Israel Launches Retaliatory Airstrikes on Iranian Military Targets

Israel Launches Retaliatory Airstrikes on Iranian Military Targets

[ad_1] In the early hours of Saturday, Israel launched a series of airstrikes on multiple military targets in Iran, marking a significant escalation in regional tensions. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) stated that the “precise strikes” targeted strategic military sites, including drone and ballistic missile manufacturing facilities and air defense batteries. This operation was a…

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Netanyahu Accepts US-Backed Cease-fire: Details, Problems and Implications

Netanyahu Accepts US-Backed Cease-fire: Details, Problems and Implications

[ad_1] Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted the US-mediated cease-fire proposal on Monday, according to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The proposal’s acceptance by Israel signals a readiness to de-escalate tensions, albeit under terms that ensure its security concerns are addressed. For Hamas, the acceptance of such a proposal would mean conceding to negotiations…

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Families Fear Escalation in North Will Distract from Hostage Crisis

Families Fear Escalation in North Will Distract from Hostage Crisis

[ad_1] The conflict on Israel’s northern border has significantly escalated in the past weeks. Mohammed Deif, head of Hamas’ military wing, Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas’ political bureau, and Fuad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah commander, were all taken out in targeted killings. These actions, especially the assassination of Haniyeh on Iranian soil, have intensified regional…

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Speaking with IDF Colonel Golan Vach

Speaking with IDF Colonel Golan Vach

[ad_1] Colonel Golan Vach, a 35-Year veteran of the IDF, until recently headed the IDF’s renowned National Rescue Unit of the Home Front Command, which has assisted in some of the most difficult disaster rescues and humanitarian aid missions around the world, including in Turkey, Haiti, the Philippines, Mexico, Albania, and Surfside, Florida (with the…

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Speaking with Bereaved Grandparents

Speaking with Bereaved Grandparents

[ad_1] I made aliyah as a single woman and after eight years met and married my Israeli husband, who had fought in the Jerusalem Brigade in 1967 to liberate Jerusalem. He was also deployed during the Yom Kippur War, first on the Jordanian front (that, thankfully, did not join in the fray) and later spent…

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