaza, Jerusalem, Shalom, Tel, Aviv, Red, Israel, Haifa, Iran, Iraq

☆ Tel Aviv, Israel, explosion near US Embassy branch office kills one after possible drone attack, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Eugenia Yosef | Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —An explosion near the US Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv that killed at least one person early Friday is being investigated as a possible drone attack, according to Israeli authorities. The blast occurred about 100 meters (330 feet) from the compound of the US Embassy branch office, according to a CNN analysis of open-source satellite imagery of the scene. The United States is closely monitoring the situation, a government official told CNN, acknowledging that an explosion happened near the branch office. An investigator inspects a damaged window of a building at the site of an explosion in Tel Aviv on July 19, 2024. A person walks down the stairs of a building damaged from a blast in Tel-Aviv on July 19, 2024.

Persons: Israel’s Magen David Adom, Ricardo Moraes, “, Roi Klein Organizations: CNN, Embassy, US Embassy, Israel Defense Forces, Police, MDA, Reuters Police Locations: Tel Aviv, United States, Shalom, Tel, Aviv

☆ Israeli Military Says It Is Investigating Explosion in Tel Aviv
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Erin Mendell | More About Erin Mendell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The authorities in Tel Aviv said they were responding to reports of an explosion in the central part of the city early Friday morning that injured at least two people. Zaki Heller, a spokesman for Israel’s national emergency service, also known as Magen David Adom, said in a statement that its hotline had received a report at 3:21 a.m. that an object had exploded in a building. The Tel Aviv District Police said that a large number of forces were responding. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear, but the Israeli military said in a statement that it was looking into reports that there had been “an aerial target.”The two injured people were “lightly wounded” by shrapnel and were conscious, the emergency service’s statement said.

Persons: Zaki Heller, David Adom Organizations: Tel, Tel Aviv District Police Locations: Tel Aviv

☆ Israel’s Netzah Yehuda: How an army unit deemed abusive by the US is shaping the fight in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Cnn S International Investigations Team | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +25 min

In this 2014 photo, Israeli soldiers in the Netzah Yehuda battalion are seen taking part in training in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, near the Syrian border. While he was in Netzah Yehuda, he said, the battalion’s commanders played a key role in perpetuating a culture of violence, both by standing by as it happened and promoting it. The findings by the expert panel would have been enough to disqualify a military unit from any other country, the officials said. Lt. Col. Nitai Okashi oversaw the Netzah Yehuda battalion from 2018 to 2020. Lt. Col. Uri Levy was in charge of Netzah Yehuda from 2014 to 2016.

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☆ Israeli police say two people killed in Golan Heights attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Tamar Michaelis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Jerusalem CNN —At least two people have been killed after dozens of projectiles were fired from Lebanon at the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on Tuesday evening, according to Israeli authorities. A woman and man were “killed on the spot” when a projectile directly hit their vehicle, according to Israeli police. “Several projectiles were identified falling in the area,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) added in a statement following sirens in the Golan Heights. “We saw a vehicle that suffered a direct hit, and in its front were an unconscious man and woman who were critically injured. Military personnel assisted on the scene.”Firefighters said they were responding to at least eight fires following the projectile hits.

Persons: Magen David Adom, “, ” Firefighters Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Israel Defense Forces, Military Locations: Jerusalem, Lebanon, Golan, Israel, Iran, Gaza

☆ Opinion: Anti-Israel protests encourage Jews to turn toward Zionism
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Opinion Mijal Bitton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Editor’s Note: Mijal Bitton, PhD, is the spiritual leader of the Downtown Minyan in New York City and a sociologist of American Jews. I have heard from many young Jews around America newly awakened to their Judaism. These young Jews have different backgrounds and political views, but they share the life-altering experience of deep disillusionment with previous professional or social homes. Young American Jews today are realizing that they, too, can be made to feel unwanted in their own homes. But for most of us American Jews, Zionism is the belief that Jews have a right to self-determination in their historical homeland.

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The Israeli military said forty rockets were fired at northern Israel and the occupied Golan Heights on Thursday, causing at least ten fires that teams are working to extinguish. The rockets were fired from northern Lebanon, with Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah claiming responsibility for their launch. The group said it targeted six Israeli military barracks using Katyusha and Falaq rockets and used three drones to target bases. Hezbollah's massive rocket barrage: Thursday's launches came after more than 200 rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel Wednesday, according to the IDF. The group on Tuesday confirmed the death of Talib Sami Abdullah, known as Abu Talib, and three other fighters.

Persons: Israel's Magen David, Talib Sami Abdullah, Abu Talib, Talib Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, IDF Locations: Israel, Golan, Lebanon, Iran, Lebanese

It was not immediately clear how many weapons Hezbollah, a powerful militia and political faction backed by Iran, launched into Israel on Thursday. The assault included a number of drones aimed at Israel’s northern military headquarters, Hezbollah said. Israel’s military said in the afternoon that Hezbollah had sent more than 40 rockets across the border, but the barrage continued well into the evening. Hours later, Israel had not updated that number, but a military spokesman called it Hezbollah’s most serious attack since October. At least four people were injured in the assault on Thursday, according to Israel’s military and its emergency service, Magen David Adom.

Persons: Israel, Magen David Adom Organizations: Hamas Locations: Lebanon, ramped, Gaza, Iran, Israel

☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, Gaza hunger crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

A 20-year-old man was stabbed in the city of Be'er Sheva in southern Israel, according to Israel's police and emergency services. Police said they received a report Friday morning about a stabbing attack at Be'er Sheva's central bus station. The attacker was "neutralized" on the spot and police forces are conducting searches for any additional risk, police said in a statement. Emergency services are treating the injured man, who is in mild condition with a stab wound, and taking him to hospital, Israel's emergency service, Magen David Adom (MDA), said in a separate statement.

Persons: Magen David Adom Organizations: Police Locations: Be'er Sheva, Israel

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