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Israeli security services arrest Israeli man over alleged Iranian-backed assassination plot

Israeli security services said on Thursday they had arrested an Israeli citizen on suspicion of involvement in an Iranian-backed assassination plot targeting

Israeli security services arrest Israeli man over alleged Iranian-backed assassination plot
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Israel's Netanyahu and Gallant, locked together in a divided government

A showdown between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant over the Gaza war is the latest in a series of confrontations

Israel's Netanyahu and Gallant, locked together in a divided government
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Israeli military says hostage rescued from Gaza tunnel in 'complex operation'

Israeli special forces have recovered an Israeli hostage from a tunnel in southern Gaza in "a complex rescue operation", the military said on

Israeli military says hostage rescued from Gaza tunnel in 'complex operation'
MidEast|News|Political|World

Israel says Hezbollah thwarted but situation on Lebanon border 'not sustainable'

Israeli officials and media reacted with satisfaction on Monday after a long-expected missile attack by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement appeared to have

Israel says Hezbollah thwarted but situation on Lebanon border 'not sustainable'
News

Israeli hardliner Ben-Gvir draws anger with Jerusalem prayer call

Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Tuesday visited the Al-Aqsa mosque compound known to Jews as Temple Mount, and said Jews should be allowed to pray

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Israeli rights group says Palestinian prisoners subject to systematic abuse

Israel has conducted a systematic policy of prisoner abuse and torture since the start of the Gaza war, subjecting Palestinian detainees to acts ranging from

Israeli rights group says Palestinian prisoners subject to systematic abuse
News|Political

Netanyahu heads to Washington, says Israel will remain key US ally whoever replaces Biden

Israel will be the United States' strongest ally in the Middle East regardless of who is elected president in November, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said

Netanyahu heads to Washington, says Israel will remain key US ally whoever replaces Biden
News|Political

Israel backs down over confiscation of AP camera equipment

The Israeli authorities confiscated camera equipment belonging to the Associated Press on Tuesday, before reversing course in the face of widespread

News|Political|World

Benny Gantz, man in the middle squeezed out by Israel's Netanyahu

In the traumatic aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, as hundreds of thousands of Israeli reservists rushed to join the ranks to fight Hamas, Benny Gantz

Benny Gantz, man in the middle squeezed out by Israel's Netanyahu
News|Political

Netanyahu disbands war cabinet as pressure grows on Israel's northern border

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official said on Monday, in a widely expected move following the

Netanyahu disbands war cabinet as pressure grows on Israel's northern border
News|Political

Netanyahu denounces tactical pauses in Gaza fighting to get in aid

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized plans announced by the military on Sunday to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of the main

Netanyahu denounces tactical pauses in Gaza fighting to get in aid
News|Political|World

Israeli jets strike targets in Lebanon after missile barrage hits northern areas

Israeli jets and artillery hit targets in southern Lebanon on Friday after dozens of missiles were launched towards northern Israel, the military said as an

Israeli jets strike targets in Lebanon after missile barrage hits northern areas
Political

Israel's Gantz at the crossroads over challenge to Netanyahu

Former general Benny Gantz faces a reckoning next week over his revolt against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been gaining ground in the

Israel's Gantz at the crossroads over challenge to Netanyahu
World

Israeli forces vow response to Iran's attack despite calls for restraint

Israelis awaited word on how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would respond to Iran's first-ever direct attack as international pressure for restraint grew

Israeli forces vow response to Iran's attack despite calls for restraint
World

Europe joins US in urging restraint by Israel after Iranian attack

Israel's European allies urged it on Monday to show restraint over Iran's weekend missile and drone attack, calling on Israeli leaders to step away from "the

Europe joins US in urging restraint by Israel after Iranian attack
World

Israel's Gantz tests Netanyahu partnership in Washington

Benny Gantz, the Israeli war cabinet member visiting Washington this week, tells a story of how his mother, a Holocaust survivor, once had an operation in

Israel's Gantz tests Netanyahu partnership in Washington
World

Israeli military opens probe into reports of Oct. 7 friendly fire deaths

Israel has begun investigating possible breaches of the law by its forces during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, the military said on Tuesday, following reports

Israeli military opens probe into reports of Oct. 7 friendly fire deaths
World

Israelis dig in for unprecedentedly long war, with some doubts

As the war in Gaza enters an 11th week, Israelis appear resigned to a long road before the military achieves its stated aim of destroying Hamas and bringing

Israelis dig in for unprecedentedly long war, with some doubts
World

Hamas vows 'full force' after Israel steps up Gaza ground operations

Hamas said on Saturday its militants in Gaza were ready to confront Israeli attacks with "full force" after Israel's military widened its air and ground attacks

Hamas vows 'full force' after Israel steps up Gaza ground operations
World

Israel stepping up Gaza ground operations, UN demands humanitarian truce

Israeli air and ground forces widened their attacks on Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the military said, and the Palestinian militant group said its

Israel stepping up Gaza ground operations, UN demands humanitarian truce
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Israel completes combat operations in part of north Gaza, military says

Israeli forces have ended operations in north Gaza's Jabalia area after days of intense fighting and over 200 airstrikes, while probing further into Rafah in

Israel completes combat operations in part of north Gaza, military says
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Israel defiant after World Court ruling

Israeli ministers dismissed Friday's ruling by the International Court of Justice ordering Israel to cease its military operation in the southern Gaza city of

Israel defiant after World Court ruling
News|Political|World

European countries' recognition of Palestine deepens Israeli isolation

Already under global pressure over the mounting toll from the war in Gaza, Israel slipped further into international isolation on Wednesday after three

European countries' recognition of Palestine deepens Israeli isolation
News|Political|World

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's divisive leader in the eye of the ICC storm

Benjamin Netanyahu was one of the most polarising leaders in Israel's history long before the International Criminal Court prosecutor's office said on Monday

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's divisive leader in the eye of the ICC storm
News|Political

Israeli cabinet rifts over Gaza break out into the open

Israeli government splits over the war in Gaza broke open this week, after the defence minister demanded a clear strategy from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli cabinet rifts over Gaza break out into the open

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