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Colombian president says country cutting diplomatic ties with Israel

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday his country will severe diplomatic ties with Israel over its actions in the Gaza Strip. Addressing a...

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Blinken meets Netanyahu, pressures Hamas to agree to cease-fire deal

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday, underscoring the US opposition to an Israeli assault on the...

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With clock ticking in Cairo, Netanyahu ups threats, cancels war cabinet meeting

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday that the Israeli military will enter the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah regardless of the outcome...

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As Egypt expresses optimism, how Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal could look

Israel waited Monday for Hamas' official response to the latest hostage release and Gaza cease-fire proposal days after Egypt tabled a three-phase...

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Israel braces for ICC warrants against Netanyahu, Gallant

Israel is preparing for the International Criminal Court in the Hague to issue arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior...

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Israel braces against ICC warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant

Israel is preparing for the International Criminal Court in the Hague to issue arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior...

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Team from Gaza mediator Egypt arrives in Israel for truce talks

A delegation from Gaza war mediator Egypt arrived in Israel on Friday for a bid to reignite stalled ceasefire and hostage-release negotiations between...

26.04.2024 7

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Israel’s Ben-Gvir injured in car accident near suspected attack scene

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was injured in the central city of Ramle Friday when his official car flipped over in an...

26.04.2024 10

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In Israel, US envoy Hochstein talks Lebanon border tensions with Gallant

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met Thursday in Tel Aviv with Amos Hochstein, US special envoy to the region, to discuss efforts to de-escalate...

26.04.2024 7

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Israel war cabinet meets as Egypt proposes three-phase Gaza cease-fire plan

A new deal for the release of hostages held by Hamas and a cease-fire in Gaza is on the table, though no party involved in the negotiations has so far...

25.04.2024 7

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Israeli security chiefs in Cairo to discuss possible Rafah invasion

IDF chief Herzi Halevi and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar traveled to Cairo earlier in the day to meet with head of the Egyptian intelligence services Abbas...

25.04.2024 10

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Israeli army intel chief first top official to resign over Oct. 7 failures

Israel's military intelligence chief, Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, resigned Monday, acknowledging that the directorate he headed failed to prevent the...

22.04.2024 10

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US, EU slap sanctions on Israeli Jewish supremacist, extremist settler groups

PARIS  — The European Union and the Biden administration announced a series of sanctions Friday against far-right Israeli activists involved in...

19.04.2024 6

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Paris police arrest man in Iran consulate incident

PARIS – French police on Friday arrested a man who entered the Iranian Consulate, adjacent to the Iranian Embassy, in the 16th arrondissement in...

19.04.2024 4

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As it waits for Passover, Israel still bent on retaliating against Iran

Reports on Thursday from Israel indicated that the Netanyahu government is committed to retaliate against Iran for last week's strikes, but it might...

18.04.2024 7

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In Israel, UK, Germany FMs caution against retaliation to Iran attack

On a visit to Israel Wednesday, just four days after Tehran’s missile and drone attack, British Foreign Minister David Cameron and German Foreign...

17.04.2024 5

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Israel weighs response to Iranian attack as US urges restraint

Israel's war cabinet is now convening to decide on the country's response to the drone and missile attack by Iran Saturday night. The two options on...

14.04.2024 5

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What are main Israeli scenarios in preparing for possible Iran attack?

Anticipating a retaliation on the part of Iran after the suspected Israeli killing on April 1 in Syria of Quds Force regional commander Mohammad...

12.04.2024 10

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France, Canada, Australia warn citizens against travel to Israel, Lebanon, Iran

PARIS — The French Foreign Ministry warned its citizens on Friday against travel to Israel, the Palestinian territories, Iran and Lebanon in the...

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CENTCOM chief begins Israel visit, coordinating for possible Iran attack

Head of US Central Command (CENTCOM) Gen. Michael Kurilla met Thursday in Tel Aviv with Israeli military chief of staff Herzi Halevi to coordinate...

11.04.2024 3

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As Biden-Netanyahu rift grows, so does pressure to condition aid to Israel

As the schism between the Biden administration and the Netanyahu government widens, there is growing concern in Israel that Washington could take...

10.04.2024 7

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Israel braces for potential Iranian attack as most troops withdraw from Gaza

Israel's military and political apparatus remain convinced that Iran is planning a large attack to avenge the killing in Syria of its Quds Force...

08.04.2024 5

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Israel sacks 2 top IDF officials, citing 'serious failure' in strike on Gaza aid workers

Two Israeli reserve officers were fired Friday and two commanders sanctioned over their responsibility in an aerial strike in central Gaza on Monday...

05.04.2024 9

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'Elections on steroids': Kuwait, under new emir, votes yet again

Election-weary Kuwait voted for the third time in three years on Thursday, just months into the reign of a new emir but with no end in sight to the...

04.04.2024 10

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IDF scrambles GPS systems in central Israel against potential Iranian reprisal

Residents of central Israel reported scrambled GPS signals Thursday in location-based applications such as Waze, Google Maps and Moovit, a public...

