Noteworthy Headlines

Asheri Shot in Head Sunday Immediately After Abduction

The IDF confirmed early Thursday a report the Popular Resistance Committees issued from Gaza that it had executed Eliyahu Asheri, 18, of Itamar, who was kidnapped earlier this week in the West Bank. Asheri's family has been notified.

His funeral was scheduled to take place at 2:30 p.m. in Jerusalem, with the funeral procession to pass from Beit Sanhedria to the Mount of Olives in the city.

OC Central Command Maj.-Gen. Yair Naveh revealed Thursday morning that the youth had been shot in the head immediately after the kidnapping on Sunday.

Israeli Soldier 'A Prize Catch'


Exiled Hamas Leader Says Palestinians Should Seize More Soldiers

"I believe the resistance (fighters) should not be content with taking one Israeli soldier as a prisoner," Osama Hamdan, Hamas' representative in Lebanon, who is close to Hamas' political bureau chief Khaled Mashaal, told Al-Manar television in Beirut.

Mashaal's deputy, Moussa Abu Marzouk, told AP in Damascus, "This soldier is a prisoner of war."

IDF Arrests Over 60 Senior Hamas MPs


"The IDF arrested overnight Wednesday over 60 senior Hamas members throughout the West Bank, including ministers in the Palestinian Authority parliament.

In the cities of Ramallah, Nablus, and Bethlehem security forces arrested the men and took them to be interrogated under the suspicion of being involved in terror activities against Israel."
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IAF Fighter Pilots Buzz Syrian President?s Palace

"Israel Air Force pilots buzzed Syrian President Bashir Assad?s palace on Wednesday morning in a clear message warning him not to intervene in the conflict in Gaza."

Hamas Resists Israel Recognition

Hamas Operative Killed in Gaza Blast

White House statement Indicating US Insists on 100% Protection for Palestinian Human Shields?

Israel Under U.S. Pressure to Minimize Strike

Neo-Nazi Suspect Arrested in Poland, Confesses to Attacking Rabbi
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