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Israel’s military attack leaves 9 Palestinians dead in West Bank
Jerusalem: At least nine Palestinians have been killed in raids by Israeli forces on the Palestinian city of Jenin on Monday– one of the large-scale attacks into the occupied West Bank in twenty years. More than…
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Israel approves purchase of 25 new F-35 stealth fighter jet
Jerusalem: Israel has approved the purchase of 25 new F-35 stealth fighter jets from the US, the Defence Ministry said in a statement. The Ministry added on Sunday that the deal is…
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Israel strikes military sites, air defence battery in Syria
Damascus: Israel launched a missile strike on military sites in Syria’s central province of Homs, causing material damage, the Syrian Army said in a statement. According to the statement on Sunday, the…
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15 Palestinians held for waving Hamas flags on temple mount
Tel Aviv: Israeli Police arrested 15 Palestinians on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem who waved Hamas flags and hung a sign featuring images of terrorists on Wednesday. The sign and flags were…
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Israeli intelligence announces arrest of plot leader in Iran
Jerusalem: Israel’s intelligence service Mossad announced that it has arrested the Iranian mastermind behind a plot to attack Israelis in Cyprus last week. The suspect, Yousef Shahabazi Abbasalilu, was arrested on Iranian…
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West Bank violence making Saudi-Israeli relations difficult: US
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed concerns over the ongoing violence in the occupied West Bank city and its impact on the progress of normalizing its relationship between Israel and Saudi…
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Israel PM updates visiting US Congressional delegation on security matters
Tel Aviv: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday met at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem with a bipartisan Congressional delegation under the auspices of AIPAC – The America Israel Public…
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Israel approves thousands new settler homes in West Bank
Jerusalem: Israel has approved plans to construct more than 5,600 new homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, multiple Israeli media reported. According to the Israeli Ha’aretz newspaper, the Higher…
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Israel: ‘Iranian’ attack against its citizen in Cyprus thwarted
Jerusalem: The Israeli government has claimed that an Iranian plot to carry out an attack against Israelis in Cyprus has been thwarted. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office released a statement on…
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Israelis protest for 25th week against Netanyahu’s judicial reforms
Tel Aviv: Thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday night to take part in the 25th week of protests against the judicial reform proposed by current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
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Palestinian rejects claims of PA losing control over West Bank
Ramallah: A senior Palestinian official has denied the Israeli claims that the Palestinian Authority (PA) cannot control the West Bank and is on its way to collapse. Hussein Al-Sheikh, Secretary General of…
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Israel’s Haifa Airport resumes int’l flights after four years
Jerusalem: The Haifa Airport in northern Israel has resumed international flight operations after a four-year hiatus, the Ministry of Transport and Road Safety said in a statement. On Thursday, three flights of…
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Israel detects 1st monkeypox case in 2023
Jerusalem: Israel has detected a case of monkeypox disease for the first time in 2023, the country’s Health Ministry said in a statement. A man in his 50s who travelled from Portugal…
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3 Netanyahu advisors face charges for harassing witness in corruption trial
Jerusalem: Three advisors of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be prosecuted, pending a hearing, for allegedly harassing a state witness in the PM’s ongoing corruption trial, the State Prosecutor’s Office said.…