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Israel says rabbi who went missing in the UAE was killed
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel said Sunday that the body of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found after he was killed in what it described as a “heinous antisemitic terror incident.” The statement from Prime Minister Benjamin...
Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill a hospital director in Lebanon and wound 9 medics in Gaza
Israeli airstrikes killed a hospital director at his home in northeastern Lebanon and six others, while at least five paramedics were killed by Israeli strikes in the country's south on Friday, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. In Gaza, Israeli strikes hit Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of...
Many in Gaza are eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Yasmin Eid coughs and covers her face, cooking a small pot of lentils over a fire fed with twigs and scrap paper in the tent she shares with her husband and four young daughters in the Gaza Strip. It was their only meal Wednesday — it was all they...
A Dutch court weighs a lawsuit against arms sales to Israel
THE HAGUE (AP) — Pro-Palestinian activists told a Dutch court on Friday that the Netherlands is violating international law by selling weapons to Israel, a day day after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes....
Hungary's Orbán vows to disregard international arrest warrant for Netanyahu
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday denounced the International Criminal Court’s issuing of an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he would defy it by inviting him to Hungary. In comments to state radio,...
Middle East latest: ICC issues warrant for Israel's Netanyahu as Gaza death toll soars past 44,000
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and a Hamas military leader, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The announcement came as health officials in the Gaza Strip said the...
Top war-crimes court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and others in Israel-Hamas fighting
THE HAGUE (AP) — The world’s top war-crimes court issued arrest warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas’ military chief, accusing them of crimes against humanity in connection with the 13-month war in Gaza. The...
Warrants put Israeli PM and others in a small group of leaders accused of crimes against humanity
The decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and a top Hamas official puts them in a small group of leaders to be accused of crimes against humanity. The court issued warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Senate rejects effort from Bernie Sanders to block some weapons for Israel over Gaza deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday rejected attempts by Sen. Bernie Sanders Wednesday to block sales of offensive weapons to Israel for its war in Gaza over mounting civilian deaths there. The Vermont lawmaker and a small group of Democrats sought to put legislation up for a...
Middle East latest: US envoy holds talks in Lebanon on Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire proposal
U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein held what he called “very constructive talks” with Lebanese officials in Beirut on Tuesday about a possible cease-fire in the Israel-Hezbollah war. "Today, we have continued to significantly narrow the gaps,” Hochstein said, a day after Hezbollah...
