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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) — They all thought it was a missile at first. In the split second between the sudden explosion and the smoke that enveloped their bodies and faces, they figured that a Hamas rocket, after a week of strikes and misses, hadContinue Reading

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By , JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA)—Talks between Israel and Hamas negotiated by Egypt have not produced a cease-fire. The talks in Cairo are expected to stretch into Wednesday, a Hamas official reportedly said late Tuesday night. A Hamas official had been quoted earlier on Tuesday by Reuters as sayingContinue Reading

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By Story and photos by Judy Lash Balint , Special to JTNews On a sunny, late fall day the promenade at Ashkelon would normally be full of people enjoying a stroll next to one of Israel’s most beautiful beaches. Since the start of Operation Pillar of Defense, Israel’s latest pushback againstContinue Reading

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By Judy Siegel-Itzkovich, other Israeli hospitals are treating dozens of patients of all ages who came to Israel from Gaza to get healthcare unavailable there, and are making provisions for accompanying persons. “We at Rambam Medical Center are taking care of sick children and adults, and we are not looking atContinue Reading

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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service KFAR AZA, Israel (JTA)—In some ways, Israel’s latest confrontation with Hamas looks like past conflicts in the Gaza Strip. Operation Pillar of Defense has left some key Hamas leaders dead, depleted weapons supplies and hit more than 1,000 targets in Gaza. “We are exactingContinue Reading

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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service KIRYAT MALACHI, Israel (JTA)—They pick through the tangled foliage, Orthodox men with long beards and black kipahs, wearing white gloves and bright yellow vests, searching for body parts. A few yards over and four stories up, construction workers drive drills into a bombed apartmentContinue Reading

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By , JNS.org (JNS.org) Hamas’s military wing announced the successor to slain commander, Ahmed Jabari, on Thursday, and promised deadly surprises for Israel. The new commander of Hamas’s Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades is Marwan Abed al-Khareem Issa, 48, a native Gazan from Jabaliyya. Issa served as Jabari’s deputy for years, and commandedContinue Reading

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By , JNS.org (JNS.org) Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense in response to the onslaught of rockets from Gaza entered its third day on Friday, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) prepared for a ground assault in Gaza by calling up thousands of reservists, Israel Hayom reported. The reservists are joining theContinue Reading

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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service SDEROT, Israel (JTA)—Wage war to make peace. That’s the idea behind Israel’s strikes this week against Hamas targets in Gaza, including Wednesday’s attack that killed Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari. What’s not clear is how far Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense will go, whatContinue Reading