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Rocket Fired From Lebanon Hits School in Northern Israel, No Injuries Reported

An investigator checks the damage as he stands outside an Israeli restaurant where the windows were broken early Friday, in Munich, Germany.

Munich Israeli Restaurant Vandalized in Suspected Antisemitic Attack

Israeli police detain a demonstrator at an anti-war protest in Tel Aviv's Habima Square, Saturday.

Experts Say Police, IDF Limits on Tel Aviv anti-Iran War Protests Were Baseless

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, last month.

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Iranian news channel HispanTV claimed that Onda Azul Hostel, popular with Israeli backpackers, had an "Israeli military presence."

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Hezbollah fire damages school building in northern Israel, no casualties reported by medics

IDF says it killed Hezbollah artillery commander in Nasser unit in southern Lebanon strike

Hezbollah fire damages school building in northern Israel, no casualties reported by medics

IDF says it killed Hezbollah artillery commander in Nasser unit in southern Lebanon strike

Israel bars Spanish officials from U.S.-backed Gaza coordination hub

RECAP: UNICEF warns of mass child casualties as Lebanon continues; Israel–Hezbollah exchanges continue alongside widening diplomatic fallout

Israel bars Spanish representatives from entering the U.S.-led Gaza coordination center

UNICEF: Israeli strikes in Lebanon taking ‘devastating and inhumane’ toll on children

Tennessee bill advances to rename ‘West Bank’ as ‘Judea and Samaria’

Lebanon report: One dead in Israeli drone attack in south Lebanon

UAE says will review international relations and ‘who can be relied on’

Investigators believe antisemitism was motive in vandalism at Israeli restaurant in Munich

Man charged with aiding enemy over Gaza aid smuggling scheme

Power down in northern Israeli community after Lebanon rocket hits power line

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Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces shot down Shahed drones in Middle Eastern countries during Iran war

Lebanese report: One dead, one wounded in Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon

Israeli man charged with contact with Iranian intelligence agent, prosecution says

IDF chief: 'We are in a state of war' in Lebanon, says Hezbollah is 'in deep shock'

Direct hit on house in northern Israel after Hezbollah missile; no wounded

Starmer: 'Putting an end to families in Britain see their bills go up and down because of the actions of Putin or Trump'

Pakistan to issue visas on arrival for U.S.-Iran negotiators, journalists

WSJ report: White House warned staff against betting on Iran war

Over 600 aid trucks enter Gaza in a day, envoy says baseline must hold

Iranian report: Former Iranian foreign minister dies of wounds sustained in airstrike

Report: Iranian delegation arrives in Pakistan ahead of talks with United States' special envoys

Trump says Iran is doing 'very poor job' of allowing oil through Strait of Hormuz

IDF says single missile launched at Israel from Lebanon, was intercepted; no reports of injuries

IDF strikes Hezbollah launchers in Lebanon following rocket fire at northern Israel

RECAP: Lebanon pushes U.S.-backed cease-fire to start Israel talks; Israeli strikes in Lebanon worst since 1982, locals say

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset after passing the law mandating the death penalty for Palestinian terrorists.

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Masked Israelis clash with Palestinian olive harvesters in the village of Beita, south of Nablus, in October.

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The soldiers who attacked the CNN news crew, on Friday. The IDF chief of staff did not need the audio from the attack to know that the line separating soldiers and Hilltop Youth has blurred.

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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu review a military honor guard in Budapest, Hungary in April.

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A demonstrator holding up a sign during a protest against the Israel-Iran war, held in Tel Aviv on Saturday.

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The drone plant was established against the backdrop of a surge in Serbian arms exports to Israel and two major deals between Elbit Systems and Belgrade.

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Haaretz Editorial

For Netanyahu to Declare Victory, He Must Negotiate Faithfully With Lebanon

Israel is playing with fire. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to continue striking in Lebanon with enormous force seriously endangers the cease-fire with Iran and the stability of the entire region. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh said Thursday that his country had been on the verge of responding Wednesday to what it called Israel's cease-fire violations in Lebanon.

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Ori Goshen (L), Prof. Amnon Shashua (C) and Prof. Yoav Shoham (R), founders of AI21.

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The burnt Hatzola ambulances in London on Monday.

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in Tel Aviv, last month.

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The evacuation of an Iranian missile debris in the Bedouin village of al-Furʿah in southern Israel.

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The evacuation of an Iranian missile debris in the Bedouin village of al-Furʿah in southern Israel.

1/11 The evacuation of an Iranian missile debris in the Bedouin village of al-Furʿah in southern Israel. Credit: Ilan Assayag

The evacuation of an Iranian missile debris in the Bedouin village of al-Furʿah in southern Israel.

1/11 The evacuation of an Iranian missile debris in the Bedouin village of al-Furʿah in southern Israel. Credit: Ilan Assayag

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Press Group Calls for Probe Into IDF Killing of 3 Reporters in Gaza, Lebanon

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Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill Four, Including Al Jazeera Journalist, Medics Say

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Palestinians inspect the damage after a person was hit by an Israeli strike while riding a bicycle, according to medics, in Gaza City, Monday.

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Which Iconic Mural in Milan Depicts a Passover Seder?

US President Joe Biden speaks with reporters as he walks on the beach in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, June 20, 2022.

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