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Gunmen kill 6 police officers in southeast Iran

Gunmen ambushed a police convoy in Iran’s restive southeast on Tuesday, killing six policemen, media reports said. The attack on a road in Sistan and Baluchistan province also left two other policemen wounded, according to yjc.ir, a website affiliated with the state broadcasting company. The report said the Jaish al-Adl militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack. IRAN’S FOREIGN …

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Anti-Israel protesters' painted red hands a 'symbol' rooted in 'craze to see blood': expert

After anti-Israel demonstrators with painted red hands flooded the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, an Israeli expert said that the red hands have a deeper meaning that is meant to signify the “emasculation of Jews” and represent a “bloody defeat.” Protesters inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Tuesday displayed “bloody” red palms, face forward. Anne Bayefsky, president …

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Israel UN ambassador, during meeting on Palestinian statehood, holds up picture of Hitler with Grand Mufti

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations spoke out forcefully against the notion of Palestinian statehood during a U.N. Security council meeting on Monday, going so far as to suggest that the U.N. had backtracked on its original goal of preventing the spread of Nazi ideology by supporting Palestinian statehood. While speaking in the General Assembly, Erdan held up a World …

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'Death to America,' 'Death to Israel' chants pour out of Muslim protesters in Michigan on last day of Ramadan

Protesters in Dearborn, Michigan, shouted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” during an International Al-Quds Day rally held in the town. “Imam Khomeini, who declared the International Al-Quds Day, this is why he would say to pour all of your chants and all of your shouts upon the head of America,” Tarek Bazzi, a Michigan-based activist associated with the …

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Six months of terror since Oct. 7. It’s time for Israel to finish off Hamas

Six months ago, Israel suffered the largest slaughter of Jews in a single day since the Holocaust, with over 1,100 killed and 134 hostages, Americans among them, still languishing and tortured in the terror tunnels of Gaza. Just days after the brutal coordinated attacks by Hamas, former president George W. Bush spoke these rather prescient words: “It’s not going to …

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Extremists rise in new Palestinian Authority government as Biden threatens Israel over Gaza war

JERUSALEM – The new Palestinian Authority (PA) government sworn into office this week by PA President Mahmoud Abbas – and warmly welcomed by the White House and the State Department – includes at least two ministers who hold extreme and racist views toward Israel and Jews, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), an Israeli organization that draws attention to Palestinian extremism, has …

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Former defense secretary predicts Iran will strike at Israel

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday said Iran is likely to retaliate against Israel for a recent missile strike that hit Tehran’s consulate in Damascus, Syria. Israel has not claimed responsibility for the strike, which killed senior Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Mohammad Reza Zahedi. Reuters cited a Lebanese security source as the first to identify Israel as the …

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Body of Israeli hostage retrieved overnight during IDF operation in Gaza

The body of another Israeli hostage has been recovered from the Gaza Strip and returned to Israel overnight Friday. “The operation to retrieve the body started at 20:00 p.m. (last night) and lasted several hours, where his body was excavated from underground in a compound located in the southern part of Khan Yunes,” a military official told the Fox News …

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White House says it's working for Hamas surrender even as it tries to rein in Israel

The White House said it remains committed to ensuring a Hamas surrender and has engaged in conversations with intermediary countries, including Qatar and Egypt, to achieve that end. In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council said it delivered that message “forcefully” to counterparts in Qatar and Egypt, which have acted as …

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Hezbollah chief boasts of US pressure ending Gaza conflict: 'Israel has been defeated'

The chief of Hezbollah on Friday declared that Israel would soon face defeat through pressure from the U.S. to end its campaign while also promising an “inevitable” response to the attack on an Iranian consulate. “As Biden begins to hedge on U.S. partners like Israel through his rhetoric, Iranian partners and allies are circling the wagons and limiting the political …

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