04.04.2024 20

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Gantz calls for early elections in Israel, warns of 'rift in the nation'

War cabinet Minister Benny Gantz called Wednesday evening for elections to be held as early as September this year in order to "prevent a rift in the...

03.04.2024 6

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Bodies of slain foreign aid workers taken out of Gaza

The bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in an Israeli strike were on Wednesday taken out of Gaza to Egypt for repatriation, a security source...

03.04.2024 5

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Israel’s Shin Bet warns violent Jerusalem protests could lead to 'dangerous' escalation

Family members of hostages held in Gaza demonstrated Wednesday, smearing yellow paint on their hands and the window of the gallery overlooking the...

03.04.2024 10

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After Cairo talks, Israel says 'updated' Gaza truce deal on the table

An Israeli delegation tasked with negotiating a ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for the release of hostages is on its way back from Cairo following an...

02.04.2024 7

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Row in Israel over ultra-Orthodox draft threatens Netanyahu’s government

Ultra-Orthodox parties threatened this past week to leave the Netanyahu coalition government, in a move that could possibly cause the government to...

01.04.2024 10

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Heavy clashes, more deadly aid chaos in war-ravaged Gaza

Heavy clashes and explosions shook Gaza, witnesses said on Saturday, as the Red Crescent reported several people killed during the latest chaotic aid...

30.03.2024 5

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Israel's Netanyahu approves new Gaza ceasefire talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved Friday new talks on a Gaza ceasefire, a day after the world's top court ordered Israel to ensure...

29.03.2024 10

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Syria: Over 40 killed in alleged Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah warehouse

Over 40 people were killed and dozens injured in airstrikes overnight near Aleppo, in northwestern Syria.  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

29.03.2024 5

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World court orders Israel ensure urgent aid for war-ravaged Gaza

The world's top court has ordered Israel to ensure urgent humanitarian assistance reaches people in the Gaza Strip, where fighting continued Friday...

29.03.2024 2

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Over 40 killed in alleged Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Aleppo

Over 40 people were killed and dozens injured in airstrikes overnight near Aleppo, in northwestern Syria.  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

29.03.2024 2

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In latest about-face, Netanyahu agrees to resend canceled US delegation to discuss Rafah

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office agreed to send a delegation of top Israeli officials to Washington to discuss a possible military operation...

28.03.2024 10

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US rebuts Netanyahu’s ‘inaccurate’ claim UN abstention scuttled hostage talks

Israel and the United States traded accusations Tuesday after the United States abstained from a UN Security Council resolution on Monday calling for...

26.03.2024 7

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Israel confirms Hamas’ Marwan Issa killed in airstrike earlier this month

The spokesperson of the Israeli army, Daniel Hagari, confirmed Tuesday evening that Marwan Issa, the deputy head of Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades, was...

26.03.2024 4

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Gideon Saar ditches Israeli cabinet over Netanyahu’s Gaza strategy

New Hope party leader Gideon Saar resigned from the Israeli government on Monday night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to include him...

26.03.2024 10

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Netanyahu cancels Washington delegation visit after US abstains from UN cease-fire vote

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Monday that the delegation of Israeli senior officials scheduled to visit Washington this week to...

25.03.2024 3

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Macron warns Netanyahu forced population transfer in Gaza would be 'war crime'

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that any forced transfer of people from the...

25.03.2024 6

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Mossad, CIA chiefs to return to Qatar to continue Gaza talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has authorized Mossad chief David Barnea to travel to Qatar Friday and meet with CIA chief William Burns,...

21.03.2024 4

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France to submit Gaza UN resolution that can ‘actually be adopted,’ rivaling US draft

PARIS — France is preparing a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, the French Foreign Ministry confirmed on...

21.03.2024 10

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Netanyahu confirms delegation to discuss Rafah operation in Washington

Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and a representative of the Coordinator of Government...

19.03.2024 8

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Battle rages at Gaza hospital as UN reports 'catastrophic' hunger

Fighting raged Monday in and around the besieged Gaza Strip's largest hospital complex where Israel said its forces killed and arrested Hamas...

18.03.2024 4

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Battle rages around Gaza hospital as truce talks to resume

Heavy fighting raged Monday in and around Gaza's largest hospital complex where the Israeli army said it was battling Hamas militants and told...

18.03.2024 4

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Mossad chief heads to Qatar for 'long and complex' Gaza cease-fire talks

The Israeli negotiating team, headed by Mossad chief David Barnea, traveled to Qatar on Monday for talks on an agreement with Hamas for the release of...

18.03.2024 5

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UN's Colonna in Israel on first UNRWA-Hamas probe trip

Former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna arrived in Israel on Monday to pursue a probe into the UN Relief Agency's alleged ties to Hamas....

11.03.2024 3

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What to expect at Al-Aqsa during upcoming Ramadan

Israeli authorities will allow tens of thousands of Arab Israelis and Palestinians from the West Bank into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem...

06.03.2024 2

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US VP voices Gaza concerns in talks with Netanyahu rival

US Vice President Kamala Harris expressed "deep concern" over the situation faced by Gaza's civilians in talks Monday with Benny Gantz, an Israeli war...

05.03.2024 10

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