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The Israeli security cabinet secretly approved the legalization of over 30 new settler outposts and farms in the occupied West Bank last month, according to three Israeli sources familiar with the decision.
Israeli settlers have killed a Palestinian man during a raid on a village in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. Ali Majed Hamadneh, 23, was killed after settlers opened fire during a raid on Deir Jarir, northeast of Ramallah, the ministry said on Saturday.
A Haifa man was allegedly recruited by an Iranian handler to build bombs for an assassination plot believed to target ex-PM Naftali Bennett.
The Iran-backed Lebanese militant group surprised many with the intensity of its attacks on Israel in the current conflict.
Iran’s military has been significantly degraded but retains substantial firepower, according to U.S. and Israeli assessments. Officials
From the border communities of northern Israel, the rooftops of Lebanese villages are visible in an area the Israeli government now holds as a “security buffer zone.” And for more than 60,000 Israelis living in the frontier towns,
Whether Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon, is included in the Iran cease-fire is one of the major disputes rattling the truce.
The United States and Israel targeted Iran in coordinated attacks over the weekend that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and set off a furious Iranian response.
Italy summoned the Israeli ambassador on Wednesday to demand an explanation over shots fired at an Italian convoy in a U.N. mission in Lebanon, the foreign minister said, warning Israeli forces had "no authority to touch" Rome's troops.