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Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Al-Monitor: First stop for understanding the Middle East in 2024

A missile fired from Yemen by Iran-backed Huthi rebels struck Israel's commercial hub Tel Aviv before dawn on Saturday, wounding 16 people in the second such attack in days.The Israeli military said it failed to intercept the missile, forcing many residents to leave their homes in the early hours.The Huthis claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it used a ballistic missile directed at "a military target of the Israeli enemy".
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Yemen rebels strike Israel's Tel Aviv in pre-dawn missile attack

The poll also found that 61% of Israelis think the IDF should remain stationed near the Syrian border until the situation in Syria stabilizes.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Majority of Israelis favor deal to end war if it returns all hostages

The suspected perpetrator of a deadly ramming at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg on Friday is a 50-year-old Saudi refugee from a Shiite family who declared himself an atheist and "anti-Islam".Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen had been living in Germany since 2006 and practised as a psychiatrist in the town of Bernburg, near Magdeburg. He had no known links to jihadists.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: The 'atheist' Saudi refugee suspected of Germany attack

“It felt like it was a historical moment to take part in this project. We are maybe the last generation to hear these stories told directly by the people who experienced them.”
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: How a group of seventh grade pupils documented history at Kibbutz Sde Boker

Recent strikes into central Israel hint that Iran has refined its attack strategy, leveraging both direct launches and supplying missiles to Yemen's Houthis.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Why has IAF failed to intercept recent missile attacks at central Israel?

Natasha Hausdorff is a UK lawyer who frequently speaks out on TV in favor of Israel, focusing specifically on countering false narratives that have become widespread in current times.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Natasha Hausdorff: 'Every phrase' of ICC arrest warrant against Israelis is untrue

The IDF had earlier confirmed that Nimrod was alive, and the brigade commander called to apologize following the incident.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: 'We are not a bereaved family': IDF invites hostage parents to fallen soldier event

Gaza's civil defence agency said on Sunday Israeli strikes killed at least 28 Palestinians, as the director of one of two hospitals still operating in the territory's north reported bombardment nearby.More than 14 months into the Israel-Hamas war, there was no let-up in the violence in the Gaza Strip even as Palestinian groups involved in the fighting said a ceasefire deal was "closer than ever".
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill 28

Iran's supreme leader denied Sunday that militant groups around the region functioned as Tehran's proxies, warning that if his country chose to "take action", it would not need them anyway.The remarks came after a year in which Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza suffered heavy losses in wars with Israel, and two weeks after the fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, who had been a key link in Tehran's so-called axis of resistance.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Khamenei says Iran does not have or need regional proxy forces