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☆ 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.

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☆ Morocco's hashish dealers boycott Israeli traffickers in solidarity with Gaza, says report
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dealers of highly-prized Moroccan hashish are severing ties with Israeli drug smugglers. They are boycotting Israeli dealers in protest at the killing of Palestinians in Gaza, said a report. AdvertisementMoroccan hashish dealers are severing ties with Israeli drug smugglers amid the ongoing war in Gaza, per a report in Israeli media. "The hashish dealers in Morocco are not willing to sell us more hashish either directly or through intermediaries," a drug offender from Sharon told Mako , an Israeli news portal, reports. The Moroccan hashish boycott echoes the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

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☆ Exclusive-One-Month Gaza Truce Focus of Intensive Talks, Sources Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +8 min

Asked about the negotiations, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters on Monday the organization was open to discussing ideas but that no deal was yet in place. One offer by Israel is to end the war if Hamas removes six senior leaders from Gaza, said a seventh source, a senior Hamas official. Five of the sources said Israel had refused to discuss any end to the war that did not include Hamas being dismantled. Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy said at a press conference on Tuesday that efforts were ongoing to secure the hostages' release. The official briefed on the talks said Hamas had since softened that demand, which would likely be vehemently opposed by Israel.

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☆ Elon Musk toured the site of Hamas' October 7 terror attacks on Israel, after being accused of antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk began his visit to Israel on Monday by touring Kibbutz Kfar Aza with PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Kfar Aza was targeted by Hamas on October 7, with over 100 civilians killed there. Musk will also meet with Israel's president during his visit, to discuss antisemitism on X. AdvertisementElon Musk visited an area of Israel that was targeted by Hamas during its terrorist attacks last month, weeks after the billionaire businessman was accused of antisemitism. After his visit to Kfar Aza on Monday, Musk posted on X: "Actions speak louder than words."

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☆ Elon Musk set to visit Israel, Israeli president confirms
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk is set to travel to Israel to see damage caused by the Hamas attacks. Musk had previously angered Israeli officials by saying he would offer Starlink in Gaza. AdvertisementElon Musk plans to visit Israel on Monday, the office of Israeli President Isaac Herzog confirmed to Business Insider. Musk previously met with Netanyahu in California in September, during which the pair discussed antisemitism on X, Musk's social media platform that was formerly known as Twitter, the Associated Press reported. AdvertisementA biographer of Musk said the chief executive blocked Starlink access in Crimea to prevent Ukraine from targeting occupying Russian forces with drones.

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☆ Palestinian militants execute 2 alleged Israeli collaborators and publicly display their corpses on the West Bank, say reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Two Palestinian men accused of collaborating with the IDF were executed, say reports. The two men were executed in Tulkarm on the West Bank, accused of being Israeli collaborators on Friday night, per i24NEWS. AdvertisementA third man accused of being a spy was executed in Jenin, also on the West Bank, The Jerusalem Post reported. Violence in the West Bank has dramatically increased since the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel on October 7 . The IDF's actions in the West Bank have focused on arrests and targeted assassinations.

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☆ Elon Musk is planning to go to Israel next week and visit towns near the Gaza border: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk plans to visit Israel next week and tour the areas near the Gaza border, according to N12. Musk recently angered Israeli officials with a proposal to provide Starlink to Gaza. AdvertisementElon Musk is planning a visit to Israel next week, where he will tour towns near the border with Gaza, according to Israeli media. News outlet N12 reported that Musk, the richest man in the world, plans to visit the Gaza envelope —the populated areas of Israel about 4.3 miles from the Gaza Strip border. AdvertisementOn Tuesday, Musk said that X would be "donating all revenue from advertising & subscriptions associated with the war in Gaza to hospitals in Israel."

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A deal for a temporary cease fire was inching into view in Israel's war against Hamas, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tempered expectations by vowing that the war would continue even if a deal is reached. “We are at war, and we will continue the war,” he said. Israel has vowed to continue the war until it destroys Hamas’ military capabilities and returns all hostages. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose government maintains ties with Hamas officials, said Turkey’s foreign minister and intelligence chief were working with Qatari officials to negotiate releases. Hamas has released four hostages, Israel has rescued one, and the bodies of two were found near Shifa.

