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CNN —Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Friday claimed responsibility for a deadly drone blast in Tel Aviv, the Iranian proxy group’s latest attack in what it says is a response to Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. The drone that caused the explosion was detected by an Israeli aerial defense system, but not intercepted due to “human error,” an Israeli military official said. The Israeli military is investigating the attack and does not believe further threats are imminent, the official said. An investigator inspects a damaged window of a building at the site of an explosion in Tel Aviv on July 19, 2024. The drone attack in Tel Aviv Friday comes after the Houthis claimed earlier this month that they had targeted ships in the Israeli port of Haifa with a number of drones in joint military operations with Iran-backed militias based in Iraq.

Persons: Yemen’s, Houthi, Yahya Sare’e, ”, ” Sare’e, Ricardo Moraes, Israel’s Magen David Adom, “, Roi Klein, ’ Organizations: CNN, Embassy, Israel Defense Forces, Reuters, US Embassy, US State Department, MDA, Police, IDF Locations: Tel Aviv, Gaza, Jerusalem, Shalom, Tel, Aviv, Red, Israel, Haifa, Iran, Iraq

In a rare breach of Israel’s multilayered air-defense system, a drone fired by the Houthi militia in Yemen slammed into an apartment building near the United States Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv early Friday, killing at least one person and wounding eight others. Pentagon officials expressed doubt that the drone had specifically targeted the U.S. building, an attack that analysts assessed had possibly been an attempt by the Houthis to strike anywhere they could in Tel Aviv. The Houthis, an Iranian-backed militia that has been attacking ships in the Red Sea, claimed responsibility for the strike on the city of 450,000 people. No air-raid sirens warned residents before the drone crashed into the building, causing an explosion that jolted people from their sleep, shattered windows and left shrapnel scattered on the streets. “We are investigating why we did not identify it, attack it and intercept it,” Admiral Hagari said on Friday.

Persons: Daniel Hagari, Admiral Hagari Organizations: United States Embassy, Pentagon Locations: Yemen, Tel Aviv, Iranian, Red

☆ Israeli Military Says It Is Investigating Explosion in Tel Aviv
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Erin Mendell | More About Erin Mendell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The authorities in Tel Aviv said they were responding to reports of an explosion in the central part of the city early Friday morning that injured at least two people. Zaki Heller, a spokesman for Israel’s national emergency service, also known as Magen David Adom, said in a statement that its hotline had received a report at 3:21 a.m. that an object had exploded in a building. The Tel Aviv District Police said that a large number of forces were responding. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear, but the Israeli military said in a statement that it was looking into reports that there had been “an aerial target.”The two injured people were “lightly wounded” by shrapnel and were conscious, the emergency service’s statement said.

Persons: Zaki Heller, David Adom Organizations: Tel, Tel Aviv District Police Locations: Tel Aviv

☆ Tel Aviv, Israel, explosion near US Embassy branch office kills one after possible drone attack, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Eugenia Yosef | Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —An explosion near the US Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv that killed at least one person early Friday is being investigated as a possible drone attack, according to Israeli authorities. The blast occurred about 100 meters (330 feet) from the compound of the US Embassy branch office, according to a CNN analysis of open-source satellite imagery of the scene. The United States is closely monitoring the situation, a government official told CNN, acknowledging that an explosion happened near the branch office. An investigator inspects a damaged window of a building at the site of an explosion in Tel Aviv on July 19, 2024. A person walks down the stairs of a building damaged from a blast in Tel-Aviv on July 19, 2024.

