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  Netanyahu's stern message to Hezbollah after drone attack: 'Whoever harms us– we will harm them'

  World | August 25, 2024 12:06 IST

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at the start of a Cabinet meeting, said the military had eliminated “thousands of rockets that were aimed at northern Israel” and urged citizens to adhere to directives from the Home Front Command.

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  'Everyone's scared': Panic grips Ben Gurion Airport after Hezbollah attack to avenge top commander

  World | August 25, 2024 11:47 IST

  Israeli media cited the Israel Airports Authority for news of the flight cancellations. Flight-tracking data showed at least two El Al flights swinging far south and diverting after the announcement.

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  Israel declares 48-hour emergency after Hezbollah launches massive drone attacks, flights cancelled

  World | August 25, 2024 11:16 IST

  Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones against Israel in retaliation for the assassination of a senior commander in Beirut last month, the Iranian-backed movement said, as Israel's cabinet met to prepare a response.

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  Israel has accepted US-backed proposal for ceasefire, says Blinken; asks Hamas to do same

  World | August 19, 2024 23:28 IST

  Antony Blinken said Monday that the time is now to conclude a Gaza cease-fire agreement that would return hostages held by Hamas.

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  'Not there yet': US presents new ceasefire proposal for Israel-Hamas war as Gaza talks paused

  World | August 17, 2024 13:33 IST

  The US, Qatar and Egypt said a lot of progress was made on a number of issues in the last 48 hours and Washington presented a new proposal to close gaps for the implementation of a ceasefire deal. Israel's military campaign has killed more than 40,000 people in Gaza.

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  PM Modi speaks to Israel's Netanyahu, stresses on need for de-escalation of situation in West Asia

  World | August 16, 2024 20:34 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his conversation with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, made a push for the de-escalation of situation in West Asia where the situation remains tensed between Israel and Iran.

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  'Israel will exact heavy price for revenge attacks': Netanyahu after Hamas leader killing | VIDEO

  World | July 31, 2024 23:46 IST

  Netanyahu did not mention the killing. Both Hamas and Iran quickly blamed Israel for the shock assassination that risked escalating into an all-out regional war. The strike that killed Haniyeh came hours after Israel targeted a top commander in Iran's ally Hezbollah in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

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  'We want to live, we don't want to die': Majdal Shams resident mourns children killed in playground

  World | July 28, 2024 18:59 IST

  A rocket slammed into a soccer pitch where dozens of children and teens were playing in the Druze town of Majdal Shams, which is located about 12 kilometres south of Lebanon and next to the Syrian border. The attack resulted in the killing of at least 12 children.

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  'Hezbollah will pay heavy price, kind it has thus far not paid': Israel after football match attack

  World | July 28, 2024 13:30 IST

  Israel blamed Hezbollah for the strike in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, but Hezbollah rushed to deny any role. Netanyahu warned that Hezbollah “will pay a heavy price for this attack, one that it has not paid so far."

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  11 children killed in 'Hezbollah' attack in Israel, PM Netanyahu issues 'heavy price' warning

  World | July 28, 2024 8:57 IST

  Since October last year, Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed more than 450 people, mostly Hezbollah members, but also around 90 civilians and non-combatants. On the Israeli side, 44 have been killed, at least 21 of them soldiers.

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  Trump meets Israeli PM Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, criticises Kamala Harris' 'disrespectful' remarks

  World | July 27, 2024 10:13 IST

  Trump and Netanyahu's first meeting in four years signals an effort to mend ties after relations soured between them when the Israeli PM congratulated Biden for winning the 2020 election. Trump also warned Netanyahu that the Middle East will see a World War III if he loses the upcoming election.

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  'I will not be silent': Kamala Harris strongly urges Israeli PM Netanyahu to end war in Gaza

  World | July 26, 2024 17:03 IST

  Harris said Israel had a right to defend itself, but it mattered how it chose to do so citing the level of destruction in Gaza in the last nine months. She said there had been "hopeful movement" in ceasefire talks and urged Netanyahu to end the war and bring back hostages.

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  Netanyahu meets Biden after he quits 2024 race, says 'Thank you for 50 years of support for Israel'

  World | July 26, 2024 0:05 IST

  Netanyahu’s first White House visit since before President Donald Trump left office in 2020, comes at a time of growing pressure on all three to find an endgame to the nine-month war that’s left more than 39,000 dead in Gaza.

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  'Iran's useful idiots': Netanyahu lashes out at anti-Israel protesters outside US Congress

  World | July 25, 2024 8:46 IST

  Thousands of protesters converged at the US Capitol to demonstrate against Netanyahu's approach to the war that has killed almost 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza and attracted global scorn. Netanyahu criticised the protesters and called them "Iran's useful idiots" in a fiery Congress speech.

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  Netanyahu addresses joint session of US Congress, seeks Biden's support against Gaza | WATCH LIVE

  World | July 25, 2024 15:31 IST

  Almost everyone in the House chamber rose to applaud Netanyahu as he walked in. Several Democrats — Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Marcy Kaptur of Ohio and Sylvia Garcia of Texas — remained seated and did not applaud his entrance.

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  UN's highest court calls Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories and settlements 'illegal'

  World | July 20, 2024 10:21 IST

  A 15-judge panel found Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories in violation of international law and that it had no sovereignty in the territories. Israel responded to the verdict by saying it was "fundamentally wrong" and the "Jewish nation could not be an occupier in its own land".

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  Netanyahu makes surprise visit to southern Gaza, days before speech to US Congress

  World | July 18, 2024 23:15 IST

  Netanyahu's visit to Rafah was announced hours after Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site, a move that could disrupt the delicate Gaza cease-fire talks.

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  Hamas accepts US proposal to begin talks on releasing Israeli hostages as war continues

  World | July 06, 2024 13:52 IST

  The development came as Israeli negotiators are set to resume peace talks in Qatar next week on a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal. More than 38,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in retaliation for the Hamas-led October 7 attack that killed 1,200.

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  Israel's top court rules ultra-Orthodox Jews must be drafted in military, setback for Netanyahu

  World | June 25, 2024 16:29 IST

  Israeli PM Netanyahu's fragile ruling coalition is dependent on two ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups, who oppose conscriptions in the military. While public opinion has favoured an end to the exemptions amid conflict with Hamas and Hezbollah, it could destabilise the coalition.

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  When will the deadly Israel-Hamas war end? Netanyahu responds but with a stern warning for Hezbollah

  World | June 24, 2024 11:22 IST

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the phase of intense fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip was coming to an end but that the war would not end until the Islamist group no longer controls the Palestinian enclave.