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☆ IDF lookouts said they saw unusual activity along the Gaza border before the October 7 attack, but their commanders told them to stop bothering them, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

IDF lookouts warned their commanders about activity along the Gaza border, according to reports. Some of the activity the lookouts witnessed included unusual training protocols and more people lingering near the fence, per the outlet. Previous reports stated commanders told their lookouts Hamas were "just a bunch of punks" who wouldn't "do anything" when they reported what they had seen. "A day before everything happened, I saw people with maps," one lookout told N12, per J Post. Other lookouts reported seeing the same drills over and over: shooting, laying on the ground, then throwing grenades.

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☆ As Fighting Rages, Israel Says Ready to Evacuate Babies From Gaza's Main Hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +7 min

The Israeli military said 46 had been killed since its ground operations there began. ISRAEL SAYS IT WILL HELP EVACUATE BABIESIsrael's chief military spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said the Israeli military would help evacuate babies from the hospital. "The staff of the Shifa hospital has requested that tomorrow we help the babies in the pediatric department to get to a safer hospital. Medical staff say patients could die if they are moved and Palestinian officials say Israeli fire makes it dangerous for others to leave. 'TOTALLY SCARY ATMOSPHERE'Ahmed al-Mokhallalati, a senior plastic surgeon at Al Shifa, told Reuters there had been continuous bombardment for more than 24 hours.

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An Israeli military spokesperson said Hamas had lost control of northern Gaza. The Israeli military said 46 had been killed since its ground operations there began. ISRAEL SAYS IT WILL HELP EVACUATE BABIESIsrael's chief military spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said the Israeli military would help evacuate babies from the hospital. "The staff of the Shifa hospital has requested that tomorrow we help the babies in the pediatric department to get to a safer hospital. 'TOTALLY SCARY ATMOSPHERE'Ahmed al-Mokhallalati, a senior plastic surgeon at Al Shifa, told Reuters there had been continuous bombardment for more than 24 hours.

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☆ Shani Louk became the face of Hamas' brutal massacre. Her family says they'll remember her as a 'pacifist' with a pure soul.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Shani Louk was a German-Israeli tattoo artist who was thought to have been kidnapped by Hamas. Shani Louk, dressed in an olive green two-piece, is one of them. AdvertisementAdvertisementRicarda Louk sits in front of a placard of her daughter Shani Louk Tuesday Oct. 17, 2023 in Tel Aviv. Evelyn Hockstein/Reutersn the early years of her life, Louk's family moved to Portland, Oregon, after her father, Nissim, got a job at Intel. In other photos posted by her sister, the Louk family appears to be very close.

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☆ IDF says Hamas fighters killed and decapitated babies at one kibbutz near the Gaza border
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Joshua Zitser | Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Israel soldiers say they found dead babies at a kibbutz near the Israel-Gaza border. A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces told Insider on Tuesday that its soldiers found the decapitated corpses of babies at Kfar Aza, a kibbutz near Gaza. Reports started to emerge on Tuesday that Israeli soldiers had made the grisly discoveries at the self-sustaining rural community near Gaza. Hamas targeted multiple kibbutzim near the border with Gaza after the militants broke through the gate separating the territory from Israel. Israel's retaliatory airstrikes have also killed at least 830 people in Gaza, The Washington Post reported, citing the Health Ministry in Gaza.

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[1/3] A view of a junction shows the aftermath of a mass-infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in the Sderot area, southern Israel October 7. A resident reported seeing multiple bodies and bullet-scarred vehicles in the southern Israeli town of Sderot where groups of Hamas gunmen were still fighting Israeli troops 12 hours after the attack was launched. A sea of bodies, inside Sderot along the road, other places, loads of bodies," said Shlomi from Sderot. In one incident, young Israelis told of fleeing a dance party in the early hours of Saturday as Hamas gunmen backed by rocket barrages entered towns and villages by the border. Israeli TV stations carried telephone calls from terrified residents of towns and kibbutzes speaking even as gunmen were trying to break into their shelters.

