Former Mossad chief Dagan passes away, female soldier stabbed at Ariel junction, two teenage Jews arrested for writing "Death to Haman" in Iran, and more.
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1. The former head of the Mossad, Meir Dagan, died on Thursday at the age of 71 following a long battle with cancer.Read more: Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan dies2. A female soldier in her twenties was stabbed on Thursday morning just as she walked off a bus that had stopped by the Ariel junction in the Samaria region of the West Bank.Read more: Soldier stabbed in terror attack near Ariel, two terrorists shot dead 3. Two 17-year-old Jewish teenagers were arrested in Tehran earlier this week after they were caught spray painting a building in the center of the Iranian capital with the words "Death to Haman," according to a report in The Jerusalem Post's sister Hebrew publication Maariv.Read more: Purim prank gone wrong: Jewish boys arrested in Iran for Haman graffiti4. Lawmakers from 13 Latin American and Caribbean countries signed a resolution affirming their support of Israel and calling to fight boycotts, a document obtained by The Jerusalem Post Thursday confirmed.Read more: Latin American MPs sign resolution supporting Israel and opposing boycotts5. General Qassem Suleimani, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force, reaffirmed Iran's commitment to the Palestinian resistance in a secret meeting with Hamas's delegation to Iran on Wednesday, al-Mayadeen Arab news site reported.Read more: Commander of elite Iranian Quds Force meets secretly with Hamas delegation