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HEADLINES:
1. ISRAEL TO USE F-35I STEALTH FIGHTERS IN SYRIA
2. ORPHANED GIRL WITHOUT A BED TO SLEEP ON
3. 70-YEAR-OLD WOMAN KILLED IN BEIT SHEMESH ACCIDENT
4. HUNDREDS OF ITEMS STOLEN FROM SUITCASES AT AIRPORT
5. UNRWA EMPLOYEES IN GAZA FLEE TO ISRAEL
6. 'WE WILL FIGHT TO OUR LAST DROP OF BLOOD'
7. FRANCE FREEZES IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE ASSETS
8. MALAYSIAN PM: JEWS ARE 'HOOK-NOSED'


1. ISRAEL TO USE F-35I STEALTH FIGHTERS IN SYRIA
by Arutz Sheva Staff

Israel will use the F-35I stealth fighter to attack Syria, Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) reported.

The decision comes after Syria began receiving on Tuesday its new S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system.

The new system, sold to Syria by Russia, is intended to stop enemy planes - including Israeli planes - from attacking.

Galei Tzahal quoted a source in the Israeli Air Force who said that in light of the situation in Syria, Israel has decided to increase the use of F-35 stealth fighter in its attacks on Syria.

This step is expected to allow the Air Force to better handle the growing threat in Syria, the source explained.

"The coming attacks won't be the first, but they will be safer for the pilots in light of the new reality in Syria's skies," the source told Galei Tzahal.

"This is the most expensive weapon in the world, and it's the most advanced airplane in the world. Israel paid 125 million for each plane, and the Defense Ministry purchased 50 of the Model A planes... Our planes are called the F-35I. Eight of the planes have already landed in Israel and 33 are expected to arrive by 2021."

In May, Israel became the first country to carry out strikes with the F-35.

"We are flying the F-35 over the entire Middle East and that has become part of our operational capability," Israeli Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin said then. "We were the first in the world to attack with the F-35. The Israeli Air Force has twice carried out strikes with the F-35, on two different fronts.".‎


2. ORPHANED GIRL WITHOUT A BED TO SLEEP ON
by L. Berman

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The situation in the small Tiberias apartment is unusual. Four children are crowded into one room, while Tzofia has a room to herself - but that room is empty, without even a bed.

Tzofia's mother died of cancer when she was only five years old. The pampered youngest child of a loving mother, she suffered terribly without her mom. Now 11, Tzofia is living with her older sister, Sivan, who has a family of her own. Sivan is dedicated to helping Tzofia learn to cope with life without her mother.

Sivan rented a larger apartment to give Tzofia her own space, but there is no money to purchase furniture for the room, not even a bed. Tzofia is traumatized from the loss of her mom and desperately needs therapy, yet the family has no way to pay."Please help us get through this terrible time," says Tzofia in a moving video.

It is inspiring to see the selflessness of a sister who gives away what her own family desperately needs to her younger sibling. However, the family finances are strained to the limit. An emergency fundraising campaign has been set up to provide Tzofia with everything she needs. All the proceeds of the campaign will go toward providing an orphaned girl with basic needs such as furniture and therapy.

It is Tzofia's fervent hope that many will echo the selflessness of her older sister and help her raise enough money for a secure financial future.

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3. 70-YEAR-OLD WOMAN KILLED IN BEIT SHEMESH ACCIDENT
by Mordechai Sones

A 70-year-old pedestrian was killed last night after being hit by a car on Yehuda Ben Ze'ev Boulevard in Beit Shemesh.

The MDA team treated the woman and attempted resuscitation, but ultimately was forced to determine her death.

"When we got to the accident scene we saw a badly damaged car with a shattered windshield," said MDA Paramedic Dror Eini.

"A few meters away, a woman of about 70 was lying unconscious on the road with a severe systemic injury, with no pulse or breathing," he says.

"The driver of the woman's vehicle, a 60-year-old woman who was in a state of agitation, was examined at the scene of the accident and evacuated in light condition to the hospital," he added.

Police officers summoned to the scene detained the driver of the vehicle that hit them. Traffic examiners opened an investigation into the fatal accident.


4. HUNDREDS OF ITEMS STOLEN FROM SUITCASES AT AIRPORT
by Arutz Sheva Staff

A 52-year-old resident of Petah Tikva was arrested on Tuesday night for stealing from suitcases at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport.

The suspect, who worked as a porter at the airport, is suspected of stealing hundreds of objects from passengers' suitcases.

He was arrested after an investigation by Israel Police and Ben Gurion Airport's department for crime prevention.

A search of the suspect's home revealed a large amount of credit cards, perfumes, foreign currency, necklaces, earrings, bracelets, wallets, pillows, cellular phones, and tablets.

During the interrogation, the suspect initially claimed the items fell from the suitcases. However, he later admitted to regularly opening suitcases and stealing items from them.

He will be brought to the Rishon Lezion Magistrates Court for an extension of his arrest.


5. UNRWA EMPLOYEES IN GAZA FLEE TO ISRAEL
by AFP

UNRWA said Monday it was temporarily withdrawing part of its foreign staff from the Gaza Strip following security concerns linked to job cuts.

It said in a statement it had "decided to temporarily withdraw part of its international staff from Gaza following a series of worrying security incidents affecting its personnel in the strip."

A source with the agency said around 10 staff members crossed into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Monday.