Persons: Israel’s Magen David Adom, Ricardo Moraes, “, Roi Klein Organizations: CNN, Embassy, US Embassy, Israel Defense Forces, Police, MDA, Reuters Police Locations: Tel Aviv, United States, Shalom, Tel, Aviv

☆ Israel-Gaza War: Latest News
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Ephrat Livni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

His speech there before a divided Congress figures to be contentious, particularly if he cannot close a deal with Hamas to end the war before he travels. Image Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Credit... Ammar Awad/ReutersSome in Mr. Netanyahu’s governing coalition have urged him to oppose a deal with Hamas. Mr. Netanyahu’s grip on power relies on the support of two far-right parties opposed to any agreement that would leave Hamas in power in Gaza. The war has killed more than 38,000 people and led to widespread hunger, according to Gazan health authorities.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Netanyahu, Ronen Zvulun, Yair Lapid, Mr, Lapid, ” Ella Ben, Ami, Ohad Ben, Ben, Be’eri, Raz Ben, Ella Ben, Yoav Gallant, ”, Gallant, Ammar Awad, “, Matthew Miller, Mike Johnson, Dani Elgarat, Nir Oz, Noa Argamani, Elgarat Organizations: Protesters, Hamas, ., Families, Wednesday, Credit, Reuters, Shas, Department, Democratic, Louisiana Republican, Mr Locations: Israel, Washington, Qatar, Egypt, Israel’s, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Gaza, Louisiana, United States

☆ CIA Director Bill Burns says Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is facing growing pressure from his own commanders to end Gaza war
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Alex Marquardt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The CIA has assessed that the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, is coming under increased pressure from his own military commanders to accept a ceasefire deal and end the war with Israel, CIA Director Bill Burns told a closed-door conference on Saturday, according to a source who attended. The increased pressure on Sinwar comes as Hamas and Israel have agreed to a framework deal that that President Joe Biden laid out at the end of May. That’s what US officials have said is being used as the basis to an agreement to end the fighting. Of the three most senior Hamas leaders in Gaza, Israel is believed to have found and killed just one: Marwan Issa, the second in command of the military wing. There are still “tough issues to resolve,” a source familiar with the talks told CNN after Burns’ meetings in Doha.

Persons: Yahya Sinwar, Bill Burns, Burns, Khan Younis, Burns –, Biden, –, Joe Biden, Saturday Burns, Benjamin Netanyahu, ” Biden, ”, Marwan Issa, Mohammed Deif, Deif, Israel, Netanyahu, there’s “ Organizations: CNN, CIA, Sinwar, Hamas, Allen & Company, titans, Gaza’s Ministry of Health, Israel, Associated Press Locations: Gaza, Israel, Sun Valley , Idaho, That’s, Qatar, Egypt, Israeli, Tel Aviv, Sinwar, Doha

☆ Israel-Gaza News: Live Updates
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Isabel Kershner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

But it remained unclear on Sunday if the primary target, Muhammad Deif, the leader of the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, was among the dead. A Hamas official, Khalil al-Hayya, who lives in exile, said in an interview with Al Jazeera Arabic television that Mr. Deif had not been killed and was listening to Mr. Netanyahu’s words and “mocking” them. Hamas has not offered evidence that Mr. Deif survived. Mr. Deif is the second most senior Hamas figure in Gaza, after its leader in the territory, Yahya Sinwar. But it made no mention of the fate of Mr. Deif and Mr. Salameh.

Persons: Israel, Muhammad Deif, Benjamin Netanyahu, Rafa Salameh, Khan Younis, Khalil al, Deif, Yahya Sinwar, Izzat Al, Salameh, Scott Anderson, ” “, Mr, Anderson, “, Netanyahu, ”, Tamir Hayman Organizations: Gaza Health Ministry, Qassam, Hamas, Al Jazeera, United Nations, Nasser, Institute for National Security, Tel Aviv University Locations: Gaza, Israel, Khan

☆ Who is Mohammed Deif, the Hamas military chief targeted by Israel?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Israel has targeted Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Deif in a strike on a designated humanitarian zone in southern Gaza which killed at least 90 Palestinians. He has led the Palestinian militant group’s armed wing for more than two decades. This image taken from video and released by Hamas on August 26, 2005, shows a man identified as Mohammed Deif. He became a founding member of Hamas’ armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, in the early 1990s. Deif, a man who lives his life in the shadows, has managed to survive for decades while running Hamas’s armed wing.

