NEVER AGAIN?

• Syria’s Assad claims Holocaust was a lie fabricated to justify creation of Israel
• One in five young Americans believes the Holocaust is a myth, poll finds

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Christians in Northern India Forgo Christmas Celebrations After ‘Record’ Year of Persecution
• Nigerian Christians, Forgotten by the West, Face Christmas Under the Shadow of Jihadist Genocide

NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR THREAT

• North Korea: We’re Prepared to Nuke America if It Makes a ‘Wrong Decision’
• North Korea’s Kim warns Washington as biggest ICBM launched
• North Korea test fires long-range missile with US in range
• North Korea nuclear attack on US would spell end of Kim regime: White House

WAR IN ISRAEL

• Top Hamas Official Warns ‘War of Liberation’ Surpassing October 7 Massacre Is Imminent
• Netanyahu in Gaza: War will continue until Hamas is finished, not before
• Benny Gantz: ‘As long as it may take, we will fight, and we will win’
• Netanyahu: ‘We Will Destroy Hamas’ Regardless of ‘International Pressures’

THE RULES OF WAR

• IDF Spokesman Hagari: ‘We abort attacks when we see unexpected civilian presence’
• Israel Responds to Biden: IDF ‘Making Efforts That No Army in History Has Made … to Protect Civilians’
• White House spokesperson: Israel is protecting civilians in ways even we wouldn’t
• IDF finds one of the largest Gaza weapons stockpiles ever near school and hospital
• IDF: Hamas continues using civilian areas for military activities

HAMAS ATROCITIES

• Former IDF spokeswoman: Israel must tell the truth about what happened to the hostages
• Kirby: safe to assume Hamas is still weaponizing sexual violence

THE IRANIAN THREAT

• Iran foreign minister warns of ‘terrible’ days ahead for Israel
• Iran Threatens to Close Mediterranean Sea Alleging U.S. Gaza ‘Crimes’
• Iran’s navy boasts of new sophisticated cruise missiles

THE RED SEA POWDER KEG

• Yemen rebels vow to keep up Red Sea attacks despite US warnings
• US-led coalition of 10 nations to counter Houthi attacks on vessels in Red Sea
• UK and Italy send warships to join Red Sea coalition
• Iran warns against proposed US-backed Red Sea force – ISNA

RUSSIA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• ‘Real risk’ Putin won’t stop warns NATO chief; Putin claims over 600,000 troops deployed
• China’s Xi says strong Russia ties a ‘strategic choice’
• Seoul scrambles jets after Chinese, Russian warplanes approach

Hamas blasts Netanyahu’s speech to Congress: A complete lie

Israel National News reports: “Hamas on Wednesday weighed in on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to US Congress. The group claimed that Netanyahu’s comment about intensified efforts to return the hostages is ‘a complete lie […]

Iran threatens Israel: More deadly attacks coming soon

Israel National News reports: “The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has threatened even more deadly attacks against Israel in the near future. On Wednesday, an IRGC spokesman warned that ‘very soon we will witness […]

ISRAEL AT WAR

• Hamas Official: We Will Repeat October 7 Terror Attack Until Israel is Annihilated
• Hamas planned to push October 7 massacre to the West Bank border – report
• Hamas Leaders to NY Times: No Interest in Helping Palestinians in Gaza, Want ‘Permanent’ War Against Israel
• Hezbollah: Mass Murder of Israelis by Hamas ‘Great and Marvelous’
• Palestinian minister: Hamas’s October 7 massacre of Israelis ‘heroic’
• Palestinian Authority claims Israel, not Hamas, committed Re’im massacre
• Netanyahu to CBS: We’re trying to wipe out Hamas with minimal civilian casualties
• EU condemns Hamas for using civilians as human shields
• Rockets inside a girl’s bed: IDF reveals more evidence of Hamas’ use of civilians
• Hamas tunnels, weapons found near amusement park and university
• Netanyahu: We’ll defy the world if needed to defeat Hamas; PA can’t run Gaza after war
• Southern Command official: ‘We are preparing to continue attacking once the pause is over’
• Israeli PM Netanyahu warns America: ‘If we don’t win now, then Europe is next and you’re next’
• Son of Hamas co-founder: ‘If Hamas is not destroyed, the rest of the world is next’