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Military says 190 rockets pummel North, three soldiers killed in Gaza Strip

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Dvir Sharvit, Revital Yehud named as civilians killed in Kiryat Shmona rocket barrage

Two years ago, Yehud recovered from cancer and decided to move from Eilat to Kiryat Shmona, following her partner, Sharvit.

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 Dvir Sharvit and Revital Yehud were named as the two civilians killed in the Hezbollah rocket barrage fired at Kiryat Shmona. October 9, 2024. (photo credit: Via Maariv)
Dvir Sharvit and Revital Yehud were named as the two civilians killed in the Hezbollah rocket barrage fired at Kiryat Shmona. October 9, 2024.
(photo credit: Via Maariv)

Dvir Sharvit, 43, and Revital Yehud, 45, were named as the two individuals killed during Wednesday's Hezbollah rocket barrage toward Kiryat Shmona, Israeli media reported. 

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IDF spokesperson in Arabic warns residents of Beirut's southern suburbs to evacuate

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  (photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)
(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)

IDF spokesperson in Arabic Avichay Adraee warned residents of Beirut's southern suburbs to evacuate in a post on X/Twitter in the early hours of Thursday. 

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Alleged Israeli strike on Homs, Syria - report

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An alleged Israeli strike occurred in Hasiya industrial city in Syria's Homs countryside, Syrian state TV claimed early on Thursday.

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US calls on Israel at UN to fix 'catastrophic conditions' in Gaza

"We call on Israel to take urgent steps to do so," US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said.

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 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to many empty seats at the UN General Assembly, last Friday. Netanyahu encountered a cold diplomatic shower, with one chair in particular vacant – that of Saudi Arabia, the writer points out.  (photo credit: Mike Segar/Reuters)
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to many empty seats at the UN General Assembly, last Friday. Netanyahu encountered a cold diplomatic shower, with one chair in particular vacant – that of Saudi Arabia, the writer points out.
(photo credit: Mike Segar/Reuters)

Israel needs to address urgently "catastrophic conditions" among Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and stop "intensifying suffering" by limiting aid deliveries, the United States told the UN Security Council on Wednesday.

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Israel-Hamas War: What you need to know


  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
  • 101 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says