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Death toll in Israel attack soars past 1,200 as catalog of Hamas horrors is revealed

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished October 11, 2023

(JTA) — A pile of bodies at a bus stop. Burned corpses in a safe room. Entire families slaughtered together. A toddler’s room drenched in blood. Four days after Hamas attacked Israel, emergency responders are still combing through the carnage...

Gili Adar

Beloved Camp Ben Frankel counselor among those murdered at music festival near Gaza

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished October 10, 2023

Among the 260 Israelis who attended a music festival near Gaza and were murdered by Hamas terrorists Saturday was Gili Adar, a beloved counselor at Camp Ben Frankel in the summer of 2017. She was 24 years old and from Lapid, a settlement community...

Myles Rosenblum.

American ‘Lone Soldier,’ Myles Rosenblum proudly serving Israel amidst rising conflict

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished October 10, 2023

"There is nothing I'd rather be doing with my life right now, more than serving the country of Israel," said Myles Rosenblum, his voice, steady with conviction, with just a hint of anger. "To my core and soul, nothing is more important. I know deep down...

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event about lowering health care costs in the East Room of the White House July 7, 2023.

Biden: Hamas attack is moment when ‘a pure, unadulterated evil is unleashed upon the world’

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 10, 2023

WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden issued a forceful condemnation of Hamas, and pledged American support for Israel, as he announced that the number of American dead from the terror group’s invasion of Israel is now 14. As many as 20 Americans...

WhatsApp says viral warnings of a cyberattack targeting Jews are baseless

Published October 10, 2023

(JTA) — A representative from WhatsApp, the popular messaging platform, says that viral messages spread on the app warning about potential cyberattacks targeting Jews are a hoax. The warnings appear to have begun circulating since Saturday on multiple...

New York City Council member Brad Lander, right, earned the endorsement of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, center, in his race for New York City comptroller.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemns Pro-Palestine rally in Times Square

Published October 10, 2023

(New York Jewish Week) – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the prominent progressive Democratic New York congresswoman from New York City, condemned a pro-Palestinian rally that took place over the weekend in Times Square, calling it “unacceptable and...

Israeli and US parents are urged to delete social apps before their children see hostage videos

Israeli and US parents are urged to delete social apps before their children see hostage videos

Jacob Gurvis, JTAPublished October 10, 2023

(JTA) — A number of Israeli and Jewish schools are urging parents to limit their children’s access to social media apps such as TikTok and Instagram due to concerns of increasingly graphic content that may be shared from Israel and Gaza. David...

Rachel Adari

A cookie-wielding mother, a gun-toting grandfather, a fearless young woman: Meet Israel’s newest heroes

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished October 10, 2023

(JTA) — When Hamas terrorists broke into her home early Saturday morning, Rachel Adari didn’t have any guns. But she had another kind of weapon: cookies, which she offered to the men who held her and her husband captive for the next 15 hours,...

Soldiers say Hamas terrorists murdered 40 babies in kibbutz attack

Jewish News SyndicatePublished October 10, 2023

Hamas terrorists murdered approximately 40 babies as part of their Oct. 7 attack on Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Israel Defense Forces soldiers who retook the community told i24News on Tuesday. "Talking to some of the soldiers here, they say what they witnessed...

Fighter jets fly over the Israeli flag on Independence Day celebrations in 1957. The state’s founding a decade earlier was full of fun facts. Photo by Moshe Pridan/Government Press Office

7 things you can do for Israel, right now

Chabad.org, Special To The Jewish LightPublished October 10, 2023

The updates from Israel are deeply distressing. More than 900 people murdered, thousands injured, and over 100 individuals abducted by terrorists. In the coming days, our heroic IDF soldiers may go into Gaza to save the abducted and...

IDF reservists board an Israel Air Force Hercules transport plane in an undisclosed European country, Oct. 9, 2023. Credit: IDF.

Israel airlifts military reservists from Europe

Pesach Benson, Jewish News SyndicatePublished October 10, 2023

Hundreds of Israelis in Europe were airlifted home on Tuesday morning to be mobilized for reserve duty. Two Hercules transport planes were flown to a number of European countries to repatriate the Israelis, the Israel Defense Forces said. IDF spokesperson...

The aftermath of a party where hundreds of Israelis were killed by Hamas terrorists, in southern Israel, Oct. 10, 2023.

Survivors of the Negev rave massacre describe the horrifying day

Yehezkel Laing, Jewish News SyndicatePublished October 10, 2023

It was billed as a celebration of “friends, love and infinite freedom.” While millions of Israelis celebrated the Simchat Torah holiday, many others were using the time to party. The weekend-long outdoor trance music festival, called the Supernova...

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