Persons: CNN —, Mohammed Deif, Deif, Khan, Mohammad Diab Ibrahim al, Masri, El, –, Graves, Mohammed Salem, Reuters Deif, ”, Ismail Haniyeh Organizations: CNN, EU, AP, Hamas, Qassam, Israel, Reuters, Criminal Court Locations: CNN — Israel, Gaza, Israel, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Palestine, Israeli

CNN —At least 71 Palestinians have been reported killed in an Israeli strike on a displacement camp in southern Gaza which Israel said targeted Hamas’ military chief, who was an alleged mastermind of the October 7 attacks. “I cannot describe to you the magnitude of the tragedy,” one resident told CNN. Mohammed Deif – the leader of Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing – was the figure targeted, an Israeli security official told CNN. Palestinians gather near damage caused by an Israeli strike at a tent camp in Al-Mawasi area on Saturday. A 2014 Israel strike killed his wife, seven-month-old son and three-year-old daughter.

Persons: Mohammed Deif –, Qassam, Deif, Khan Younis, Rafe Salama, Mohammed Salem, “, ”, Hammoud, Aida Hamdi, Salama, Trevor Ball, Yoav Gallant, Herzi Halevi, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al, Masri, El Deif Organizations: CNN, ’, Gaza Health Ministry, Nasser, Boeing, US, Israeli, Shin, Reuters Locations: Gaza, Israel, Al, Kuwait, Khan, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv

☆ Rescued Hostage Describes Months of Uncertainty and Terror in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Isabel Kershner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Idling away the hours in a darkened room in Gaza with two other hostages, Andrey Kozlov sometimes heard one of his captors on the other side of the door typing away on a laptop. The man was a constant presence in the apartment, while other guards worked shifts and went out to the market, Mr. Kozlov said in an interview, from a hotel room in a Tel Aviv suburb a month after his rescue from captivity. The guards were unmasked, but they were careful not to reveal their names, telling the hostages to call them all Muhammad. To differentiate between them, Mr. Kozlov said the hostages gave them nicknames like Big Muhammad and Little Muhammad. Their main jailer had a rounded face, so they called him “Muhammad H’dudim,” Hebrew slang for “Muhammad Chubby Cheeks.”

Persons: Andrey Kozlov, Kozlov, Big Muhammad, Little Muhammad, Muhammad H’dudim, Muhammad Chubby Cheeks, ” Locations: Gaza, Tel Aviv

☆ Escalation Between Israel and Hezbollah Hangs Over Gaza Cease-Fire Talks
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Ephrat Livni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

When intelligence chiefs of the United States, Israel and Egypt went to Qatar on Wednesday for talks aimed at brokering a cease-fire in Gaza, there was more on the line than Israel’s war against Hamas. Hezbollah and Hamas are both allied with Iran in what they call “the axis of resistance,” a coalition that opposes Israel’s right to exist. Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon, who are backed by Iran, have traded fire since the war in Gaza began after Hamas led an attack on Israel on Oct. 7. Israeli government officials and military leaders have in recent weeks toured northern Israel and met with troops stationed there who were preparing for a potential escalation. Whether efforts at de-escalating the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah can succeed may well depend on how the cease-fire talks in Qatar progress.

Persons: Hassan Nasrallah, ”, Mr, Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s, Abbas Salman, Yasser Nemr Qranbish, Bilal Hussein, —, heightening, — Noa, Nir Baranes, Yoav Gallant, Lloyd J, Austin III, Israel ”, Meir Elran, al, Ansari Organizations: Hamas, Hezbollah, ., Associated, Ortal, Lebanese, U.S ., Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security Studies, Brig, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry Locations: United States, Israel, Egypt, Qatar, Gaza, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Iran, Syria, Beirut, Golan, Washington, Tel Aviv, France

