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The parade comes almost eight months after the unprecedented Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, the deadliest in Israel’s history.

The ongoing war in Gaza has heightened security concerns over this weekend’s Israel Day Parade. News 4’s Chris Jose reports. 

News 4’s Myles Miller reports. 

OpenAI and Meta both disrupted covert influence operations linked to the same for-profit organization in Israel, the companies disclosed in independent transparency reports this week.

The NYPD has released a comprehensive threat assessment for the upcoming Israel Day on Fifth Parade on Sunday.  Police officials say there’s no specific threat to the event at this point. Security will be stepped up as a precaution. The NYPD Intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureau has warned that extremists from various ideological backgrounds may view the event as an...

Israeli leaders are harshly criticizing an expected decision by the U.S. to impose sanctions on a unit of ultra-Orthodox soldiers in the Israeli military.

President Joe Biden did not respond to questions from reporters about if or how Israel will respond to the attacks.

Iran’s dramatic aerial attack on Israel follows years of enmity between the countries and marks the first time Iran has launched a direct military assault on Israel.

Israeli leaders on Sunday credited an international military coalition with helping thwart a direct Iranian attack involving hundreds of drones and missiles, calling the coordinated response a starting point for a “strategic alliance” of regional opposition to Tehran.

The attack prompted President Joe Biden to hold a national security meeting in the Situation Room.

Airspace in Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and other parts of the Middle East reopened on Sunday but some flights were still canceled.

Booms and air raid sirens sounded across Israel early Sunday after Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the Middle East closer to a regionwide war.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the Israeli leader will undergo surgery on Sunday for a hernia.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the U.S., spoke from the Senate floor on Thursday for Israel to host new elections to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A New Jersey school’s principal was arrested after allegedly assaulting a student while breaking up a fight in 2023. On the same day just hours later, an assistant principal in the same district was accused of sending a controversial flyer to staff during Ramadan. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

A New Jersey school district is apologizing after an assistant high school principal shared a flyer with anti-Semitic undertones to inform staff about Ramadan, the holy month of fasting, prayer and reflection for the Muslim community. The flyer was sent Monday, the start of Ramadan, by the assistant principal of Columbia High School in Maplewood. The notice begins innocuously, expounding…

Romney Smith reports on the start of Ramadan.

Puma’s contract with the Israel national soccer team expires in 2024, but the decision to end the collaboration came in 2022, the company said Tuesday.

The shooting death of an Israeli man who raced to confront Palestinian attackers has raised questions about the use of excessive force among Israeli security forces and the public.

A man from Staten Island was sentenced to seven years in prison for a brutal antisemitic gang-style attack carried out in one of the busiest parts of the city.