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Four Hezbollah fighters killed in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon

Hezbollah, which has exchanged near-daily cross-border fire with the Israeli army since the Gaza war erupted last October, confirmed the deaths of four of its fighters

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Israel-Hamas war: Ultra-Orthodox men sent draft notices for conscription in Israeli military

The notices were issued after the Supreme Court last month unanimously ruled that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for the army

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Yes Anne Frank, 'people are really good at heart' — even in this turbulent world

World War II diarist Anne Frank's words were published on June 25, 1947 — just over five years after her 13th birthday. Anne perished in Holocaust at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern…

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Jewish star Ben Stiller breaks silence on Israel-Hamas war: 'I want the violence to end'

As the war between Israel and Gaza gets more intensifies, Jewish actor Ben Stiller has expressed his views on the critical situation and the rise of antisemitism as he urged for global peace

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Erdogan confirms ancient Istanbul Orthodox Church converted to mosque

"The Kariye mosque in its new form will remain open to everyone," he said, addressing a press conference with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

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