☆ After 9 Months of War, Israelis Call for a Cease-Fire Deal and Elections
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Isabel Kershner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Israelis on Sunday marked nine months since the devastating Hamas-led attack of Oct. 7 and the start of the ensuing war in Gaza with a nationwide day of anti-government protests at a time that many here view as a pivotal juncture in the conflict. Primarily calling for a cease-fire deal with Hamas that would see hostages return from captivity and for new elections in Israel, protesters brought morning traffic to a standstill at several major intersections in cities and on highways across the country. By lunchtime, much of central Tel Aviv was blocked in one of the biggest protests in months. Some progress has been made in recent days for a resumption of negotiations toward a tentative deal after weeks of an impasse, even as the fighting continues in Gaza, where an Israeli strike hit in the area of a U.N. school on Saturday, and across Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. But many Israelis, among them the families of some of the hostages, fear that the cease-fire efforts could be torpedoed not only by Hamas, but also by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel who, they say, might prioritize the survival of his government over a deal that could topple it.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Organizations: Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel’s, Lebanon

CNN —An Israeli attack has killed at least 16 Palestinians and injured 50 others at UNRWA’s Al-Jaouni school sheltering displaced people in al-Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Saturday. A displaced man at the school told CNN children were among the injured. “We barely found this place in the school, but even the school is not safe.”CNN video shows several injured children arriving at a nearby hospital following the attack. The Israeli military said in a statement on Saturday militants were operating in structures located in the school area. UNRWA Communication Director Juliette Touma told CNN UNRWA does not have all the information yet, adding that half of UNRWA’s facilities in Gaza have been hit since October 7.

Persons: “, Juliette Touma, ”, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Amir Levy, Menachem Begin, Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Hamdi Alkhshali, Ibrahim Dahman Organizations: CNN, UNRWA’s, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Saturday, IDF, Israel Defense Forces, CNN UNRWA, Egyptian Foreign Ministry, ” Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israeli, Tel Aviv’s Democracy, Tel, Protesters, Israel’s, Unity Locations: Israeli, al, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv’s

☆ Can Israel's Iron Dome be overrun? System's capabilities in focus amid rising risk of war with Hezbollah
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from Ashkelon, in southern Israel, October 20, 2023. It has a success rate of around 90%, according to the Israel Defense Forces. An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor missile as rockets are fired from Gaza, in Ashkelon, Israel May 10, 2023. Amir Cohen | ReutersThe Iron Dome also intercepts around 90% of the near-daily rocket attacks from Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza, the IDF claims. Hamas' rockets and missiles, by comparison, are estimated to number in the tens of thousands.

Persons: Amir Cohen, Israel —, Rafael, —, Miri Eisin, Eisin, credibly, Victor Tricaud, Tricaud, Wissam tawil Organizations: Reuters, U.S, Palestinian, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Defense Ministry, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Hezbollah, International Institute for Counterterrorism, Tel, CNBC, Israel's Reichman, Iranian, Getty Locations: Gaza, Ashkelon, Israel, Iran, Lebanese, Lebanon, Washington, Tel Aviv, Hamas, Iranian, Khirbit

☆ Biden and Netanyahu are expected to meet later this month in Washington, source says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Mj Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —President Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to meet in Washington, DC, in several weeks when the Israeli prime minister visits to address Congress on July 24, a source familiar told CNN. US and Israeli officials are still in the process of nailing down logistical details for the Biden-Netanyahu meeting, which would likely take place at the White House, the source said. A White House official told CNN that Biden has known Netanyahu for decades, and that “they will likely see each other when the Prime Minister is here over the course of that week. But we have nothing to announce at this time.”CNN has also reached out to the prime minister’s office for comment. Last month, Biden said in an interview that Netanyahu may be dragging out the war in an attempt to cling to power and said it was “uncertain” whether Israel had committed war crimes.

