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Netanyahu ‘must go’: ex-Israeli PM Bennett

Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu must leave office, his predecessor Naftali Bennett has told a televised interview, refusing to say whether he intends to challenge the country’s longest-serving leader in an election...

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Iran could enrich uranium in months: IAEA chief

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says Iran likely will be able to begin to produce enriched uranium ‘in a matter of months,’ despite damage to several nuclear facilities from US and Israeli attacks, CBS News said Saturday...

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Trump hopes for Gaza ceasefire this week

US president Donald Trump voiced optimism Friday about a new ceasefire in Gaza, as criticism grew over mounting civilian deaths at Israeli-backed food distribution centres in the territory...

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Huthi rebels fire missile at Israel

Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels said they fired a ballistic missile towards Israel on Saturday, in response to Israel’s conduct towards Palestinians during the Gaza war...

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Israeli strike kills 1 in South Lebanon

An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed one person on Saturday, the Lebanese health ministry said, the latest attack despite a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah...

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Trump threatens to bomb Iran again

US president Donald Trump said Friday he had saved Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from assassination and lashed out at the supreme leader for ingratitude, declaring he would order more bombing if the country tried to pursue nuclear weapons...

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Israeli forces kill 62 in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said that Israeli forces killed at least 62 people on Friday, including 10 who were waiting for aid in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.

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Israeli strikes kill 1 in Lebanon

Lebanon’s health ministry said a woman was killed and 21 other people were wounded in Israeli strikes Friday in the country’s south, as Israel’s military said some raids targeted Hezbollah sites.

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Iran says not resuming nuclear talks with US

Iran on Thursday denied it is set to resume nuclear talks with the United States after the end of a 12-day war with Israel, and accused Washington of exaggerating the impact of US strikes.

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Spain PM alleges ‘genocide’ in Gaza as 56 more killed

Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday became the most prominent European leader to describe the situation in Gaza as a ‘genocide’, as rescuers in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory said Israeli forces killed 56 people...

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26 arrested in Iran over collaborating with Israel

Iran’s intelligence services have arrested 26 people, accusing them of collaborating with Israel, state media Fars news agency reported, days after a ceasefire between the two countries was announced...

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US intel says strikes did not destroy Iran nuclear programme

A classified preliminary US intelligence report has concluded that American strikes on Iran set back Tehran’s nuclear programme by just a few months — rather than destroying it as claimed by president Donald Trump...