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Israel's news in English, as its press files it.

We read 50+ Israeli newsrooms in Hebrew, Arabic and Russian, translate as they publish, and show which sides of the press ran each story and which didn't.

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BREAKING: Amazon is in talks to buy Israeli AI startup Decart for about $7 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Anthropic had weighed buying Decart for roughly $6 billion but pulled out in September.

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BREAKING: Israel's Health Ministry orders two Haifa schools closed for 24 hours after unusually high benzene levels found near the Bazan oil refinery.

Officials advise residents within a kilometer, especially children and pregnant women, to avoid staying outdoors.

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Israel's security establishment held a special discussion on heightened regional alert covering Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iran, officials say.

Officials say the main concern is a miscalculation by one side that could spark broad escalation none of the parties want.

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The IDF will begin a pilot program in November integrating women into the Armored Corps, training in a fully separate framework from men.

About 100 women have applied and 50 are expected to enlist in the first cycle, meeting the same training standard as male soldiers.

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Two more flydubai co-pilots, both Maldivian citizens, have been arrested in the UAE in the investigation into the attempted terror attack on a flight to Tel Aviv, their embassy told families.

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Former Prime Minister's Office chief of staff Tzachi Braverman is suspected of systematically taking about 30 classified protocols without authorization in the month after the October 7 attack.

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Tonight's poll from Kan News, 16 days before Israel votes:

Yashar 22
Likud 20
Together 12
Jewish Power 9
Democrats 8
Joint List 8

Netanyahu's bloc: 53 seats. 61 make a majority.

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Israel's defense establishment says Kamal Adwan Hospital is now the third site, after Shifa and the European Hospital in Khan Younis, identified as a dual-use base for the terrorist organization Hamas.

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4/4 A two-year-old girl from Tur'an died after being struck by a vehicle in Bu'eine Nujeidat in northern Israel.

Emergency crews performed CPR at the scene and evacuated her to Poriya Medical Center, where doctors pronounced her dead.

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Israel's top stories tonight 🧵

1/4 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned a terrorist attack at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport that killed 12 people.

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3/4 A senior Israeli commentator said leaked private messages with Prime Minister Netanyahu's advisor Yonatan Urich are not unique to him.

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Israeli club chiefs and Sports Minister Miki Zohar voiced optimism after meeting EuroLeague officials on returning games to Israel.

Maccabi Tel Aviv chairman Shimon Mizrahi said a final decision is expected within a week to ten days.

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The IDF says:

"At the hospital serving as a Hamas activity hub: new footage of armed terrorists at Kamal Adwan Hospital."

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The main suspect in the murder of Binyamin Yimnu Zalka admitted in court for the first time that he stabbed him.

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The IDF and Shin Bet say:

"The IDF and Shin Bet attacked last week in the Khan Yunis area of southern Gaza and eliminated Hisham Gamal Muhammad Abu Galala, a Nukhba platoon commander in the military wing of the terrorist organization Hamas."

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Police say a 19-year-old from Iksal stabbed a 16-year-old student in the neck during a school brawl on September 13.

Prosecutors filed a statement ahead of an indictment, after the suspect arrived at the school on a scooter.

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Pirate accounts are distributing what they claim are leaked private messages of Yonatan Urich, a close advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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A military court sentenced terrorist Muhammad Walid Ahmed Saeed to 45 years in prison for a September 2022 attack on an IDF bus in the Jordan Valley.

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