Persons: Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Biden, “, ”, ” Biden, Israel, Antony Blinken “, Amos Hochstein, Netanyahu’s, CNN’s Jack Forrest, Christian Edwards, Tara John, Kevin Liptak, Natasha Bertrand, Arlette Saenz, Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Melanie Zanona, Oren Liebermann, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn Organizations: CNN, Biden, White, ” CNN Locations: Washington , DC, Israel, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Washington

☆ Israeli airline says Turkish airport staff refused to refuel its plane after it made an emergency landing
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

El Al said a plane en route from Warsaw to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Turkey. The Israeli airline said local staff at Antalya airport refused to refuel the plane. AdvertisementIsraeli flag carrier El Al says local airport workers refused to refuel one of its planes after it made an emergency landing in Turkey on Sunday. Flight LY5102 from Warsaw to Tel Aviv landed in Antalya almost three hours into its journey, data from flight-tracking website FlightAware shows. FlightAware data shows that the plane then flew to Rhodes International Airport, stopping for about an hour, before proceeding to its final destination.

Persons: El Al, — Organizations: Service, Sunday, Rhodes International Airport Locations: Warsaw, Tel Aviv, Turkey, Antalya, Gaza

☆ I was the first Black female pilot in the US Air Force, and captained a commercial jet for 30 years. Some people still questioned if I was qualified to fly.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Captain Theresa Claiborne, the first Black female pilot in the US Air Force and a captain at United. The hardest period of my lifeIn 1980, the Air Force only had 10 slots for women per graduating class, and they had already been filled for the year. I flew out to Laughlin Air Force base in Texas to start pilot training. Captain Theresa ClaiborneEntering active duty in the Air Force, I did feel the pressure. AdvertisementI tell the young ladies I mentor the same thing I told myself: be so good that they can't say you're not good.

Persons: —, Captain Theresa Claiborne, Theresa Claiborne Captain Theresa Claiborne, I've, Theresa Claiborne, Theresa Claiborne I'm Organizations: Service, US Air Force, United, Business, Reserve Office Training Corps, Cessna, Air Force, Laughlin Air Force, Boeing, Companies, Women, Aviation Locations: Berkeley, Texas, Newark, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Tel Aviv, Delhi, Lisbon

☆ Inside Europe's tech hubs: France's AI push puts it on the rise
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +31 min

Brimming with entrepreneurs and around 1,000 startup companies, it embodies France's exciting tech industry. So if you could rank Europe's tech hubs, what would be your top three? But I'm really excited about Lisbon actually, I know the Mayor of Lisbon pretty well, have been hearing really positive things. I mean things like that could just be completely deprioritized, which is essentially what has been helping us move things forward in France. Under Macron what have been for you the big positives that have come out of his presidency and tech push more broadly.

Persons: Tom Chitty, Roxanne Varza, Bruno Le Maire, Tom Chitty The, you'll, Arjun, I've, Roxanne, Macron, we'd, we've, Tom Chitty Let's, Xavier Niel, he's, Roxanne Varza That's, we're, I'm, Roxanne Varza Paris, Tom Chitty Arjun, Arjun Kharpal, What's, There's, you've, haven't, They're, Roxanne Varza Big, Tom Chitty U.S, Arjun Kharpal It's, who's, that's, there's, they've, we'll, Tom, Tom Chitty We'll Organizations: Meta, Google, CNBC, Uber, Accel, Dealroom, Mistral, Viva Tech, Sequoia Capital, Big Tech, Microsoft, French Finance, London Stock Exchange, London . Locations: Paris, France, French, Europe, beyondthevalley@cnbc.com, London, Berlin, U.S, Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, Bay, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Old, Shoreditch, London . Tel Aviv

☆ Houthi rebels say they've fired a new 'homemade hypersonic missile,' posting footage of its launch at a civilian ship
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewYemen's Houthi rebel group said on Wednesday that it targeted a Liberian-flagged ship in the Arabian Sea with a "homemade hypersonic missile," saying it unveiled the weapon for the first time. Houthis posted footage of the missileHouthi-linked channels posted footage of the purported launch, calling the missile the "Hatem-2" or "Hadim-2." AFP via Getty ImagesIs the 'Hatem-2' really a homemade hypersonic missile? Notably, Yemen's latest launch occurred as the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group left the region on Saturday after defending the area for about eight months. It is due to be replaced by the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group.

