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Veteran politician Herzog elected president of Israel
Jerusalem: Isaac Herzog, a veteran politician and the scion of a prominent Israeli family, has been elected president, a largely ceremonial role. An anonymous vote was held on Tuesday among the 120…
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Netanyahu: Israel would risk “friction” with US over Iran
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he’s prepared to risk tension with the US if that is what it takes to neutralize Iran’s nuclear capabilities. The embattled premier, whose…
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Israel: Netanyahu could lose office as rivals join hands to form new govt
Jerusalem: Israel could be headed for a break from the “Bibi-regime” as several former allies of longest-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seem to have joined hands with political opponents to form a…
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Iran’s Khamenei congratulates Gaza on ‘victory’
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has congratulated Palestinians in the Gaza Strip after a cease-fire with Israel took effect in the territory, calling the truce a victory over the criminal Zionist…
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Israel’s Netanyahu ‘determined’ to continue Gaza operation
Gaza City: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to press ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, pushing back against calls from the United States to wind down the…
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Merkel, Netanyahu speak about Mideast conflict
Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the current escalation in the Mideast conflict and emphasised Germany’s solidarity with Israel and the country’s right to self-defence.…
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Blinken hasn’t seen any evidence on AP Gaza building strike
Copenhagen: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday he has asked Israel for any evidence of Hamas operating in a Gaza building housing news bureaus that was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike…
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Israeli PM: Military campaign at full force, will take time
Gaza City: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the military campaign is continuing full-force and will take time despite a mounting death toll in fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza…
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Israeli warplanes stage more heavy strikes across Gaza City
Gaza City: Israeli warplanes unleashed a new series of heavy airstrikes at several locations in Gaza City early Monday, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fourth war with Gaza’s Hamas…
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Hamas, Israel fighting escalates even amid truce efforts
Gaza City: Hamas sent a heavy barrage of rockets deep into Israel in a matter of minutes on Thursday and Israel pounded Gaza with more airstrikes. The relentless escalation of hostilities came even…
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Rockets kill 2 Israelis; 26 die in Gaza as Israel hits Hamas
Gaza City: Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza early Tuesday, hitting a pair of high-rise buildings believed to be housing militants, as Hamas and other armed groups bombarded southern Israel with hundreds of…
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Putin, Netanyahu discuss ties, 76th V-Day anniversary
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed issues related to bilateral ties and exchanged congratulations on the 76th anniversary of the victory in World War II during…
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Israeli watchdog to investigate deadly festival stampede
Jerusalem: Israel’s governmental watchdog agency said Monday it would launch an investigation into the deadly stampede at a religious festival over the weekend that left 45 ultra-Orthodox Jews dead. This is an event…
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Nearly 40 killed in stampede at Israeli religious festival
Jerusalem: Nearly 40 people were killed and hundreds of others injured when a stampede broke out overnight at an overcrowded Jewish religious gathering in Israel’s north attended by tens of thousands of people…
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US Defence Secretary in Israel for high-level talks
Tel Aviv: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin ON Sunday began talks with Israeli leaders, in the first visit by a member of new US President Joe Biden’s Cabinet. Austin was received with military…
