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Israeli Hostage Killed in Gaza; Hamas Blames Israel

Israeli hostage Sahar Baruch, 25, an engineering student who was abducted from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, has been killed in Gaza — and the Hamas terrorist group is blaming Israel, saying that he was killed during an attempted rescue earlier this week.

Sahar Baruch (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

IDF: Large Numbers of Hamas Terrorists Are Surrendering

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Friday that large numbers of Palestinian terrorists were surrendering to Israeli soldiers after battles in Gaza, and that detainees were being interrogated to provide intelligence to the Israeli military.

An Israeli tank in Gaza (IDF)

Bob Good: Antisemitism and Islamophobia Are Not Equivalent

Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) made the point during Thursday’s congressional hearing on antisemitism on America’s college campuses that antisemitism and Islamophobia are not equivalent or even necessarily related, despite the left’s penchant for linking them.

Bob Good (Anna Moneymaker / Getty)

Israel: Hamas Firing Rockets from Humanitarian Zone in Gaza Strip

Hamas terrorists are firing rockets at Israeli civilians from within the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone designated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as a “safe zone,” deliberately endangering Palestinian civilians, an Israeli spokesman said on Thursday.

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WATCH: Student Says It Is Unsafe to Be Jewish on Campus at Penn

Eyal Yakoby, a senior at the University of Pennsylvania, told reporters on Tuesday that it felt unsafe to be Jewish on campus due to the outbreak of antisemitism that has accompanied radical anti-Israel protest since the Hamas terror attack of October 7.

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IDF Chief Suggests Israel May Flood Hamas Tunnels with Seawater

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi suggested Tuesday that it might be a “good idea” to flood the Hamas terror tunnels in Gaza with seawater, commenting on a report in the Wall Street Journal that Israel was thinking about it.

Herzi Halevi (IDF)

CNN Downplays Low Ratio of Palestinian Civilians to Terrorists Killed

CNN continued its biased coverage of the Israeli war against the Palestinian Hamas terrorist group on Tuesday, spinning remarks by an Israeli military spokesman as if he saw the deaths of civilians as a “positive,” rather than the low ratio of civilian deaths.

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Report: Hamas Tranquilized Freed Hostages to Make Them Seem Happy

Relatives of freed Israeli hostages, and an official from Israel’s health ministry, told a parliamentary committee in the Knesset on Tuesday that Hamas drugged the hostages with tranquilizer pills before their release to make them seem happy and relaxed.

Freed hostages (Haim Zach / GPO)

Qatar Accuses Israel of War Crimes; Charms American Jewish Billionaires

The Emirate of Qatar accused Israel of war crimes on Tuesday, claiming that it has deliberately killed innocent civilians for two months — after Qatar’s prime minister met with wealthy figures in the American Jewish community in an attempt to improve relations.

Qatar emir (Michael M. Santiago / Getty)