Persons: —, Yahya Sare'e, Sare'e, MSC Sarah V, Houthis, Hatem, SARAH V, Saddam Hussein's, Yemen's, Dwight D, Theodore Roosevelt Carrier, Roosevelt Organizations: Service, Liberian, Business, MSC, Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, British Royal Navy, Yemeni Military Industrialization Corporation, United Nations, AFP, Getty, Tel Aviv . Naval, US, Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Locations: Greek, Israel, Abu Dhabi, Persian, Iran, Tehran, Saddam Hussein's Iraq, China, Palestine, Red, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Yemen, South Korea

☆ Why an Israel-Hezbollah war would be far more dangerous today than the last time around
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Ben Wedeman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Since its inconclusive 2006 war with the Lebanese militant group, Israel has been planning for a re-match. During the 2006 war, in the experience of this correspondent, it was rare to encounter Hezbollah fighters. In the event of war, full-scale war, both sides will be able to inflict significant pain on the other. In the entire 34-day war of 2006 Hezbollah is estimated to have fired around 4,000 rockets – a daily average of 117. At 6 a.m. on July 13, 2006 – less than 24 hours after the start of the war – Israeli warplanes bombed and knocked out Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport.

Persons: CNN —, Benny Gantz, Hassan Nasrallah, – Nasrallah, Avihu Shapira, Gantz, Beirut’s Rafic, –, Israel, Iran’s, Qais Al, Ahl Al, Haq, Lebanon “ Organizations: CNN, Reichman University, Israel, Getty, Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport, Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International, Washington Locations: Lebanon, Herzliya, Israel, Lebanese, Haifa, Syria, Gaza, Iraq, Iran, It’s, Israel’s, Yemen, Red, Jordan, America, Tehran, Damascus, Hormuz, Persian, Germany, Sweden, Kuwait, Netherlands

☆ The world’s most liveable cities for 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Austrian city has been crowned the most liveable city in the world yet again in the annual list from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which was released today. Perfect scoresVienna has been named the most liveable city in the world on the EIU’s Global Liveability Index. ‘Acute housing crisis’Canada's Toronto dropped out of the top 10 most liveable cities list this year, coming in 12th. Swiss city Zurich scored impeccably in the education and health care categories. Gaetan Bally/Zürich TourismusUK capital London was ranked as the 45th most liveable city in the world.

Persons: CNN — It’s, Emmanuele, Australia’s, Gaetan Bally, Abu, Al Khobar, Drazen Zigic, ”, Barsali Bhattacharyya, “, headwinds, Bhattacharyya Organizations: CNN, Economist Intelligence Unit, Vienna, Switzerland’s, Melbourne, Canadian, Calgary, Japan’s, Auckland, Toronto North America, Toronto, Zurich, impeccably, Zürich Tourismus, London, UAE, Nigeria’s Locations: Vienna, Austrian, Denmark’s Copenhagen, Switzerland’s Zurich, Geneva, Vancouver, Japan’s Osaka, New, Western Europe, Honolulu, Hawaii, Atlanta , Georgia, Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Canada, Australia, Asia, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, Jeddah, Al, Israel’s Tel Aviv, Israel, Damascus, Syria, Tripoli, Algeria’s Algiers, Nigeria’s Lagos, Austria, Copenhagen, Denmark, Zurich, Switzerland, Melbourne, Calgary, Sydney, Osaka, Japan, Auckland , New Zealand

☆ Middle East Crisis Israeli and U.S. Defense Chiefs to Discuss the Conflicts With Hamas and Hezbollah
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Ephrat Livni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The U.S. and Israeli defense chiefs, Lloyd J. Austin III and Yoav Gallant, at a December news conference in Tel Aviv. Mr. Gallant is meeting with Mr. Austin on his third day of talks with senior Biden administration officials. Mr. Gallant and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met in Washington on Monday. That was a recurring theme in American officials’ talks with Mr. Gallant this week. On Monday, Mr. Gallant met with William J. Burns, the C.I.A.

