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The Iran-backed terror organization Hamas is already broadcasting strong signals that it has no interest in peace and is gearing up for its next war against Israel. The Izzadin Al-Qassam Brigades tweeted (Arabic link): We won, and swore by Allah that we will continue to dig (tunnels), and create more (rockets),...

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The al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front reportedly captured the Syrian side of the Quneitra border crossing with Israel on August 27. “Nusra Front and other rebel groups took the Quneitra crossing, and heavy fighting with the Syrian army is continuing in the surrounding area,” said Rami Abdel-Rahman, head of the Britain-based...

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Palestinian officials announced today that a “long-term” ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has been agreed to. The Israeli government confirmed that it has signed off on the truce, which went  into effect at 7 PM local time. State Dept thanks #Egypt, others for negotiating #Gaza ceasefire; notes challenges still ahead. "We're going into this...

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Rocket fire from Gaza continued to chase Israelis into bomb shelters Tuesday as diplomatic efforts to end the barrage centered on two key avenues: an Egyptian-brokered open-ended ceasefire, and an American-led initiative for a UN Security Council resolution. Chico Menashe of Israel Radio reported that the ongoing conflict was generating internal pressure in...

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There is no way Bostonian ALS sufferer Peter Frates could have known that people across the world would take him up on his ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. But after the former Boston College baseball star called on his athlete friends to dump buckets of ice water over their heads to...

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Today was the forty-ninth day of Operation Protective Edge. Leo McKinstry in @Daily_Express on #British progressive ('useful idiots') and their "obsessive hatred of #Israel" – http://t.co/ADY7zSGbJH — Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) August 25, 2014 IDF statistics for Operation Protective Edge show that, between July 8th and August 25th, more than 4,150 rockets and mortars...

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