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(January 31, 2024 / JNS) Israeli Air Force fighter jets attacked Syrian army positions near the city of Daara overnight Tuesday in response to rocket fire. The Golan Regional Council said earlier that three projectiles had hit open areas, causing no injuries or damage. Since Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre, terrorists in southern Syria have intermittently […]
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken told Israel Tuesday the toll on Gazan civilians caused by its war against Hamas was "far too high", urging his ally to alleviate their suffering.More than three months into the deadliest ever Gaza war, Blinken met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on his fourth round of Middle East crisis diplomacy since the conflict broke out.Blinken reaffirmed US "support for Israel's right to prevent" a repetition of the unprecedented Hamas attacks of October 7 that sparked the war, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said.
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