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Saudi Arabia will not recognise Israel without Palestinian state, says Crown Prince

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday said the kingdom would not recognise Israel without a Palestinian state and strongly condemned the "crimes of the Israeli

Saudi Arabia will not recognise Israel without Palestinian state, says Crown Prince
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Pager attack threw Hezbollah into disarray

Lebanon's Hezbollah was bracing for the risk of Israeli military escalation when its old foe struck a blow it hadn't seen coming, plunging the Iran-

Pager attack threw Hezbollah into disarray
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Bernie Sanders preparing resolutions to block $20B in US arms sales to Israel

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is preparing a series of Senate resolutions that would stop more than $20 billion in U.S. arms sales to Israel

Bernie Sanders preparing resolutions to block $20B in US arms sales to Israel
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Blinken says surprise escalations threaten to derail talks for a cease-fire in Gaza

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has expressed frustration at surprise escalations that threaten to derail efforts to broker a cease-fire deal in Gaza

Blinken says surprise escalations threaten to derail talks for a cease-fire in Gaza
Europe|MidEast|News|World

Finland's president defends decisions to buy Israeli arms, not recognise Palestinian state

Finland's President Alexander Stubb defended his country's decision to buy arms from Israel despite the war in Gaza, saying it had no link to Finland's

Finland's president defends decisions to buy Israeli arms, not recognise Palestinian state
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Jordan says Israel pushing Middle East to brink of regional war

Israel is pushing the whole Middle East to the brink of regional conflict by maintaining a dangerous escalation on several fronts, Jordan's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Jordan says Israel pushing Middle East to brink of regional war
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Kremlin warns Lebanon pager attack is a possible trigger for wider M. East conflict

The Kremlin warned on Wednesday that an attack on Lebanese group Hezbollah and others using exploding pagers could become a trigger for a wider regional conflict and called for its

Kremlin warns Lebanon pager attack is a possible trigger for wider M. East conflict
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Which Hezbollah and Hamas leaders have been assassinated?

Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday, the Israeli military and security sources in Lebanon said, escalating a year

Which Hezbollah and Hamas leaders have been assassinated?
MidEast|Technology

Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a new phase of war

Israel's defense minister declares a “new phase” of war as Hezbollah officials and Lebanon's state media say explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices

Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a new phase of war
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UN General Assembly widely supports a Palestinian resolution demanding Israel end its occupation

The U.N. General Assembly strongly supported a nonbinding Palestinian resolution Wednesday demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the occupied West Bank within a year

UN General Assembly widely supports a Palestinian resolution demanding Israel end its occupation
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Gold Apollo says Budapest-based BAC produces model of pagers used in Lebanon blasts

The model of pagers used in detonations in Lebanon were made by Budapest-based BAC Consulting, Taiwanese pager firm Gold Apollo said on Wednesday, adding

Gold Apollo says Budapest-based BAC produces model of pagers used in Lebanon blasts
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How did pagers explode in Lebanon and why was Hezbollah using them? Here’s what we know

How did pagers explode in Lebanon and why was Hezbollah using them? Here’s what we know

How did pagers explode in Lebanon and why was Hezbollah using them? Here’s what we know
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Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, say sources

Israel's Mossad spy agency planted a small

Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, say sources
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Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, sources say

Israel's Mossad spy agency planted a small amount of explosives inside 5000 Taiwan-made pagers ordered by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before

Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, sources say
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Blinken warns against further Middle East escalation after Lebanon blasts

U.S.

Blinken warns against further Middle East escalation after Lebanon blasts
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Israel has a long history of pulling off complex attacks like the exploding pagers

Thousands of pagers used members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people and wounding several thousand, officials said

Israel has a long history of pulling off complex attacks like the exploding pagers
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Students describe attack by settlers on West Bank elementary school

Half of the pupils stayed away from classes at an elementary school in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a day after it was

Students describe attack by settlers on West Bank elementary school
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Iran's ambassador to Lebanon injured by pager explosion

Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was slightly injured on Tuesday by the explosion of an electronic pager, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported, as numerous such

Iran's ambassador to Lebanon injured by pager explosion
MidEast|News

Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least 9 people and injured thousands

Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded near simultaneously in parts of Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people — including members of the militant group Hezbollah and a young girl

Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least 9 people and injured thousands
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Hezbollah vows to punish Israel after pager blasts kill nine, injure thousands across Lebanon

Militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing nine people and wounding

Hezbollah vows to punish Israel after pager blasts kill nine, injure thousands across Lebanon
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Israel expands war objectives as questions swirl over defense minister’s future

Israel expands war objectives as questions swirl over defense minister’s future

Israel expands war objectives as questions swirl over defense minister’s future
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Palestinian poll finds big drop in support for Oct 7 attack

A majority of Gazans believe Hamas' decision to launch the Oct. 7 attack on Israel was incorrect, according to a poll published on Tuesday pointing to a

Palestinian poll finds big drop in support for Oct 7 attack
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Israel says halting Hezbollah attacks is now a war goal as officials warn of a wider operation

Israel says that halting Hezbollah’s attacks in the country's north to allow its residents to return to their homes there is now an official war goal as it considers a wider military operation in Lebanon

Israel says halting Hezbollah attacks is now a war goal as officials warn of a wider operation
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US airs frustration with Israel's military about strikes in Gaza

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has accused Israel’s military of striking schools, humanitarian workers and civilians in Gaza

US airs frustration with Israel's military about strikes in Gaza
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Blinken is heading back to the Middle East, this time without fanfare or a visit to Israel

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Egypt this week on his 10th trip to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began nearly a year ago

Blinken is heading back to the Middle East, this time without fanfare or a visit to Israel

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