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The 55th Brigade has left Khan Yunis after two months of operations in the town during which 70 tunnel shafts were dismantled and numerous terrorist operatives were eliminated. Embedded video In the past two months, the 55th Brigade has been operating in the Khan Yunis area. The brigade located and dismantled tunnel shafts, destroyed numerous weapons, and eliminated a large number of terrorists. In recent weeks, the soldiers identified two sites used by Hamas terrorists to launch rockets toward Israeli territory. In another operation, the brigade's sniper teams identified and eliminated several terrorist cells. Additionally, an RPG was fired at...

The IDF has called up a relatively large number of reservists over the week's end, for an open-ended period of duty, in anticipation of possible large scale violence after the expected rejection of a Palestinian Authority bid for United Nations recognition as a state. Arutz Sheva has learned that the reservists have been instructed to maintain "restraint and alertness" but have not been given specific instructions regarding scenarios that could unfold. For example, reservists reported asking what to do if an Arab woman carrying a baby tries to break into a community. "Do we open fire?" They were told: "Open...

Iran Hitler Ahmadinejad At Columbia - Free Speech Or Incitement? By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem ----September 23...... As one who studied at Columbia University, I am both embarrassed and ashamed of that fact today. Columbia University in New York City had one of the finest journalism schools in the US, that is until Columbia invited Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran to speak at Columbia tomorrow. The Iran President left Tehran for New York today and will participate in a question and answer forum at Columbia tomorrow. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is traveling to New York to address the United...