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CNN guest calls out network for saying Israelis rescued from Hamas was 'hostage release'

CNN guest Ian Bremmer said that he was disappointed by the network’s misleading news chyron calling an Israeli operation to rescue hostages a “release” during his interview with the network on Saturday. The Israeli operation took home four hostages who were kidnapped and then held in Gaza by Hamas on Oct. 7. However, CNN’s chyron called the hostage rescue operation …

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Israel targets weapons, supply lines in Syria as tensions with Hezbollah threaten to boil over

Israel has intensified covert strikes in Syria against weapons sites, supply routes and Iranian-linked commanders, seven regional officials and diplomats said, ahead of a threatened full-scale assault on Tehran’s key ally Hezbollah in Lebanon. A June 2 air raid that killed 18 people, including an adviser with Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, targeted a clandestine, fortified weapons site near Aleppo, three …

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Blinken lands in Egypt as Biden admin seeks to push ceasefire, prevent escalation with Hezbollah

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Egypt on Monday at a critical time as Washington seeks to increase pressure on Hamas and Israel to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and ensure the war does not expand into Lebanon. Blinken met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo and is scheduled to travel to Israel later on Monday, …

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GOP senator calls for Jan 6 style investigation into DC anti-Israel demonstration

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., called on the Justice Department to investigate anti-Israel agitators who vandalized statues at Washington, D.C.’s Lafayette Square the same way the department went after rioters who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol protests. “Anti-American, pro-Hamas thugs desecrated the statues of our veterans literally across the street from the White House, a blatant violation of federal …

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Hamas 'Green Prince' shocked by college campus anti-Israel protests: 'They don't understand'

The son of a Hamas co-founder expressed shock and dismay at college protesters he sees as “misguided” and “misinformed” about the issues. “They found an angry cause, and this is very dangerous to advocate on behalf of something they don’t understand,” Mosab Hassan Yousef, known as “the Green Prince,” told Fox News Digital in an interview. “They are not helping …

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Thousands of anti-Israel protesters gathered outside White House as Israel conducted hostage rescue mission

Thousands of anti-Israel protesters raged outside the White House even as Israeli forces conducted a successful hostage rescue operation Saturday. The protesters argued that Israel has crossed a “red line” of “genocide” in Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel explained details of its weeks-long plans for Saturday’s hostage rescue mission, which saved the lives of four Israeli citizens who were captured during Hamas’ …

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BBC anchor asks if Israeli forces warned Palestinians ahead of hostage rescue mission: Defeats 'the purpose'

A former IDF spokesperson pushed back against a BBC anchor who asked if Israeli forces would have warned Gazans ahead of a secret raid to liberate a handful of hostages so they could seek safety. “Would there have been a warning to those civilians [Gazans] for them to get out on time?” BBC anchor Helena Humphrey asked former IDF spokesperson …

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Ohio bill would force rioters to pay for property damages: 'You break it, you fix it'

An Ohio state lawmaker proposed legislation that would require rioters to pay for damages they caused while breaking the law. This comes amid protests on college campuses and in front of government buildings in Ohio, and across the country, as anti-Israel demonstrators demand ties be cut with Israel in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. Senate Bill 267, which is …

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Israel demands answers from Al Jazeera why ‘Hamas terrorist’ allegedly worked as a reporter

The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday accused the Qatari regime-owned Al Jazeera news organization of employing a Hamas terrorist whose family held three of the hostages freed in Saturday’s IDF raid. The IDF killed the alleged Al Jazeera reporter Abdallah Aljamal during its dramatic rescue mission in Nuseirat in the Gaza Strip. The IDF wrote on X, formerly known as …

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Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz quits Netanyahu's emergency government

Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has quit Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government, saying the prime minister was making “total victory impossible.” In announcing his resignation Sunday, Gantz said the government needs to put the return of the hostages seized Oct. 7 by Hamas “above political survival.” “Months after the October disaster, the situation in the country and in the decision-making …

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