Jerusalem
Worshipers also marked the dedication of a new Torah scroll and offered prayers for the hostages and for Israeli forces fighting in Gaza.
JNS got a rare look at closely-held U.N. information, which critics say is used to claim Jewish attacks against Arabs in Judea and Samaria and Jerusalem are growing.
“The special bond with your great nation is deeply revered by the people of Fiji,” said Sitiveni Rabuka, prime minister of the archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean.
It was the fourth act of antisemitic vandalism targeting the facility, according to Bnei Akiva secretary general Yigal Klein.
The stones of the ancient site “100% validate that the Jewish people not only belong here now, but they have belonged here for 4,000 years, since the time God said to Abraham: this is yours,” said U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.
Israeli soldiers arrested more than 20 Palestinian terror suspects as part of “Operation Shield of Jerusalem.”
Victims listed in serious and moderate condition; off-duty police officer subdued and arrested Arab assailant.
“On one of the most horrendous days ... our friends in Israel stood with us,” Huckabee said. “And on Oct. 7 you saw that the people of America stood with you and still do.”
“Kill them wherever you come upon them,” read the statement on the Telegram channel of Hamas’s “military” wing.
The Jewish state’s security forces will reach everyone who helped or dispatched the terrorists, said the Israeli premier.
“We condemn this attack, as we condemn all loss of lives,” said European Union spokesman Anouar El Anouni.
Hamas is calling for Palestinians across Judea and Samaria to “escalate the confrontation,” stating that the intentional murder of civilians is “a natural response to the occupation’s crimes.”
