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Why did Israel start a war in Gaza?
Israel will return to war if Hamas doesn’t agree to the new ceasefire terms presented by the Mideast envoy for the Trump administration, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said. According to the Israel-Hamas agreement, the sides were supposed to enter talks regarding the permanent end of the war. The original deal requires Hamas to remove Israeli…
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U.S. and Russia talk about ending the war in Ukraine
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu met Russian PM Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Moscow on Monday for talks on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Netanyahu said that they talked about how to “complete the change in the Middle East” under US President Donald Trump. He added that he and Zelenskyy discussed “the prospects of a peace agreement…
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Netanyahu wants Hamas to release hostages in order to end the Gaza ceasefire
Israel on Tuesday said it would resume fighting with Hamas in Gaza if the militant group didn’t release three soldiers by Saturday. This comes after Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu met with the country’s security cabinet on Monday. Netanyahu welcomed US President Donald Trump’s remarks on Monday demanding the release of hostages by Saturday, and praised…
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Netanyahu wants Hamas to release hostages before he ends the Gaza ceasefire
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that if Hamas doesn’t return kidnapped Israelis by noon on Saturday, the Israeli military will resume its combat operations until Hamas is soundly defeated. Israel had earlier said it would resume its combat operations if Hamas didn’t return kidnapped Israelis by noon on Saturday.
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The US would take ownership of the Gaza Strip, according to Trump
US President Donald Trump has said he envisions the world people living in a rebuilt Gaza Strip, while Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said Trump has an idea about the issue. “I envision the world people living there,” he added. Trump’s remarks came after Netanyahu said he believes Trump has an idea that is worth paying…
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Population transfers Sanctioned by America will be on the table
During a press conference with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said that the US will take over Gaza Strip and relocate its people. “I would imagine the world people living in Gaza,” Trump said. “It’s physically impossible to rebuild Gaza in five years…We have an opportunity to do something exceptional,”…
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Will Trump and Netanyahu sign a deal when they meet Tuesday?
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday met with US President Donald Trump, his first foreign leader since taking office. “Trump can push Netanyahu to seal another deal…I think Netanyahu would like exactly what Trump has to offer, but his coalition has a different idea of what he wants,” said Talshir, a sociologist at Tel Aviv…
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Israel and Hamas make progress in their talks about releasing hostages
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that the country would continue to wage a war against Hamas until the Islamist group is defeated. His comments came amid negotiations with Hamas for a ceasefire to end the war. The conflict began in October last year and has killed over 2,800 Palestinians and over 60 people…
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Israel agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah in order to stop the war in Lebanon
The Israeli Security Cabinet on Tuesday approved the US-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said. The announcement came during some of the heaviest fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in months. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia said it hoped the ceasefire “will lead to the implementation of [UN] Security Council Resolution 1701”.
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In Gaza, an Israeli airstrike killed dozens of people
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said the country is ready to work with international partners to make sure humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza continued. This comes after Israel’s parliament voted to banUNRWA, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, from operating in the country. Earlier, Israel had widened…
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Hezbollah’s next leader is expected to be killed by Israel
Israel’s Foreign Minister Sara Netanyahu on Saturday said the military would “continue to carry out attacks on the Hezbollah”. This comes after Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported 16 deaths and 59 injuries during an Israeli strike on the country’s south. The strike was an attempt to kill Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, she added.
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The Gaza health ministry reported 87 dead or missing from Israeli strikes on north Gaza
At least 87 people were killed or missing after Israel carried out airstrikes on homes and other targets in the Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday, the Health Ministry said. The strikes came an hour after Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s plane was attacked by a drone. Meanwhile, the Lebanese health ministry said that an Israeli…
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We should encourage Israel to win
On the first anniversary of the war between Hamas and Hezbollah on Friday, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said, “We’ve no choice but to defend ourselves.” He added, “The price of this conflict is not only the destruction of our country but it’s also the destruction of our people.” Netanyahu’s statement comes a month after Israel…
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What I am thinking about on the first anniversary of the war
On the one-year anniversary of the terror attack in Israeli village of Kibbutz Be’eri, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s sister said that there are questions about the attack. The attack on the village left over 100 people dead, the highest single-day death toll among Israeli communities. Israeli authorities have said that about 1,200 people were…
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The village in Israel was mourning the biggest loss one year later
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to Twitter to remember his three-year-old son, Merav, who was kidnapped by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip last year. “A year ago this week, my son-in-law and I survived a terror attack on our family,” he wrote. Merav and his sister, Yair Lapid, were killed in the attack.
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The war in Lebanon has resulted in thousands flee their homes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel has the duty and the right to defend itself and respond to the attacks by Hezbollah and Hamas on its territory. This comes after Israel’s military said that about 90 projectiles were fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory. Netanyahu added that they are not done yet…
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Israel will retaliate after an attack on Iran
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has warned against an Israeli attack on Hezbollah in the Gaza Strip. “The US has supported Israel dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure along the Lebanon Israel border so Hezbollah can’t threaten Israeli border towns,” he said. “There is nowhere in the Middle East Israel cannot reach,” he added. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu…
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Hezbollah says its top leader was killed
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said his country’s “targeted attack” on Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut wasn’t the end for what he termed Israel’s “toolbox”. He added that Israel would continue its campaign against Hezbollah over the past two weeks. Netanyahu further said that he had spoken with UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres about the situation…
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Huge explosions were reported in Lebanon, and Israel says it struck Hezbollah’s headquarters
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said that the Jewish state will not give in to Hezbollah’s attacks and will “continue degrading Hezbollah” until the group complies with Israeli laws. This comes after an Israeli strike killed Hezbollah’s chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. This comes amid a conflict…
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Netanyahu ignores calls for a cease-fire at the U.N as Israel strikes Lebanon
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said, “We will continue to attack Iran and its proxies anywhere in the Middle East.” He added that Israel is “winning” on multiple fronts and would attack Iran and its proxies anywhere in the Middle East. Netanyahu made the comments during an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday.
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A Hostage Deal is not a good deal for Israel
Israel’s Army chief Benny Gantz said that a cease-fire deal with Hamas to return the bodies of six soldiers who were killed in cross-border fighting was not possible and demanded the resignation of PM Benjamin Netanyahu. The soldiers were killed just as Israeli forces were approaching the area where they were held. Netanyahu has been…
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The general strike in Israel leads to different closings
Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the military action against Hamas in Gaza will continue “as long as necessary”. Netanyahu’s comments came after six Hamas hostages, including three American citizens, were killed by Israeli airstrikes. This comes after Hamas blamed Israel and the US for dragging out talks on a ceasefire between the two…
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The bodies of six hostages were recovered by Israel
US Deputy Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Monday said that Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to a proposal presented by mediators last week to bridge the gap between Israel and Hamas. Hamas would release the hostages in return for the release of more Palestinian prisoners, a Israeli withdrawal from the territory and a…
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Iran is playing a dangerous game
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in October to distance himself from the terror attack, former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas has said. “Was it simply because it was possible, or was it an attempt to distance the PM from the debacle of October?” Pinkas added. Haniyeh was killed in…
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A rocket hit Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, after Israel struck a Gaza school
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement saying the country will not let this pass in ” silence”. At least 10 people were killed and several others were injured after a rocket attack on a soccer field in the Israeli- controlled Golan Heights, the Israeli military said. Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said that its militants…