Press Releases

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(MENAFN) Israel's parliament, the Knesset, moved decisively toward early elections late Monday, approving the first reading of a self-dissolution bill by an overwhelming 106 votes in favor and none against, media reported.

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(MENAFN) Israeli settlers stormed the Palestinian village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, early Tuesday — torching two vehicles belonging to local residents and scrawling racist slogans in Hebrew across the...

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(MENAFN) Fresh Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon have killed at least eight people — among them a dentist and his two young children — despite an active ceasefire agreement, Lebanese media reported Tuesday.

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(MENAFN) Israeli fighter jets launched multiple attacks across southern Lebanon on Monday evening, even as discussions continued regarding a possible halt in hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah following efforts announced by US President...

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(MENAFN) Three Palestinians lost their lives and several others sustained injuries Tuesday in a fresh wave of Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip, as violations of a fragile ceasefire continue to mount, a medical source confirmed.

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(MENAFN) Israeli warplanes launched multiple airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Monday evening, hours after US President Donald Trump said Israel and Hezbollah had reached an understanding to halt attacks against one another.

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(MENAFN) A senior Israeli diplomat has criticized France following Paris’s decision to call for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council over Israel’s military actions in Lebanon.

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(MENAFN) Israel’s Supreme Court has approved the appointment of Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman as the next director of the Mossad intelligence agency, according to reports on Monday.

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(MENAFN) Catastrophic explosions convulsed the southern Lebanese cities of Marjayoun and Nabatieh on Friday evening, triggered by what an official source described as "huge and unprecedented" Israeli military bombardment.

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian was killed and another injured after an Israeli drone strike targeted the central Gaza Strip, in what was described as another breach of the ongoing ceasefire, according to a medical source.

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(MENAFN) At least 14 people were killed and dozens more wounded on Monday following a series of Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon, in what was described as another breach of an existing ceasefire agreement.

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(MENAFN) The Israeli army on Monday instructed residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs to evacuate the area ahead of anticipated airstrikes, marking what was described as another breach of the existing ceasefire arrangement.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces have reportedly pushed further into southern Lebanon and taken control of a centuries-old fortress, an escalation that officials described as marking a significant development in their ongoing military operations.

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(MENAFN) Israel on Thursday refused entry to French reporter Alice Froussard and sent her back to Paris, citing her outspoken criticism of Israel’s ongoing two year military campaign in the Gaza Strip.

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(MENAFN) A group of countries has condemned what it described as Israeli efforts to undermine the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), warning that its work is facing an “unprecedented campaign” during a high-level UN Security Council...

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(MENAFN) The Arab Group at the United Nations Security Council has called on Israel to immediately withdraw from recently occupied areas in Syria, as well as from the occupied Golan Heights, accusing it of violating Syrian sovereignty and...

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(MENAFN) Three Palestinians lost their lives and several others sustained injuries in separate incidents across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to reports, as violations of the existing ceasefire continued to be recorded.

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(MENAFN) Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, has appealed to Israel’s Supreme Court for his immediate release, describing his detention as “unjust and arbitrary” during his first court appearance in nearly a...

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(MENAFN) A coalition of more than 460 former European political figures has issued an editorial demanding that the European Union adopt stricter measures against Israel in response to its military actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Among...

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(MENAFN) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has convened his security cabinet for a second time in as many days to discuss the possibility of renewed hostilities with Iran, according to Hebrew-language media reports.