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☆ Palestinian fighters captured an Israeli tank and IDF soldiers amid unprecedented wave of attacks, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Palestinian fighters appear to have captured an Israeli tank amid an unprecedented wave of attacks. Unconfirmed reports claim that Hamas has captured Israeli soldiers and taken them to the Gaza Strip. AdvertisementAdvertisementPalestinian fighters appear to have captured an Israeli tank and set it on fire, according to videos circulating on social media. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Hamas-affiliated Telegram channel published multiple photos appearing to show dead Israeli soldiers lying in streets. The channel also claimed that Hamas fighters had abducted Israeli soldiers and taken them back to the Gaza Strip.

Persons: —, — Muhammad Arif Khan, Al Arabiya, David, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Hamas, Service, Qassam Brigades, IDF Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Videos show Hamas fighters attacking Israel using motorized paragliders amid a wave of surprise attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Videos appear to show Hamas fighters entering Israel using paragliders. AdvertisementAdvertisementVideos appear to show Hamas fighters attacking Israel using motorized paragliders amid an unprecedented wave of surprise raids by the Palestinian militant group on Saturday. Videos filmed using mobile phones show Hamas fighters flying in, and Hamas later published video footage of their fighters training on the paragliders. An IDF spokesperson said Hamas fighters had infiltrated from "land, sea and air," per The Times of Israel. AdvertisementAdvertisementHe said more than 2,200 rockets had been fired into Israel, while Hamas claimed over 5,000 rockets were fired.

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☆ Israel's Netanyahu takes heat in polls as judicial crisis deepens
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, July 26 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a hit in the polls over a judicial law his hard-right coalition has championed as he attempts to navigate his gravest domestic crisis. Seats held by Netanyahu's Likud party would fall from 32 to 28, according to N12 News, and to as low as 25 seats in a survey by broadcaster Reshet 13. Israel's close ally the United States called the Knesset vote "unfortunate" and urged work toward a broad consensus. "There has been an increase in requests to halt reserve duty," Brigadier General Daniel Hagari told Israeli reporters in remarks confirmed by a military spokesman. Protest leaders said growing numbers of military reservists would no longer report for duty if the government pressed ahead with its plans.

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☆ Israeli official says Biden invited Netanyahu to White House in September
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement at the Palmachim Air Force Base near the city of Rishon Lezion, Israel July 5, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File PhotoJERUSALEM, July 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet at the White House in September, Israel's national security adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, said on Tuesday, though the White House has yet to confirm the details. Hanegbi told N12 News that in their phone call on Monday, "The president of the United States told the prime minister, contrary to reports which I saw here too, that he is inviting him to the White House in Washington for a meeting in September." In response to a Reuters query about Hanegbi's remarks, a White House official said the two leaders have agreed to meet but did not specify where. Reporting by Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem and Steve Holland in Washington Editing by Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Israeli protests reignite as Netanyahu pushes new justice bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Rami Amichay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] An aerial view shows protesters as they take part in a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 8, 2023. Tens of thousands demonstrated across the country, with the rally in Tel Aviv drawing crowds far larger than recent protests, news channels N12 News and Channel 13 reported. The protests subsided a little from late March when Netanyahu, under pressure at home and abroad, suspended the plan for compromise talks with opposition parties meant to reach broad agreement over justice reforms. The opposition says that move is another dangerous step towards curbing judicial independence that would eventually subject the Supreme Court to politicians and open the door to corruption. "We have no choice, we have to defend our democracy," said Sigal Peled-Leviatan, 51, a tech worker demonstrating in Tel Aviv.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Oren Alon TEL, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Netanyahu, Sigal, Maayan, Mark Potter Organizations: Israeli, REUTERS, Nationwide, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, Oren Alon TEL AVIV

