UK drops last government’s plan to challenge Netanyahu arrest warrant
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UK drops last government’s plan to challenge Netanyahu arrest warrant

EPA Benjamin Netanyahu address the US Congress earlier this week The UK government has dropped plans to challenge the right of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to seek…

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Netanyahu says Israel will attend latest push for Gaza ceasefire
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Netanyahu says Israel will attend latest push for Gaza ceasefire

Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will send a delegation to Rome for talks aimed at ending Israel’s war with Hamas, but took aim at comments by Kamala Harris…

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Boat carrying 45 migrants and refugees capsizes
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Boat carrying 45 migrants and refugees capsizes

Only four survivors have been found after a boat carrying at least 45 migrants and refugees capsized off Yemen, the UN Refugee Agency has said. The vessel capsized…

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Israeli hostages’ families anger at Netanyahu Congress speech
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Israeli hostages’ families anger at Netanyahu Congress speech

Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech was hailed as historic, powerful and moving by his supporters in Israel and derided as absurd and cynical by some of his critics. Much of…

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Israeli forces recover bodies of five hostages
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Israeli forces recover bodies of five hostages

The Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of five Israelis taken back to Gaza as hostages during Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on 7 October. The…

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Salman Rushdie attacker charged with supporting militant group Hezbollah
July 24, 2024
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Salman Rushdie attacker charged with supporting militant group Hezbollah

The man accused of stabbing writer Sir Salman Rushdie in 2022 in New York now faces a new charge of supporting a terrorist group. Hadi Matar has been…

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Netanyahu defends war as protesters rally outside US Congress
July 24, 2024
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Netanyahu defends war as protesters rally outside US Congress

Reuters Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu told US lawmakers “our enemies are your enemies” in a landmark speech to Congress intended to rally support for the war in Gaza,…

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Netanyahu seeks to bolster US support with Congress speech
July 24, 2024
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Netanyahu seeks to bolster US support with Congress speech

EPA Benajmin Netanyahu landed in the Washington DC area on Monday afternoon, according to the Israeli Embassy Israel’s prime minister will address the joint houses of the US…

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Gaza release deal has to happen now, hostage’s mother says
July 24, 2024
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Gaza release deal has to happen now, hostage’s mother says

Family handout Ayelet Levy Shachar’s daughter, Naama, has been held hostage in Gaza for nine months Ayelet Levy Shachar turned down an invitation to get on Benjamin Netanyahu’s…

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150,000 have fled Khan Younis since Monday, UN says
July 23, 2024
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150,000 have fled Khan Younis since Monday, UN says

More than 150,000 people have fled the Gazan city of Khan Younis since Monday, two UN agencies have said. Khan Younis, which is situated in the south of…

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