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Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 343?

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 IDF operating Gaza on September 13, 2024 (photo credit: IDF SPOKESMAN’S UNIT)
IDF operating Gaza on September 13, 2024
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESMAN’S UNIT)

Family of slain hostage Alexander Lobanov releases video from Hamas captivity

The 32-year-old from Ashkelon was married to Michal and was the loving father of a two-year-old. While he was in captivity, his second child was born and is now five months old.

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 Slain hostage Alexander Lobanov in a recorded message from Hamas captivity. (photo credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum, screenshot)
Slain hostage Alexander Lobanov in a recorded message from Hamas captivity.
(photo credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum, screenshot)

The family of Alexander Lobanov, one of six hostages recently murdered by Hamas, allowed the publication on Friday of a Hamas psychological warfare video featuring Alexander speaking from Hamas captivity.

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Hamas warehouses in Gaza are overflowing with stolen Humanitarian aid - N12

“At this point, we have everything... The warehouse is at full capacity," a Hamas terrorist can be heard saying in an intercepted recording.

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Unloading of humanitarian aid destined for the Gaza Strip, transported via the maritime route from Cyprus to the Port of Ashdod. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Unloading of humanitarian aid destined for the Gaza Strip, transported via the maritime route from Cyprus to the Port of Ashdod.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Hamas terrorists have confiscated so much humanitarian aid that the terror group is struggling to find space in warehouses to store all of it, according to intercepted communications between Hamas operatives that were played during an episode of N12's "Ulpan Shishi" on Friday.

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‘Policy of intimidation and threat’: How Hamas brutalizes Palestinians to maintain control of Gaza

“There is no liberation movement that has freed its people without paying a big price in terms of civilians,” Hamas official Salah al-Din al-Awawdeh said.

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 Palestinians walk next to a destroyed Mosque from an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 9, 2024 (photo credit: ABED RAHIM KHATIB/FLASH90)
Palestinians walk next to a destroyed Mosque from an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 9, 2024
(photo credit: ABED RAHIM KHATIB/FLASH90)

Palestinian activists and whistleblowers complained of the brutal treatment they faced for speaking out against the terror group Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, in an article published by the New York Times on Friday. 

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US envoy Amos Hochstein to meet Netanyahu, Gallant for talks on de-escalation with Hezbollah

White House spokesperson John Kirby noted that Hochstein’s trip is part of the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to prevent the opening of a second front.

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 US special envoy Amos Hochstein gestures as he attends a press conference after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon August 14, 2024.  (photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR)
US special envoy Amos Hochstein gestures as he attends a press conference after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon August 14, 2024.
(photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR)

Amos Hochstein, senior advisor to President Biden, is set to arrive in Israel on Monday for talks with senior Israeli officials on preventing the opening of a second front of the war with Lebanon.

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Yahya Sinwar: The evolution of Israel's greatest enemy, right under our noses - opinion

The Hamas leader spent seven years in prison learning the history of Israel, Zionism, and the Holocaust - which would later assist him in his management of the terror group.

By JACKY HUGI
 Yahya Sinwar during his prison sentence. (photo credit: VIA MAARIV/SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT)
Yahya Sinwar during his prison sentence.
(photo credit: VIA MAARIV/SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT)

Opinion | The education that Hamas leader Yahya received while in Israeli prison gave him the tools necessary to lead the terror group in multiple crusades against the Jewish state.

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IDF discovers tunnel near Tulkarm hospital, kills armed terrorists in intense West Bank operation

Security forces also killed a terrorist who threw explosive devices and dismantled a vehicle rigged with explosives.

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 IDF soldiers conduct counter-terrorism operations in Tulkarm, West Bank. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF soldiers conduct counter-terrorism operations in Tulkarm, West Bank.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Rigged vehicles and explosive device factories dismantled, 10 armed terrorists killed, and a terror tunnel entrance found near a hospital: The IDF reveals results of the latest counter-terrorism operations in the West Bank.

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Aerial target falls in open area of the Upper Galilee following sirens

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 breaking news (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
breaking news
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An aerial target from Lebanon fell in an open area of the Upper Galilee following sirens in the area on Friday afternoon, Israel's military said shortly afterward.

The IDF emphasized that the target did not fall within a community, and no injuries from the incident were reported.

Additionally, in the areas of Misgav Am and Snir, rockets were identified as crossing from Lebanon and were successfully intercepted by the IDF Aerial Defense Array, with no injuries reported. 

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Audio clip of kidnapped soldier Matan Angrest to be released at Tel Aviv protest

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 breaking news (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
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An audio clip of kidnapped soldier Matan Angrest taken from footage of him in Hamas captivity will be released by his family on Saturday, Israeli media reported on Friday.

The segment is expected to be released during a Tel Aviv protest calling for the return of the hostages. It will reportedly show Angrest making a direct appeal from captivity to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling for his aid in rescue. 

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Hezbollah asks residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate from their homes - report

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 breaking news (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
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The Hezbollah terror group allegedly asked residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate their homes on Friday morning, according to a KAN report.

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Hostage families block Highway 2 calling for return of hostages and spray paint road

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 breaking news (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
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The families of the hostages held in Hamas captivity blocked Highway 2 on Friday morning as they spray-painted inscriptions calling for the return of the hostages, KAN news reported.

The inscriptions spray-painted along the highway included multiple large yellow ribbons, the symbol for the hostages throughout the war. 

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