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The Hamas terror organization trains Palestinian children to prepare them to become terrorists as adults, allowing them to handle heavy weapons and guiding them through mock terror tunnels, according to videos and photos released on Wednesday.

Multiple Iranian state-affiliated news outlets reported the deaths on Wednesday of between 20 and 73 people at a parade honoring late terrorist Qasem Soleimani near his tomb in southern Kerman, the result of what investigations are initially describing as “twin” explosions detonated by remote.

A rabbi claims that the Utah Jazz told him to put down his sign after Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving complained about it to stadium staff.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), an umbrella organization of Iran-backed Shiite militia groups in Iraq, claimed responsibility on Monday for attacking Israel’s Red Sea port city of Eilat.

The Associated Press (AP) and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research published a poll on Tuesday that found nearly twice as many Americans — almost 40 percent — think foreign policy will be a top issue in 2024, compared to the same poll one year ago.

Businessman Dave McCormick, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, was in Israel on Tuesday to reportedly show solidarity with the nation and to “understand [the] situation from the ground,” according to Axios reporter Barak Ravid. 

Israel killed Deputy Hamas chief Saleh al-Arouri in the suburbs of Beirut in a drone attack on Tuesday evening, according to media reports that were not confirmed by the Israeli government.

Danish shipping giant Maersk suspended Red Sea shipping again on Sunday, calling a 48-hour pause to reconsider its plans for resuming Suez Canal routes after the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen attacked one of its container ships.

A caravan of pro-Palestinian demonstrators driving around John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in New York City on New Year’s Day and releasing balloons, caused 60 flights to be delayed and created chaos on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

When the dust settles, Israelis need to create a process to find national consensus, if not an actual constitution, about the judiciary and other unresolved issues.

Turkish authorities have detained 33 people accused of spying on behalf of Israel, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported on Tuesday.

Britain “won’t hesitate” to join the U.S. and take “direct action” against Houthis in Yemen its Defence Secretary has said.

On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” CNN Military Analyst and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.) stated that the Houthis and Iran react to rhetoric from the Biden administration by saying, “they don’t want it to escalate,

On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” CNN Pentagon Correspondent Oren Liebermann stated that the deterrence message to Iran that the Biden administration has attempted to send “has not gotten through,” and we ended up with the conflict with Iranian proxies that

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) reacted to news that Israel is drawing down the number of troops in northern Gaza by stating that there have still been “unacceptably high civilian casualties” in the

Israel’s Supreme Court struck down the first, and most moderate, of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reforms on Monday in a close 8-7 decision that risked dividing the country again in the midst of an existential war against Hamas terrorists.

Decrying what they see as a “modern blood libel” against Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria, 23 Israeli lawmakers pushed back against the Biden administration’s statements about “settler violence,” arguing such instances are rare, especially in comparison to daily acts of Palestinian terror.

Tehran announced Monday it has sent a warship into the increasingly contested waters of the Red Sea as navies from other nations work to stem attacks from Iran-backed Houthi terrorists.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released footage Monday taken from a GoPro camera found on the body of a dead Hamas terrorist in which another terrorist is shown disguised as a civilian while firing an anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade (RPG).

The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas once again denied that its members committed rape and sexual violence during the October 7 attacks, despite ample evidence from eyewitnesses and forensic evidence recently documented by the New York Times.

The world is approaching the conclusion of President Joe Biden’s third year in office in a state of elevated geopolitical chaos.

The Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper of Harvard College, has published a series of essays offering a set of different “perspectives” on antisemitism at the university — a skeptical approach, two writers pointed out, not followed for any other group.

The UK Daily Mail has published a report on the radicalization of Palestinian children in Gaza through children’s television programming and summer camps geared to teach them to hate Jews and to commit themselves to violence against Israel.

Palestinian terrorists rang in the New Year on Sunday evening by firing a large barrage of rockets at Israeli cities at midnight, in a statement of defiance against the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) advance deep into the Gaza Strip.

In Hollywood, where celebrities usually do and say what they’re told to do and say by their agents and publicists, the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel presented a PR conundrum.

A University of Illinois Chicago student delivered a sermon for the campus’ Muslim Student Association, lauding the “courageous” Hamas terror group’s October 7 massacre — the deadliest attack against Jewish people since the Nazi Holocaust — claiming the brutal attacks “brought pride to the Islamic nation.”

Ongoing tumult across the Red Sea driven by Houthi terrorist attacks spurred global shipping giant Maersk on Sunday to announce it was suspending the passage of vessels through the area for 48 hours.

U.S. Navy helicopters on Sunday sunk three Houthi boats, killing their crews, after the terrorists attempted to hijack a commercial vessel and were fired on in response to the besieged container ship’s distress call.

The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen fired a missile that struck the Maersk Hangzhou in the Red Sea on Saturday, according to U.S. Central Command — the first successful strike against a commercial ship since the U.S. formed a coalition to deter attacks.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Saturday that Hamas terrorists continued fighting because they believed that Israel would soon have to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) evacuated Palestinian civilians from a school in central Gaza that was being used by Hamas terrorists to fire at Israeli soldiers, and arrested and interrogated the terrorists from the building, Israel announced Saturday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed his nation on Saturday, telling them that the war against Hamas would continue for “months,” until all of Israel’s goals had been met, including the destruction of Hamas and the return of the hostages.

Hollywood star David Schwimmer, who is best known for playing Ross in “Friends,” has publicly called out rising antisemitism among sexual assault survivor activists, saying many still “refuse to believe” the Hamas terrorists engaged in sexual violence against women during the October 7 attacks.

Five hundred to six hundred Israelis apply for a gun license every day in hopes of being prepared to defend themselves should Hamas attack again.

Iraqi PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says U.S. and allied troops will be asked to leave the country after attacks by Iran’s Shiite militias.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed Friday that soldiers had found a “hideout” belonging to Gaza-based Hamas leader Yayha Sinwar, as well as a tunnel underneath the building that led to a large underground command center, which was later destroyed.