Meirav Gonen listened in real-time terror as her daughter, bleeding in the back seat of a car and fearing death, described by phone the surprise attack by Hamas on a music festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7. “Mommy, I’m shot. Mommy, I think I’m going to die,” said daughter …
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A 1,600-year-old estate connected to the ancient Samaritans – a group depicted in the Bible – has been uncovered in Israel. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced the discovery in a Facebook post on Sept. 2. The estate was excavated in Kafr Qasim, a city in the central region of …
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Any person who can survive captivity under extreme conditions is a hero in anyone’s book. Yes, there are variations in the degree of starvation, torture, mental anguish and deprivation; the degree of exposure to respiratory and gastrointestinal infections; not to mention the compounded torment for those who have been injured, …
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The suspect behind the deadly car and knife terror attack outside a synagogue in Manchester in theUnited Kingdomon Thursday has been identified by police as Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent. Police said Al-Shamie entered the United Kingdom as a young child and became a citizen in …
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Daniel Naroditsky, a chess prodigy-turned-grandmaster who helped bring the centuries-old game into the digital age through livestreams and online lessons, has died at 29. Naroditsky was considered one of the most influential voices in modern chess after building a major following on YouTube and Twitch, where thousands watched his educational …
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A 1,500-year-old synagogue was recently uncovered in northern Israel — a discovery that sheds light on the enduring Jewish presence in the region that also gave rise to early Christianity. The synagogue was found in the Yehudiya Nature Reserve in the Golan Heights, known in the Old Testament as Golan. …
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