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22+ min ago (26+ words) Real time news brief - Torah versus Greek wisdom - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Torah versus Greek wisdom...

27+ min ago (45+ words) Real time news brief - Nova massacre survivors celebrate Hanukkah, experiencing closure - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Nova massacre survivors celebrate Hanukkah, experiencing closure Hundreds of Nova massacre survivors gather for emotional Hanukkah candle-lighting in Jerusalem....

28+ min ago (40+ words) Real time news brief - Arab sentenced to pay half a million shekels for attacking Jews - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Arab sentenced to pay half a million shekels for attacking Jews...

29+ min ago (658+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 804 Israel struck Hezbollah targets across Lebanon on Thursday morning, the military said, hitting weapons stores deep inside the country and a training camp used by the terror group. The wave of bombardments appeared to be the latest in a series of escalating sorties targeting the terror group's attempts to rebuild its forces, as mediators scramble to hold off a possible renewed Israeli military operation and keep a fragile year-old ceasefire from collapsing completely. The Israel Defense Forces said its strikes destroyed launch sites and other terrorist infrastructure at a training camp for operatives, without specifying the location. It accused the terror group of posing a threat and violating the understandings between Israel and Lebanon established in a ceasefire last year. According to the army, the camp was used by Hezbollah to train operatives, conduct live-fire exercises,…...

34+ min ago (367+ words) "The suspects were known to authorities in Victoria" Counterterrorism police arrested seven people in southwest Sydney on Thursday in a dramatic operation that required "significant police reinforcement," according to reports in local Australian media. Five suspects were traveling in two vehicles when a large police presence stopped them. The officers, armed with weapons and wearing camouflage uniforms, protective vests, and helmets, were seen searching the vehicles the suspects were traveling in and handcuffing them. At least one of the vehicles was rammed by a police vehicle until it stopped. The dramatic incident occurred at the corner of George and Campbell Streets in Liverpool, across the road from the bustling Westfield shopping center, near a school and medical center. According to reports, people who were present at the scene and in nearby stores were not allowed to leave the area until…...

37+ min ago (103+ words) [Smoke rises from the site of a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of al-Katrani on December 18, 2025. (photo credit: Rabih DAHER / AFP via Getty Images)]In the earlier attacks, including some which the IDF said were deep inside Lebanon, it struck Hezbollah rocket launch sites, weapons storage facilities, and a military training camp. IDF strikes Hezbollah terror training compound, weapons depots, and terrorist in Lebanon In the earlier attacks, including some which the IDF said were deep inside Lebanon, it struck Hezbollah rocket launch sites, weapons storage facilities, and a military training camp....

38+ min ago (57+ words) Unpack what Jewish law says about modesty, debunk common myths about dress codes, oppression, and liberation, and wrestle honestly with how modesty shows up in real communities. The post Modesty in Judaism: what Tzniut really means (beyond dress codes) appeared first on The Times of Israel. [Modesty in Judaism: what Tzniut really means (beyond dress codes)]...

52+ min ago (153+ words) ALBAWABA - The Israeli army carried out a series of airstrikes on southern and eastern Lebanon on Thursday, Lebanese state media announced. According to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA), the Israeli military attacked Hezbollah infrastructure, including a military compound. Lebanon's health ministry confirmed that four people were injured in the strike in Taybeh town. On the other hand, the NNA said that the Israeli attack wounded several employees in Lebanon's state electricity company. #" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " Despite the ceasefire agreed between Hezbollah and Israel in November 2024, Tel Aviv didn't stop its attacks against the Iranian-backed group. The Israeli military confirmed the news, saying it targeted "terror infrastructure sites in multiple areas across Lebanon", including "a military compound used by Hezbollah to conduct training and courses" for Hezbollah members. In another statement, the military added: "A short while ago, the IDF struck a Hezbollah…...

53+ min ago (60+ words) Trump says "I'm not allowed," and Johnson says "there's no path," so why did a Jewish donor broach the idea of bypassing constitutional limits and allowing a third term for the president? The statement and resulting backlash could not have come at a worse time. Opinion. Jews in America should be the loudest voices saying: The Constitution matters....

57+ min ago (70+ words) [Yaakov Langer interviewing returned hostage Eli Sharabi (photo credit: PRIVATE COLLECTION)]"Unity does not mean uniformity. It means learning to stand in awe of each other's journeys, even when they look nothing like our own." All the colors come together on the canvas "Unity does not mean uniformity. It means learning to stand in awe of each other's journeys, even when they look nothing like our own."...