8 d. ago Israel accuses Emmanuel Macron of a 'crusade against the Jewish state' and says it will send 'a clear message to the French president and his associates'

Macron's remark came just a day after Benjamin Netanyahu 's government announced the creation of 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank.

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1 week ago Netanyahu announces second Sinwar brother is eliminated: Hamas chief 'The Shadow' is blown up in huge air strikes near hospital

Israel 's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had taken 'a dramatic turn toward the complete defeat of Hamas'.

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1 week ago As Netanyahu announces second Sinwar brother is 'eliminated', I fear more deadly fanatics may now emerge

The ruthless elimination of Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar and up to a dozen of his closest aides in a precision air strike has been met with predictable jubilation in Jerusalem.

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1 week ago Hamas’s Gaza chief Mohammad Sinwar has been killed, Netanyahu claims

The brother of deceased Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was reportedly the target of an Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza

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1 week ago Hamas Gaza chief Mohammad Sinwar is eliminated by Israel, Netanyahu reveals

Sinwar was one of Israel 's most wanted and the younger brother of the militant group's former leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in October 2024.

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1 week ago Hamas Gaza chief Mohammad Sinwar has been 'eliminated,' says Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Hamas Gaza chief Mohammad Sinwar has been “eliminated”.

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1 week ago Israel claims it has killed Hamas leader 'the Shadow ' Mohammed Sinwar in deadly air strike

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed to the government that Israel had killed Mohammed Sinwar earlier this month - the militant group's top military leader and younger brother of slain Yahya Sinwar

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2 w. ago International opinion has rounded on Israel, but it's not enough to force Netanyahu's hand | Sanam Vakil

Condemnation alone won’t change Israel’s trajectory. For that, concrete action on sanctions and Palestinian statehood is requiredSanam Vakil is director of Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa programmeNineteen months on from the 7 October Hamas attacks and the war in Gaza, Israel is under a new wave of international pressure and increasingly isolated from its partners and allies. Benjamin Netanyahu’s government recently announced its intention to reoccupy Gaza yet again, and called up Israeli reservists. In tandem, the illegal expansion of settlements and violence in the West Bank continues unabated. And as part of a tactic to bring pressure to bear on Hamas to release the remaining hostages held in Gaza, Israel halted the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza for two months, leading to widespread starvation and brutal conditions.In reaction, the UK, France and Canada issued a joint statement expressing a strong rebuke of Israel’s war effort. The UK’s foreign secretary, Da...

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2 w. ago Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN

Continued restrictions come as opposition leader says Israel is becoming pariah nation that ‘kills babies as a hobby’Middle East crisis – live updatesTwo days after Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was lifting the siege of Gaza, Israel is still blocking food from reaching starving Palestinians, the UN has said, as the leader of the country’s centre-left Democrats party said his country was becoming a pariah nation that “kills babies as a hobby”.Only five trucks of aid had reached Gaza by Tuesday afternoon and aid workers had not been given permission to distribute even that token shipment, Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN humanitarian office (OCHA) told a Geneva press briefing. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israel says it will allow 'a basic amount' of food into Gaza after three

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's office made the announcement on Sunday, hours after the military announced it had launched a new ground operation in the enclave.

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3 w. ago Israel hits Gaza hospitals in deadly strikes after pause to allow release of Edan Alexander

The strikes reportedly killed at least 18 people and came after Benjamin Netanyahu announced the military would enter the strip ‘with full force’Israeli strikes on hospitals in Gaza on Tuesday reportedly killed at least 18 people, after a brief pause in fighting which saw the release of 21-year-old Israeli-American Edan Alexander, who had been in Hamas captivity since the 7 October 2023 attack.The strikes hit the European Hospital complex near Khan Younis and left large craters gouged into the ground and cracks in the courtyard outside the European Hospital complex, images from the AFP news agency show. A damaged bus was lodged in a hole in the road. Continue reading...

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