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Israel observed Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, on Saturday amid a firestorm of international criticism over its military offensive in Lebanon and its soldiers firing on peacekeepers.As the holy day got under way Friday from sundown, Israel faced diplomatic backlash over what it acknowledged was a "hit" earlier in the day on a United Nations peacekeeping position in Lebanon.Two Sri Lankan peacekeepers were hurt in the second such incident in two days, the UNIFIL mission said Friday.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel observes Yom Kippur amid firestorm over Lebanon strikes

UN peacekeepers in Lebanon warned Saturday against a "catastrophic" regional conflict as Israeli forces battled Hezbollah and Hamas militants on two fronts, on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.Israel has faced a fierce diplomatic backlash over incidents in south Lebanon that saw five Blue Helmets wounded.On Saturday, the Lebanese health ministry said Israeli air strikes on two villages located near the capital Beirut killed nine people.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: UN warns against 'catastrophic' regional conflict

Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Saturday denounced Israel's "crimes" as he visited the site of the deadliest Israeli strikes on central Beirut in recent weeks, an AFP photographer said.A source close to Hezbollah had said Thursday night's strikes in the densely populated Basta neighbourhood and the nearby Nweiri district had targeted the Iran-backed Lebanese group's security chief Wafiq Safa.
Source: Al Monitor
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Judaism must continue to be a symbol of peace and acceptance of others.
Source: Jerusalem Post
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Iran has a long-term plan and it includes trying to weaken Israel through long slow wars in Gaza and Lebanon. 
Source: Jerusalem Post
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UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon will not move from the border area despite five of their members being wounded and damage to facilities during the Israel-Hezbollah war, their spokesperson told AFP on Saturday. Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), also said that an Israeli escalation against Lebanese militants Hezbollah in past weeks risked turning into "a regional conflict with catastrophic impact for everyone", and that the only solution was "diplomatic".
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: UN peacekeepers to remain in Lebanon: spokesman

Two soldiers were wounded during combat, a combat officer from the Military Engineering School, and a reservist from Battalion 9203.
Source: Jerusalem Post
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At this time of forgiveness, why should we forgive those who do not stand with us in our hour of need?
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: No forgiveness for those who don't stand with Israel

The $10 drink shares a name with Yahya Sinwar, the terror group’s leader and architect of its Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel.
Source: Jerusalem Post
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the UN chief on Sunday to move peacekeepers deployed in south Lebanon out of "harm's way", saying Hezbollah was using them as "human shields".His call to UN chief Antonio Guterres came a day after the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) repeated its refusal to withdraw from the border area after five of its members were wounded in the Israel-Hezbollah war.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Netanyahu tells UN to move Lebanon peacekeepers out of 'harm's way'