Benjamin Netanyahu
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Away from the chancellor’s appearance at the CBI, former home secretary Priti Patel is asking an urgent question in parliament. She asks for the government’s response to the decision taken by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his ex-defence secretary Yoav Gallant and senior Hamas commander Mohammed…
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Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz has called on Benjamin Netanyahu to strike a deal that would allow for the release of hostages, even if it comes at a “painful” price. A total of 97 hostages remain unaccounted for following the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel. Israel’s official figure for those held in…
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Nearly 100 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s military offensive in Gaza in the past 24 hours, the Hamas-run health ministry has said. According to its latest figures, 43,020 people have now been killed by Israel since 7 October 2023, 96 more than yesterday’s number. A further 101,110 have been injured during that time, it…
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Iran is not expecting a “significant” retaliation from Israel for the missile attack it launched against the country at the start of the month, the former commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has said. Tehran fired nearly 200 rockets at Israel in response to the killings of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he told French President Emmanuel Macron that he would not agree to a cease-fire deal that failed to stop Hezbollah rearming and regrouping. Macron has called for a cease-fire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah as well as an end to arms exports used in the Gaza Strip and…
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The Biden administration has offered Israel a “compensation package” if it refrains from striking certain targets in Iran as part of its retaliation for Tehran’s Oct. 1 attack, Israel’s Kan News public broadcaster reported on Sunday. U.S. officials offered their Israeli counterparts “extensive diplomatic backing and additional military aid” if certain targets inside Iranian territory…
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Joe Biden has said he will be talking to Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu but has not given details on when. The US president avoided a question on what the leaders would talk about, saying: “I’ll tell you what I say to him when I talk to him.” Asked whether all-out war in the Middle East could…
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Foreign secretary David Lammy has announced the UK will halt some arms sales to Israel. Making a statement to the House of Commons, Mr Lammy said around 30 of roughly 350 exports to Israel would be suspended. The exports include equipment intended for use in the war in Gaza, such as components for military jets,…
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As the gulf between the US and Israel widens, it has emerged the Biden administration paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns Israel would imminently attack the southern Gaza city of Rafah. A senior administration official said the shipment would have consisted of 1,800 2,000-pound (900kg) bombs and 1,700 500-pound (225kg)…
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s pronouncement that a date has been set for an offensive in Rafah has been dismissed by the Biden administration as an empty threat, according to reports. Senior administration officials told CNN they believed his statement made earlier this week was bravado. Publicly, US officials have said no date has been shared with them.…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country’s forces plan to invade the city of Rafah in southern Gaza despite President Joe Biden claiming that doing so would be crossing “a red line.” In an interview broadcast Saturday, Biden told MSNBC that Netanyahu “must pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost” during the Israel-Hamas war,…
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More than 12,000 Hamas gunmen killed in war, Israel claims Israel claims more than 12,000 Hamas gunmen have been killed and more wounded or captured during the war. Government spokesperson Eylon Levy told a briefing that the militant group had been reduced to half its fighting force in Gaza. “We’re talking about three-quarters of Hamas’s…
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The Palestinian Authority says Israel has committed a “massacre” in Rafah and Benjamin Netanyahu is focused only on “revenge not victory”. The authority’s foreign affairs ministry said in a statement that it condemns “in the strongest possible terms” what it describes as “mass massacres” of Palestinians in the region. “The occupation massacre in Rafah is…
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The actions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are facing increasing scrutiny, with growing claims that he is deliberately blocking peace talks in the conflict. Adding to pressure on the leader is former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, who has now said he “should go” over his handling of the war. The former presidential…
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Thousands of Israelis have gathered in Tel Aviv to call for a change to the current government led by Benjamin Netanyahu. They accused the prime minister of mishandling the nation’s security and called for an election. Anti-government protests that had shaken Israel largely ceased after the 7 October attacks by Hamas, as Israelis put aside political…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said he will ask parliament to grant him immunity from corruption charges, a step that is expected to delay his trial for months. The step most likely puts the trial on hold until after elections in March, when he hopes to win a majority coalition that will shield…
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