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Israel at war: What happened day 432?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Illustrative image of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (photo credit: Canva, NEEDPIX.COM, REUTERS/Nir Elias/Pool, Wikimedia Commons)
Illustrative image of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
(photo credit: Canva, NEEDPIX.COM, REUTERS/Nir Elias/Pool, Wikimedia Commons)

Iranian ambassador to Syria blames Israel for Assad's fall

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
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The Iranian Ambassador to Syria, Hossein Akbari, blamed Israel for the fall of former Syrian president Bashar Assad in a televised statement on Sunday night. 

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Houthi-launched weapon destroyed over Gulf by US Navy

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Two US Navy destroyers successfully defeated Houthi-launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of Aden, according to the US military.

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Former hostage Judith Raanan meets with President-elect Donald Trump

Judith and her daughter Natalie were released from Hamas captivity on October 20, 2023.

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 President-elect Donald Trump with released hostage Judith Raanan, Dec 10, 2024. (photo credit: courtesy of the Hostage Families Forum)
President-elect Donald Trump with released hostage Judith Raanan, Dec 10, 2024.
(photo credit: courtesy of the Hostage Families Forum)

Former hostage Judith Raanan met with President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday, calling on him to "do everything to return the 100 hostages home," the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said. 

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'I think we are closer than ever to a new deal,' Israeli Consul in New York says

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Israel's Consul General in New York, Ofir Akunis, said he believes "we are closer than ever to a new deal" at the Jerusalem Post conference in Miami on Tuesday night.

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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
  • 100 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says
  • The IDF launched a ground invasion of Lebanon on September 30
  • The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire came into effect on November 27 at 4:00 a.m.