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Missing Haifa swimmer found dead, identified as Yamam officer Itai Person

Israeli police recovered the body of a young man who disappeared after entering the sea at Haifa's Student Beach, ending a three-day search across the shoreline and water.

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IDF says no danger claimed in video of soldier shooting Palestinian near Faqoua

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IDF says destroyed Hezbollah tunnel complex ran over 5 km

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Reports: four US troops wounded as well as three killed in Jordan strike

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Saudi Arabia shuts East-West oil pipeline after drone strikes
Riyadh says the drones that hit its Red Sea export pipeline were launched from Iraq, as reports describe casualties and damage of an extent not yet established.
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Observation soldiers spotted Jordan border gun smugglers, Ynet says
Ynet reports that female observation soldiers of Combat Intelligence Collection Battalion 909 tracked two Jericho men returning from Jordan before troops arrested them.
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Rosh Hashanah meal for 2,000 travelers canceled at Phuket Chabad house
Israeli media report that local security officials asked the Chabad house on the Thai island not to hold its New Year meal because of a pro-Palestinian protest outside.
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Israel says Khan Younis strike killed Hamas sniper cell commander
The IDF and Shin Bet named Moamen Jabr Al-Sayed Abu Labda as head of a sniper cell in Hamas' Rafah Brigade, killed in a strike in southern Gaza on Thursday.
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Herzog marks 25 years since 9/11 at Israel's memorial near Jerusalem
Speaking from Israel's 9/11 Living Memorial in the Jerusalem Hills, President Isaac Herzog paid tribute to those killed in the 2001 attacks and said the fight against terror continues.
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Israel says it killed Hamas Khan Younis Brigade commander Muhammad al-Yazouri
The IDF and Shin Bet said a strike overnight in southern Gaza killed the brigade commander and two other operatives, a claim Hamas-linked accounts also published.
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Haifa diver still missing; companion raised alarm, N12 reports
Searches off the city's Students' Beach ran through the night, with N12 reporting the young man was diving alongside another person who alerted rescue services.
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IDF says it struck two Hezbollah operatives at Ali al-Taher Ridge
The Israeli military said troops came under fire from an underground shaft in the Ali al-Taher Ridge area and that the two gunmen were struck.
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IDF says it destroyed Hezbollah tunnels under Ali al-Taher Ridge in Lebanon
The Israeli military says it used more than 1,100 tons of explosives to demolish an underground complex it calls the command hub of Hezbollah's Badr unit in southern Lebanon.
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Man, 50, shot dead in Taibe as Arab homicide toll reaches 173 this year
Raed Haj Yahya was found in his car without a pulse and taken to Meir Hospital, where he died, in what police describe as a criminal rather than nationalist shooting.
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IDF says strike killed Hamas operative Farah Hamed, freed in Shalit deal
A joint Israeli military, security service and police operation reported killing Farah Hamed, named as a Hamas military wing figure released in the 2011 prisoner exchange and deported to Gaza.
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Iranian arms said to have aided Houthi capture of Mocha
The Jerusalem Post reports Iranian weapons and advice behind the Red Sea takeover, as Houthi forces are said to push south toward Bab al-Mandab.
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Israeli commandos detain man accused of planning West Bank shooting attack
The IDF says Ismail Ankaio was seized in Beitunia, near Ramallah, after a week-long pursuit, together with a second wanted man.
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Israel's Foreign Ministry calls UN rapporteur Albanese a Hamas "spokesperson"
In two posts on X, Israel's Foreign Ministry accused UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese of echoing narratives that serve Hamas, under the hashtag #unmasktheUN.
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IDF says Khan Younis strike killed Nukhba operative tied to Steinberg's death
The military says Ismail Ibrahim Darwish Qandil, who it says crossed into Israel on October 7, 2023, was killed in a strike in southern Gaza on Monday.
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Yair Golan sues Sara Netanyahu for millions over Channel 14 remarks
The Democrats leader says the prime minister's wife echoed a conspiracy theory that he knew of the October 7 attack in advance, and is demanding damages after she declined to apologise.
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Ariel man, 53, found alive after entering Palestinian village overnight
Yaniv Sardal was located unharmed after a joint search by Israeli police, the military, the Shin Bet and the Prison Service, though reports differ on where he was found.
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Herzog's Rosh Hashanah message goes out in eight languages
The Israeli president's New Year address to Jewish communities abroad centred on the shofar, and touched on antisemitism, terror victims and the coming Israeli elections.
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Herzog tells Cypriot leader he dreams of meeting Lebanon's president in Nicosia
On a visit to Cyprus, Israel's president said he hoped the two leaders could one day sit with Lebanon's head of state, as the pair discussed tourism, trade, energy and defence.
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Israel says IDF destroyed Hezbollah tunnels on Ali Taher ridge
A joint statement from Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz says the destruction of underground infrastructure completes Israel's security zone in southern Lebanon.
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Israel says three Hamas weapons depots destroyed in strikes across Gaza
The military and the Shin Bet security agency said the sites held firearms, explosive devices and anti-tank munitions, and that warnings were issued beforehand.
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Advisers warned Trump the Iran war could outlast his presidency
A Wall Street Journal report says Vance, Rubio and other officials cautioned that Iran could hold out past the January 2029 inauguration, days after Trump predicted the war would end after the midterms.
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Iranian agency reports explosions near Jask and the port of Sirik
Iran's Fars news agency reported blasts heard around Jask in the country's south and in the port city of Sirik, on the coast facing the Strait of Hormuz.
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Drone sirens sound in Galilee Panhandle, then declared a false identification
Air raid alerts sent residents of five northern communities to shelters shortly after midnight before the military said no hostile aircraft had entered Israeli airspace.

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