☆ Israeli-Russian academic being held by militia in Iraq, Netanyahu says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, July 5 (Reuters) - An Israeli-Russian academic who went missing in Iraq a few months ago is alive and being held there by Shiite group Kataib Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Wednesday. It said she had gone to Iraq for research purposes on behalf of Princeton University in the United States. According to the university's website, Tsurkov is pursuing her PhD at Princeton's Department of Politics. A Princeton spokesperson declined to say whether Tsurkov was in Iraq on the university's behalf, citing policies and a federal law governing students' privacy and safety. Kataib Hezbollah is one of the most powerful Iran-backed militia groups there.

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☆ Passengers who missed their flight were arrested after they broke onto the boarding bridge and one jumped down onto the runway, video shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A father and two sons were arrested after a wild attempt to get to a plane after missing their flight. The passengers forced their way onto the bridge once boarding closed, according to the Times of Israel. A video shows one of the men then dangling from the bridge, jumping off, and heading for the plane. The newspaper reported that they broke onto the boarding bridge after the plane had already moved away, with one family member leaping down from it and approaching the plane. The footage shows at least one of the men later being surrounded by security staff at the airport.

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[1/5] Israeli troops aim their weapons as they clash with Palestinians during a raid in Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, March 1, 2023. The head of a pro-settler party in Netanyahu's nationalist-religious coalition, Smotrich made the comments at a conference on Wednesday amid a spate of deadly Palestinian attacks and Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank. Asked about a weekend settler rampage through the Palestinian village of Huwara, which an Israeli general on Tuesday described as a "pogrom," Smotrich said: "I think that Huwara needs to be erased". Israeli forces killed one Palestinian and arrested six in the West Bank. One Palestinian was killed and scores were hurt as dozens of houses and cars were torched in what one Israeli commander described as a "pogrom".

☆ Israel arrests suspects in settler rampage described by general as 'pogrom'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, March 1 (Reuters) - Police have arrested six suspects over a settler rampage in the occupied West Bank earlier this week that an Israeli general described as a "pogrom" and which followed a deadly Palestinian gun attack. Israeli police said on Wednesday they expected to make more arrests during their ongoing investigation into the settler violence in and around Huwara, a Palestinian village where the two Israeli brothers from a nearby settlement were shot dead. "The incident in Huwara was a pogrom carried out by outlaws," he told N12 News late on Tuesday. A 'pogrom' is a mob attack, often approved by authorities, against a religious, racial, or national minority. POLITICAL TENSIONSFuchs' comments came amid increased tensions within the nationalist-religious government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which includes hard-line settlers demanding tough action against Palestinian attacks.

☆ Tens of thousands take to streets of Israel opposing proposed judicial overhaul
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new right-wing coalition and its proposed judicial reforms to reduce powers of the Supreme Court, in Tel Aviv, Israel February 11, 2023. REUTERS/Ilan RosenbergJERUSALEM, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday for a fifth week of protests against judicial overhaul plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government which critics say threaten democratic checks on ministers by the courts. "We are ...very proud of our democracy and he wants to make Israel something else. We will not agree, we will do everything in our power to stop it," Hadar Weis, 61, told Reuters at the protest in Tel Aviv. Israel's N12 news released a poll on Saturday revealing that 62% of Israelis want the proposed judicial plans to be either paused or halted all together.

☆ Video appears to show moments after a baby was ditched by parents at an airport, leaving airline staffers in 'shock:' 'She left him here!'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Video appears to show the moments after a baby was ditched by his parents at a Tel Aviv airport. The parents arrived late for their flight and didn't have a ticket for the infant, authorities said. The 23-second video shows an infant in a carrier left at an airport check-in counter as airline staffers behind the desk gather around the baby. The parents then headed for the security line, "leaving the infant behind at check-in," after they did not have a booking for the baby. After the officer's preliminary investigation and accordingly, no further investigation was needed," a spokesperson for Israel Police told Insider on Thursday.

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