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Israeli Missiles Target Aleppo Airport, Damascus Countryside

Four Israeli missiles targeted a runway at Aleppo airport and warehouses in its vicinity, causing fire and explosions, likely due to the outbreak of a batch of Iranian missiles, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported. The official Syrian News Agency (SANA) quoted a military source as saying that…

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Hezbollah at 40 stronger than ever but has more enemies

Forty years since it was founded, Lebanon's Hezbollah has transformed from a ragtag organization to the largest and most heavily armed militant group in the Middle East

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UN Condemns Restrictions on Peacekeepers in South Lebanon

The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday strongly condemning harassment, intimidation, attacks and restrictions against the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon. It also called on Lebanese authorities to accelerate deployment of ground and naval forces to the area, which borders Israel. The resolution, which extends the mandate…

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Palestinian Says Ends Hunger Strike on Promise of Release

A Palestinian prisoner held by Israel said Wednesday an agreement had been reached to release him and that he was therefore ending a hunger strike he began five months ago. Khalil Awawdeh has been held without charge by Israel since December and had been refusing food since March, apart from…

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‘We will bring justice’: US press club honours Shireen Abu Akleh

Shireen Abu Akleh receives posthumous award from National Press Club amid calls for independent probe into her killing.

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Palestinian prisoner ends hunger strike following release deal

Khalil Awawdeh who was held without charge or trial suspends hunger strike and expected to be released in October.

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Biden, Lapid discuss ‘shared commitment’ against nukes for Iran

No mention of disagreement over looming revival of Iran nuclear deal in US and Israeli statements describing the call.

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Palestinian prisoner suspends hunger strike following release deal

Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh ended a hunger strike lasting over 160 days on Wednesday after Israel agreed to his release in October, his lawyer said.

Reuters

Palestinian detainee to end nearly 6-month hunger strike

Palestinian officials say a detainee held without charge or trial by Israel will suspend his nearly six-month hunger strike after receiving a “written agreement” that he will be released in October

The Independent UK

Biden, Israel's Lapid Speak amid Discussions on Possible Iran Nuclear Deal

US President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Wednesday, a White House official said, as Tehran seeks stronger guarantees from Washington for the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal that is strongly opposed by Israel. In its own readout of the leaders' call, Lapid's office said…

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U.S. will never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon, Biden tells Israel's Lapid

President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Wednesday the United States will never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon, the White House said, as Tehran seeks stronger guarantees from Washington for the revival of a nuclear deal with world powers.

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Germany agrees further compensation with families of Munich Olympics victims

Germany has reached agreement on further compensation for families of Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics, a joint statement by the German and Israeli presidents said on Wednesday.

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Munich Olympics massacre families reach agreement over compensation

German president expected to apologise for 1972 attack in which 11 Israelis were murdered

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Israeli Archaeologists Dig Up Large Tusk of Ancient Elephant

Israeli archaeologists recently unearthed the titanic tusk of a prehistoric pachyderm near a kibbutz in southern Israel, a remnant of a behemoth once hunted by early people around half a million years ago. The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday that the 2.5-meter (yard) long fossil belonging to the long-extinct straight-tusked…

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Israeli archaeologists dig up large tusk of ancient elephant

Israeli archaeologists recently unearthed the titanic tusk of a prehistoric pachyderm near a kibbutz in southern Israel, a remnants of a behemoth once hunted by early people around half a million years ago

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Two Former Israeli Ministers Back Military Solution to Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions

Israeli government and opposition leaders have brought the issue of Iran and confronting its nuclear project and all its military activities into their campaigns for the upcoming elections. Two former ministers said that the “military option” is the only solution to confront Tehran, and that the Iranians “know that current…

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Olympics Attack Victims' Families Close to Deal with Germany

The families of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian attackers at the 1972 Munich Olympics are close to reaching a deal with the German government over a long-disputed compensation claim, German and Israeli media reported Wednesday. Earlier this month, the families had threatened to boycott Monday's 50-year anniversary ceremony in…

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Olympics attack victims' families close to deal with Germany

The families of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian attackers at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and the German government are close to reaching a deal over the long-disputed amount of the compensation

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Israeli Supreme Court Rejects Hunger Striker’s Petition

Israel's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a petition for the release of a Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for nearly six months and whose lawyer says is in danger of “sudden death.” Khalil Awawdeh is protesting being held by Israel in what's known as administrative detention, a…

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Former Israeli PM Netanyahu Warned over Festival Disaster

A state commission of inquiry into one of Israel's worst civil disasters issued a warning to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a senior police official on Tuesday that they may share responsibility for an accident that killed 45 people. The committee investigated the circumstances of the disaster in which…

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Former Israeli PM Netanyahu warned over festival disaster

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Israeli Supreme Court rejects hunger striker's petition

Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected a petition for the release of a Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for nearly six months

The Guardian - UK

Israeli court sentences director of Gaza charity to 12 years in prison

World Vision International worker accused of funnelling aid money to Hamas in trial largely held in secret

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Israel sentences Gaza aid worker to six more years in prison

Mohammad al-Halabi, former Gaza chief for World Vision, was sentenced after already serving six years behind bars.

The Independent UK

Israel's Netanyahu warned in probe of deadly 2021 stampede

The independent commission investigating a deadly stampede at a religious festival in Israel last year says then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might be found partly responsible

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