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Ya'alon: IDF will continue to strike Hamas leaders at any time and place
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Thursday that the Hamas commanders
killed by the IDF overnight "were responsible for severe terror attacks
against Israel's citizens and IDF soldiers.
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Cabinet approves call-up of 10,000 IDF reservists
Israel approved the call-up of 10,000 IDF reservists on Thursday, two days after the collapse of negotiations.
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The IDF's first fully digital war
On July 22, a team of paratroopers, stationed in a house in Gaza, took fire from locations unknown.
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Minister: Israel 'Closer than Ever' to Full-Scale Gaza Invasion
Communications Minister and Security Cabinet Member Gilad Erdan (Likud)
has appealed for Israelis to be patient and to allow the IDF time to
complete Operation Protective Edge.
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Huge trove of dinosaur footprints discovered in Alaska
A "world-class" dinosaur track site discovered in Alaska's Denali
National Park shows that herds of duck-billed dinosaurs thrived under
the midnight sun.
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Watch: Islamic State Forcibly Converts Hundreds of Yazidis
The Islamic State terrorist group has released a video, purportedly
showing hundreds of members of the Yazidi minority sect converting to
Islam.
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A Hamas Love Letter to ISIS (with Ten Tips)
Dear Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Our leadership felt bad
about all of the tough press you've been getting lately and - given
our talent for ruining Gaza while enjoying endless love from the media - we thought we'd share some pointers with you.
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Obama calls Islamic State a 'cancer' after graphic threat
The Islamic State has no place in this century, is ideologically
bankrupt, and is a cancer infecting the entire world that must be
stopped, US President Barack Obama said sternly on Wednesday.
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Israel kills two Hamas senior military commanders in air strike
The air force carried out a targeted assassination of two very senior
Hamas terrorists and a lower ranking terrorist in the Gaza Strip
overnight.
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Intl manhunt underway for 'British' extremist in beheading video
UK intelligence services and police are trying to identify a suspected British jihadist who beheaded a US journalist.