The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday presented detailed information about a massive underground “terror stronghold” constructed by Hamas beneath the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanun. “Above ground: Thousands of structures served as weapons storage facilities, firing positions, and command centers for terrorists. Additionally, armed terrorists operated from inside an elementary school, and beneath it a tunnel shaft led to an underground tunnel,” the report continued. The IDF took reporters from the Jerusalem Post to view the surface area of the Hamas terror city from a lookout post near Beit Hanun. IDF commanders explained that holding such positions was crucial to the task of uncovering Hamas tunnel networks and hidden caches of illegal weapons, a job they said was much more difficult than the world believes it to be. The IDF disclosures on Thursday revealed the Hamas tunnel network ran beneath the entire city of Beit Hanoun, combined with thousands of weapons depots, firing positions, and command posts aboveground. Hamas did not hesitate to use all manner of civilian structures to shelter its fighters and weapons, including schools. One of the videos released by the IDF on Thursday showed Hamas gunmen operating out of an elementary school in Beit Hanoun. The Israeli Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration announced on Thursday that it had begun the process of designating 1,800 dunams (445 acres) for the preservation and development of the Sebastia archeological site in Samaria. “The expropriation will be carried out in areas of the archaeological site located in Area C” of Judea and Samaria, which is under Israeli control per the Oslo Accords signed with the Palestinians in the 1990s, it said. The statement noted that the decision to expropriate was made due to “intentional neglect” by the landowners and the Palestinian Authority. Israeli officials notified landowners of the start of the process and the transfer of the lands around Sebastia to the management of the Civil Administration’s Archaeology Unit, the Defense Ministry body said. The move is carried out “in accordance with the law, as part of a broader project led by the Ministry of Heritage, which includes an investment of roughly 32 million shekels [$9.8 million] to upgrade the site, improve visitor access and develop the archaeological area,” it continued. Israeli authorities began archaeological work in May to restore and develop Sebastia, a major archaeological site that served as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel three millennia ago. https://www.jns.org/israel-to-seize-445-acres-to-develop-samaria-archaeological-site/ [One hour, 3 minutes] PA ‘Reforms’ Will Do Nothing To Change The Overwhelming Desire Of Palestians To Destroy Israel: According to the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS): The Palestinian Authority nearly doubled the payments it issued in 2025 to convicted terrorists and to the families of those killed while carrying out attacks, despite its repeated claims to have halted the practice, Israel’s Foreign Ministry revealed Wednesday. Abbas said on Feb. 21 that he would not deduct “a single penny” from payments to prisoners and the so-called Martyrs’ Fund, despite a statement earlier in the month that some countries had interpreted as signaling an end to the controversial policy. “I told you once and I stand by my word: Even if we have [only] one penny left, it is for the prisoners and the martyrs,” Abbas continued, echoing previous remarks made during a 2018 address. The Palestinians not only hate Israel, they teach their children to do the same. Reminding us of that, Jewish News Syndicate, in a separate article earlier this month, wrote: Palestinian textbooks remain filled with incitement against Jews and are rife with antisemitism and the promotion of martyrdom, in violation of past pledges of reform made to the European Union, a new study released Wednesday found. Even first-grade children learn the Arabic word for “martyr” as one of their very first spelling terms. The study also found that the State of Israel has been erased from both maps and texts, its existence described as “incompatible with justice,” while Israelis are routinely dehumanized. The Palestinians have made it crystal clear—on numerous occasions—that they are not interested in two states. They are interested in only one state from the river to the sea, and they teach that to their children. The truth is that the Palestinians already have a state of their own; it’s called Jordan. The world should demand that the Palestinians move there, as the majority of them already have Jordanian passports. Those familiar with history know that the British had a mandate in 1920 that became international law to create a Jewish state in their ancestral homeland, which included present-day Jordan. Instead, the British betrayed the Jewish people, giving almost 80% of it away to form the emirate of “Trans-Jordan,” known today as Jordan. There is your Palestinian state. I will tell you: the world ought to tremble for what they are doing. Judgment is coming soon. World leaders and the nations they govern are on a collision course with the God of Israel. For the First Time Since the Temple’s Destruction: Levites Return to Sing on Temple Mount: The silence that has hung over the Temple Mount for nearly two thousand years was broken Thursday morning when three Levites ascended Judaism’s holiest site and sang the daily psalm. The moment marks an unprecedented restoration of an ancient Temple service that ceased with the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. The Levites who participated in the ascent described their experience in a statement: “We were moved today to fulfill (partially) our dream as sons of Levi – to sing the song of God on the holy mountain. Today, thank God, there are several organizations of Levites preparing for the day when we can stand again on the platform, and we invite our Levite brothers to inquire and join.” The Bible assigns the Levites a specific role in Temple worship... The Sages teach that Levitical song was an essential component of the Temple service itself, so integral that sacrifices offered without it were considered incomplete. The return of Levitical song to the Temple Mount represents more than historical reenactment. It signals a generation of Jews refusing to accept the Mount’s status as a place where Jewish prayer and worship remain restricted. While current policies limit Jewish religious expression on the site, initiatives like Thursday’s Levitical singing push the boundaries of what Jewish presence on the Mount can mean. The three Levites who sang on Thursday stood in the footsteps of their ancestors who once filled the Temple courts with psalms. Their voices carried across stones that remember King David’s harp and Solomon’s dedication. After 1,955 years of silence, the songs of Levi sound again on the Mount. Jewish communities are scrupulous about perpetuating the status of the Levites, which is passed from father to son. Only Jewish men whose fathers were Levites are considered eligible. Comprising about 4% of the total Jewish population, they are recognized for conspicuous honors in religious services and their status as Levites is inscribed on their gravestones. The Gaon of Vilna (an 18th-century Torah sage) said that the Temple music would be the last secret to be revealed before the Messiah.
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