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* ... that soldiers participating in an Israeli raid in Masyaf described an explosion that destroyed a missile production facility as "a mini earthquake"?
* ... that soldiers participating in '''[[2024 Masyaf raid|an Israeli raid in Masyaf]]''' described an explosion that destroyed a missile production facility as "a mini earthquake"?
* ... that '''[[Amit Mekel]]''' served in Cairo, São Paulo, Brussels and Los Angeles, before becoming the [[List of ambassadors of Israel to Paraguay|Israeli ambassador to Paraguay]]?
* ... that the first publication of the prolific author and [[Talmud]]ic scholar '''[[Israel Ta-Shma]]''' was a Jewish songbook for the [[Israel Defense Forces]]?
* ... that '''[[Shadia Abu Ghazaleh]]''' was one of the first women to join the Palestinian resistance to the [[Israeli occupation of the West Bank]]?
* ... that Druze rower Saleh Shahin won a bronze medal for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics 19 years after he was injured in a terrorist attack?
* ... that [[Druze]] rower '''[[Saleh Shahin]]''' won a bronze medal for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics 19 years after he was injured in a terrorist attack?
:At least 70 [[Palestinians]] have been killed by [[Israel Defence Forces|Israeli troops]] since the start of the year in the occupied [[West Bank]], including 38 killed in [[Jenin]]. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/3/israel-kills-70-in-west-bank-this-year-pa-condemns-ethnic-cleansing (Al Jazeera)]
:[[Hamas]] releases three [[Israel]]i hostages, including [[Kidnapping of the Bibas family|Yarden Bibas]]. At the same time, Israel releases 183 [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] [[Palestinians in Israeli custody|prisoners]], seven of which were transferred to [[Egypt]] prior to their deportation. [https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-ceasefire-news-02-01-2025-48ec1e3ab950d73bc335a097fe1dc0ed (AP)]
:The [[Rafah Border Crossing]] between the [[Gaza Strip]] and [[Egypt]] is reopened for the first time since Israel captured it nearly nine months ago during the [[Rafah offensive]]. [https://apnews.com/article/mideast-wars-gaza-rafah-ceasefire-egypt-children-7330b0f2a30855cd5ae69b5a32b218df (AP)]