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

Philissa Cramer, JTA • Published 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...

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

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief • Published 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...

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

Ron Kampeas, JTA • Published 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...

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...

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...

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

Jacob Gurvis, JTA • Published 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...

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

Philissa Cramer, JTA • Published 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...

Soldiers say Hamas terrorists murdered 40 babies in kibbutz attack

Jewish News Syndicate • Published 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...

7 things you can do for Israel, right now

Chabad.org, Special To The Jewish Light • Published 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...

Israel airlifts military reservists from Europe

Pesach Benson, Jewish News Syndicate • Published 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,...

Survivors of the Negev rave massacre describe the horrifying day

Yehezkel Laing, Jewish News Syndicate • Published 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...

U2’s Bono changes lyrics in tribute to Israeli music festival victims of Hamas attack

Gabe Friedman, JTA • Published October 9, 2023

(JTA) — The original lyrics of U2’s hit song “Pride (In the Name of Love)” were about Martin Luther King, Jr. But on Sunday night, the band’s singer Bono changed some of the song’s lyrics to...