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Netanyahu provokes with meeting on the Golan Heights

Netanyahu provokes with meeting on the Golan Heights

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Israel has held a provocative security meeting on occupied Golan Heights. The UN envoy to Syria urges Israel not to expand its territory on occupied Syrian territory

Reports: Agreement on Ceasefire Near

Reports: Agreement on Ceasefire Near

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An agreement on a ceasefire in Gaza may be only days away. This is stated by sources within the Israeli government to the news agency Reuters and Israeli media

Defense Minister: Continued Control over Gaza

Defense Minister: Continued Control over Gaza

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Israeli forces are to have free rein in the Gaza Strip even after the war ends, claims Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz.

Israeli Minister: Close to Agreement on Hostages

Israeli Minister: Close to Agreement on Hostages

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Israel and Hamas are close to an agreement on hostages in Gaza. This says Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz according to domestic media

Israel: Chance for Hostage Deal

Israel: Chance for Hostage Deal

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There is "currently" a chance to reach an agreement on releasing the remaining hostages held in Gaza for more than 14 months, says Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz.

Israel wants a weapon-free zone in southern Syria

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Israel wants a weapon-free zone in southern Syria

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Israel orders the military to create a weapon-free zone in southern Syria. Together with the Prime Minister (Benjamin Netanyahu), I have instructed the military to establish a cleared defense zone without weapons and terrorist threats in southern Syria, without a permanent presence from Israel, says Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz

Israel wants a weapon-free zone in southern Syria

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Israel wants a weapon-free zone in southern Syria

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Israel orders the military to create a weapon-free zone in southern Syria. Together with the Prime Minister (Benjamin Netanyahu), I have instructed the IDF to establish a cleared defense zone without weapons and terrorist threats in southern Syria, without a permanent presence from Israel, says Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz

Deadly Raids Against Lebanon – Despite Ceasefire

Deadly Raids Against Lebanon – Despite Ceasefire

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Repeated Israeli raids on Lebanon challenge the fragile ceasefire with the Shia militia Hezbollah and demand victims. Israel claims to respond when Hezbollah breaks the agreement

Israel stops disputed detention of settlers

Israel stops disputed detention of settlers

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Israel will no longer hold settlers on the occupied West Bank in so-called administrative detention, announces the country's defense minister. The controversial procedure is however primarily directed against Palestinians, who will still be able to be deprived of their liberty and held without trial

Israel Offers Reward to Free Hostages

Israel Offers Reward to Free Hostages

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Israel wants to reward those who succeed in getting hostages out of Gaza. Furthermore, free passage is promised to those who have helped to free the hostages

Israel is now calling up ultra-Orthodox

Israel is now calling up ultra-Orthodox

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Israel is now calling up ultra-orthodox men, an extremely controversial measure in the country. The new Defense Minister Israel Katz is following his predecessor's plan, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly being skeptical

Israel: Will Not Agree to Ceasefire

Israel: Will Not Agree to Ceasefire

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Israel's new defense minister Israel Katz dismisses all thoughts of a ceasefire in the war against Lebanese Hezbollah. During his first visit to the border area since taking office, Katz says Israel "will not take its foot off the gas pedal"

Double signals about peace talks from Israel

Double signals about peace talks from Israel

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Israel's newly appointed defense minister rejects all thoughts of a ceasefire in Lebanon – while the new foreign minister talks about progress in peace negotiations. Israel is simultaneously attacking targets far up in northernmost Lebanon

Violent demonstrations in Israel after dismissal

Violent demonstrations in Israel after dismissal

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The news that Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has been fired prompted thousands of Israelis to gather in street demonstrations late on Tuesday. At least 40 people have been arrested following the protests, reports Haaretz

Netanyahu fires Defense Minister Gallant

Netanyahu fires Defense Minister Gallant

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is firing the country's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, reports Israeli media.

Netanyahu: Iran's Envoy Tried to Murder Me

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Netanyahu: Iran's Envoy Tried to Murder Me

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the Iran-backed Shia militia Hezbollah will pay "a high price" after they tried to kill him.

New Israeli attacks on the UN force in Lebanon

New Israeli attacks on the UN force in Lebanon

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The UN's peacekeeping force in Lebanon, Unifil, reports on Wednesday evening that Israel has once again shelled one of the force's outposts in southern Lebanon. Several of the EU's defense ministers want to put greater pressure on Israel following the attacks

Netanyahu: Fight with full force

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Netanyahu: Fight with full force

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Reports that Israel is ready for a ceasefire in Lebanon are untrue. The military will "continue to wage war with full force", writes the prime minister's staff

Five more Palestinians have been killed

Five more Palestinians have been killed

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Five more Palestinians have been killed in Israeli operations on the occupied West Bank. Israel has carried out a series of operations on an unusually large scale and claims to see a growing threat even there

Multiple deaths in Israeli attacks on the West Bank

Multiple deaths in Israeli attacks on the West Bank

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At least ten people have been killed in extensive Israeli attacks on several locations on the West Bank. Several of the dead are said to have been fighters for the terrorist-classified Hamas, the group confirms

EU condemns Israel's decision on Norway

EU condemns Israel's decision on Norway

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Israel withdraws accreditation for Norwegian diplomats stationed in Tel Aviv, eight people who worked with Palestinian issues. In Oslo, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide reacts strongly

Agreement on unity between Palestinian groups

Agreement on unity between Palestinian groups

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The terrorist-stamped organization Hamas has signed an agreement with other Palestinian groups, including the rival Fatah, during a meeting in China, according to Hamas leader Musa Abu Marzuk.

Man Dead – Attacked Police with Crossbow

Man Dead – Attacked Police with Crossbow

A man has been shot to death by police at Israel's embassy in Serbia's capital Belgrad. He was shot after attacking the police with a crossbow, in what is described from an Israeli perspective as an attempt at a terrorist act

Guterres: Lebanon must not become a new Gaza Strip

Guterres: Lebanon must not become a new Gaza Strip

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns of "warlike rhetoric" from Israel and the Iran-backed Shia militia Hezbollah. To speak plainly: The people in the region and people all over the world cannot afford for Lebanon to become a new Gaza, he says