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Iranian plot to kill Israel’s envoy in Mexico thwarted: Officials
Washington: Mexican authorities with assistance from the United States and Israeli intelligence agencies thwarted an alleged plot by Iran to assassinate the Israeli ambassador to Mexico, Israeli and US officials said Friday.…
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Israel declares closed military zone along Egypt border
Israeli defence minister Israel Katz on Thursday, November 6, announced that the military zone along the border with Egypt will be closed. “We are declaring war. Anyone who enters the restricted area…
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Latest hostage remains returned by Hamas identified as Tanzanian student
Jerusalem: Israeli authorities confirmed Thursday that the remains of a hostage returned the previous day from Gaza are of a Tanzanian agricultural student in Israel who was killed on October 7, 2023,…
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Hezbollah says it has right to defend against Israel
Hezbollah said on Thursday, November 6, that it has the right to defend itself against Israel and rejected the proposal for negotiation with the neighbouring country. The statement came after Israel warned…
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Israel returns bodies of 15 Palestinian prisoners to Gaza
Gaza Strip: Hospital officials in Gaza said they have received the bodies of 15 Palestinian prisoners from Israel. The announcement, made by officials at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, brings the number…
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India and Israel ink defence MoU to co-develop advanced military tech
New Delhi: India and Israel on Tuesday signed a defence pact that will facilitate sharing of advanced technologies and promote co-development and co-production of key weapon systems and military hardware, in a…
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Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians to Gaza
Jerusalem: Health officials in Gaza say Israel has handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians. Zaher al-Wahidi, a spokesperson at the Gaza Health Ministry, told the AP that Nasser Hospital in Gaza…
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Jordan’s Bani Hasan tribe disowns man after settler-led Al-Aqsa tour
Jerusalem: A Jordanian citizen has been recently disowned by his tribe after appearing in a video participating in a settler-led tour of Al-Aqsa Mosque and later visiting the Western Wall in occupied…
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Israel says Red Cross receives remains of 3 hostages from Gaza
Jerusalem: Israel said the Red Cross has received the remains of three hostages in Gaza and they will be handed over to Israel’s military. A Hamas statement earlier said the remains were…
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Israeli top lawyer found safe after going missing amid Palestinian rape scandal
Tel Aviv: Israeli military’s top lawyer, Major-General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who recently resigned over a Palestinian prisoner rape scandal, was found safe on Sunday, November 2, after being missing for several hours. According…
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Latest remains handed over by Hamas not of hostages: Israel
Jerusalem: The remains of three people handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross this week do not belong to any of the hostages, Israel said Saturday, the latest setback that could…
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Israel receives remains from Hamas amid fragile ceasefire
Deir al-Balah: The Red Cross said it transferred the unidentified remains of three people to Israel late Friday but they were still being examined and may not be those of missing hostages,…
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Indian film festival kicks off in Haifa, Israel
Haifa: The second Indian Film Festival in Israel this year kicked off to a rousing welcome in Haifa with over two hundred people attending the inaugural screening of the two week event…
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Israeli envoy calls UN advisor Albanese ‘a witch’
United Nations: Tensions flared at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday, October 28, when Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, labelled Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on human…
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Israeli soldiers kill Lebanese official in border village raid
Blida: Israeli soldiers raided a municipal government building in a border village in southern Lebanon early on Thursday, October 30, and killed an employee, Lebanese state media said. The incident in the…