Persons: Lloyd J, Austin III, Yoav Gallant, Gallant’s, Patrick S, Ryder, Mr, Gallant, Austin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Matthew Miller, “, Khan Younis, ”, Antony J, Blinken, Miller, ’, “ We’ve, General Ryder, Amos Hochstein, Hochstein, Netanyahu, William J, Burns, Jake Sullivan Organizations: U.S, Pentagon . Defense, Pentagon, Defense Department, Biden, American, State Department, Hamas, Mr, Lebanese, Israel Locations: Tel Aviv, Washington, Gaza, Lebanon, “, Israel, Gen, United States, Rafah, Gaza City, Jerusalem, Beirut

☆ Israeli hostages group publishes new October 7 videos, as anger boils over Netanyahu interview
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“Here are the dogs, here they are,” one of the gunmen can be heard saying. Hamas released a video of Goldberg-Polin in April, the first proof that he survived the blast. In the video, he criticized Netanyahu’s government, as other Israeli hostages in Hamas propaganda videos have done. Our position has not changed.”Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages demand their release at a protest in Tel Aviv in April. Eight people survived by hiding under the bodies of the dead, while Goldberg-Polin was one of several hostages taken.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Hersh Goldberg, Levy, Eliya Cohen, Goldberg, Polin, Netanyahu’s, Netanyahu, ’, Joe Biden, Hersh, Eliya, Netanyahu –, Gadi Eisenkot –, –, “, ”, Biden, Faiz Abu Rmeleh, Cohen, Rachel Goldberg Organizations: CNN, US, Monday, Getty, Nova Locations: Israel, American, Gaza, Tel Aviv

☆ Japanese hotel accused of canceling Israeli guest’s reservation because of ‘war crimes’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A hotel in the Japanese city of Kyoto allegedly canceled an Israeli tourist’s reservation because of “war crimes,” drawing criticism from local officials who said it violated regulations. The traveler who received the Whatsapp messages made an initial complaint to the Israeli embassy in Tokyo. The Israeli embassy says it would appreciate an apology from the hotel but will not pursue any legal action over the allegation. Since then, more than 37,000 people have been killed in Gaza by Israeli military offensives, according to Gaza health authorities. A United Nations inquiry this month found that both Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes amid the war in Gaza.

Persons: ”, Ido Bromberg, Bromberg, “, ” Bromberg, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Rinka Tonsho Organizations: CNN, Embassy, Israeli Defense Forces, Israel’s, El, United Nations Locations: Kyoto, Gaza, Tokyo, Israel, Palestine, “, Japan, Tel Aviv, Israeli

☆ Thousands gather in Tel Aviv to mark Naama Levy’s 20th birthday while in Hamas captivity in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Lauren Izso | Mohammed Tawfeeq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Thousands of people gathered in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday to commemorate the 20th birthday of Naama Levy, who has been held captive for 260 days. At Hostages Square on Saturday, Levy’s parents Ayelet Levy Shachar and Yoni Levy addressed the crowd. People hold signs and balloons, as family, friends, and supporters of Israeli hostage Naama Levy, who was kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack, attend a protest march on her 20th birthday in Tel Aviv on June 22, 2024. Many waved Israeli flags and held up signs with images of the Israeli hostages. Other protesters were heard shouting, ” Elections now.”“There is nothing more important, every hostage must return!” protesters in Jerusalem chanted.

Persons: Naama Levy, Levy, Ayelet Levy, Yoni Levy, Naama, ”, Yoni, “, ” Yoni, Eloisa Lopez, Reuters Yoni, Benjamin Netanyahu, Kiryat Gat, Pardes Hanna, ‘, you’re, Benny Gantz, Kibbutz Nir Oz, Nir Oz Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Reuters, Saturday, “, ” Locations: Tel Aviv, Gaza, Israel, Jerusalem, Herzliya, Caesarea, Raanana, Sheva, Pardes, Carmei Gat, Kiryat Gat

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