The Israeli defense ministry unit that oversees the crossing said an unspecified number of foreign employees from the agency known as UNRWA "were evacuated from the Gaza Strip to Israel."

UNRWA employees in the strip have held strikes, sit-ins and other protests since the agency announced in July it was cutting more than 250 jobs in Gaza and Judea and Samaria.

Hundreds of full-time roles have also become part-time.

The cuts come as a result of US President Donald Trump's decision to cancel all aid to the agency.

The UNRWA source said a protest was held Monday outside a Gaza City hotel where agency officials were meeting.

The agency's statement said that "earlier today, a number of staff were harassed and prevented from carrying out their duties."

"Some of these actions have specifically targeted the UNRWA management in Gaza," it said.

It called on the authorities in the enclave run by terror group Hamas "to respond to its repeated demands to provide effective protection to its employees and facilities."

The United States has traditionally been UNRWA's largest contributor, providing around $350 million (300 million euros) a year, but Trump has cancelled all support.

Around 13,000 people work for UNRWA in Gaza. The agency also says more than 200,000 Palestinian Arabs attend its schools in the Gaza Strip.

Despite the removal of part of its foreign staff, UNRWA operations were continuing in Gaza, the agency said.

Its director of operations and other international staff were remaining in Gaza, UNRWA said.


6. 'WE WILL FIGHT TO OUR LAST DROP OF BLOOD'
by Hezki Baruch

The Jerusalem appeals court ruled Tuesday to revoke the residency of the terrorist who murdered four army cadets in a car-ramming terrorist attack in Jerusalem Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in January 2016.

Israel decided to expel the terrorist's relatives from Israel, due to the fact that they are not citizens here. However, the legal group "HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual," which benefits from the support of the New Israel Fund, assisted the relatives of the terrorist to petition against their deportation from Israel.

In the hearing today, the state presented information according to which several members of the terrorist's extended family are suspected of having links to ISIS and involvement in terrorist activities, and therefore there is a security concern regarding their continued stay in Israel.

Meirav and Herzl Hajaj, the parents of Lt. Shir Hajaj, who was murdered in the terrorist attack, asked to join as respondents to the petition filed by relatives of the terrorist against the revocation of residency.

Representatives of HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual said at the hearing that the revocation of residency deviates from [the state of Israel's] authority ... The family of the terrorist had no knowledge of [the terrorist's] intention. They are innocent. The interior minister does not have the authority to revoke residency."

Meirav and Herzl Hajaj, the parents of the late Shir Hajaj, said that "No one will return our Shir. We are here to prevent the next attack, God forbid. It is delusional that the governments of Europe and the New Israel Fund provide legal protection to the lowly terrorists who murdered our Shir and many other Israelis. We will fight here to the last drop of our blood against those who make their living by murdering Jews."

The legal adviser of the "Im Tirtzu" group who represents the Hajaj family added that "The discussion today revolves around the expulsion of the relatives of the terrorist Fadi Conver, the murderer of the cadets in the Armon Hanatziv attack, in order to ask the court to include Merav and Herzl Hajaj and the Im Tirtzu movement as respondents alongside the state of Israel. This is not only to make their voices heard and to present their position," he said. Rather, "The Hajaj family and Im Tirtzu want to join as real litigants because the status of litigants will grant them the substantive and formal right to appeal the ruling if they find it necessary to do so," he added.

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7. FRANCE FREEZES IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE ASSETS
by Arutz Sheva Staff

France decided Tuesday to freeze assets related to Iranian intelligence services operating in French territory, as well as the assets of two Iranian citizens, for six months.

Their assets were frozen amid a decision by a German court to back a decision to extradite to Belgium an Iranian diplomat suspected of involvement in an attempted bombing in Paris thwarted in June.

"An attempted attack in Villepinte was foiled on June 30," the French foreign and economics ministries said in a statement. "An incident of such gravity on our national territory could not go unpunished."

Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron told the UN Security Council that all council members had a goal of "preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons."

The freezing of Iranian assets may indicate a change in French policy towards Iran and its nuclear weapons program.


8. MALAYSIAN PM: JEWS ARE 'HOOK-NOSED'
by Arutz Sheva Staff

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Tuesday that Jews are "hook-nosed" and accused them of creating problems in the Middle East.

Mahathir, 93, the world's oldest prime minister, has been known for decades as an outspoken anti-Semite.

In an interview with the BBC's HardTalk program , Mahathir said: ""If you are going to be truthful, the problem in the Middle East began with the creation of Israel. That is the truth. But I cannot say that."

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When asked why he wrote in a book that he wrote that the Jews had hooked noses, he replied: "They are hook-nosed. Many people called the Malays fat-nosed. We didn't object, we didn't go to war for that."

Last week, Mahathir told the UN General Assembly that the international community "rewards Israel" for breaking international law and oppressing Arabs.

Mahathir was sworn in as prime minister in May - nearly 20 years after his last term in office.

In 2012, he wrote in his blog that "Jews rule this world by proxy." In 2003, he said at the summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Kuala Lumpur that "1.3 billion Muslims cannot be defeated by a few million Jews. There must be a way. And we can only find a way if we stop to think, to assess our weaknesses and our strength, to plan, to strategize and then to counterattack. We are actually very strong. 1.3 billion people cannot be simply wiped out. The Europeans killed 6 million Jews out of 12 million."





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