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Israel's special forces hostage rescue was aided by US intelligence, report says
US intelligence helped Israeli special forces rescue four hostages held captive in Gaza for eight m…
Rebecca Rommen
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Israeli special forces disguised themselves as displaced Gazans to infiltrate a refugee camp and rescue 4 hostages, reports say
Israeli soldiers posed as displaced Palestinians to carry out the hostage rescue mission on Saturda…
Rebecca Rommen
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Israel news anchor fired after commenting on rescued hostage's appearance: 'Look at her eyebrows, they look better than mine?'
Israeli news channel Keshet 12 fired an Arab-Israeli anchor after she made dismissive comments abou…
Joshua Zitser
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4 hostages rescued by IDF special forces from Gaza, including Noa Argamani, whose motorbike abduction went viral
4 hostages, including Noa Argamani, rescued from Gaza
Rebecca Rommen
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SEAL Team 6 is said to be training for a fight with China over Taiwan. Here's what it could do if Beijing invades.
The role of the elite unit may be limited but not inconsequential. "You don't use a scalpel for a j…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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IDF special forces raid to rescue Hamas hostages in Gaza fails, say Israel media reports
Two elite IDF soldiers were severely wounded in a failed hostage rescue operation to retrieve hosta…
Rebecca Rommen
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These are the elite special force units Israel could send into Gaza to clear Hamas' labyrinth of tunnels and rescue hostages
Herzi Halevi, the chief of the general staff of the Israel Defense Forces, said the IDF's "best sol…
Nathan Rennolds
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The UK is shutting off some arms shipments to Israel amid growing cries for a cease-fire in Gaza, but some experts say it's not enough
The UK said it would suspend exports of some weapons to Israel — the latest sign the world's patien…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Israelis are fed up. After a night of protests, the country is going on strike, demanding a Gaza deal.
Public outrage in Israel over Netanyahu's failure to secure a hostage deal and end the fighting in …
Joshua Nelken-Zitser
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Hamas still holds 241 Israeli hostages; says IDF
The Times of Israel reported that the number does not include four released hostages and an …
ANI
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Israeli woman describes being rescued by the IDF from Hamas fighters who took her hostage and massacred her village
Adi Efrat, 51, was taken hostage on Saturday when Hamas fighters attacked Kibbutz Be'eri, and grabb…
Paul Ronzheimer,Joshua Zitser
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An Israeli woman held hostage in her home for 15 hours said she distracted Hamas militants with coffee and cookies until she was rescued
An Israeli woman said she offered Hamas militants coffee and cookies to buy time while they held he…
Talia Lakritz,Alisa Shodiyev …
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Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh to "The Engineer" Yahya Ayyash — List of Israel’s targeted killings over the years
Israel has reportedly killed Ismail Haniyeh, a top Hamas leader in Tehran, Iran while he was visiti…
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Israel would need a massive ground assault with tanks to rescue hostages in Gaza that would be a 'bloody mess' and devastate civilian areas, retired 4-star general says
Israeli forces would have the "almost impossible task" of punching into a densely packed region whi…
Matthew Loh
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US MQ-9 Reaper spy drones patroling Gaza's sky to search for hostages held by Hamas, says Pentagon
The unmanned and unarmed MQ-9 Reapers began flying in the region shortly after the October 7 terror…
Lara O'Reilly
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A disabled Israeli teenager with muscular dystrophy is a hostage held by Hamas in Gaza after she was abducted from the Supernova music festival
Israeli Rut Perez, a 17-year-old wheelchair user, is being held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza,…
Rebecca Rommen
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A mediator who worked on a 2011 Israeli prisoner exchange says Hamas' hostage-taking is 'unprecedented': 'What do they even do with them now that they have them?'
Gershon Baskin, who helped secure the 2011 release of an Israeli soldier, called Hamas' hostage-tak…
Thibault Spirlet
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Stars of the Netflix show 'Fauda' about an undercover Israeli army unit are conducting real-life rescue missions in the current conflict
"This is not a scene from 'Fauda.' This is real life," cast member Idan Amedi said in a video poste…
Talia Lakritz
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Extreme weather blunts the US military's technological edge
More extreme weather due to climate change is scrambling the high-tech systems that have given the …
Michael Peck
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A woman taken hostage at the Israeli music festival didn't tell her family she was going so they wouldn't worry about her, her mom says
Noa Argamani didn't tell her family she was going to the music festival near Gaza because she didn'…