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California DMV Taking Some Heat Over a License Plate

'LOLOCT7' is seen as perceived mockery of Hamas attack; owner's family says it's unrelated

(Newser) - The California Department of Motor Vehicles has apologized for an "unacceptable and disturbing" personalized truck license plate that the agency said displayed hate speech related to the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. But as the AP reports, a relative of the vehicle's owner said the whole controversy was...

Dublin Embassy to Be Shut Over 'Anti-Israel Policies'

Intervention in genocide case sparks decision

(Newser) - Israel said Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza, a decision made in response to what Israel's foreign minister has described as Ireland's "extreme anti-Israel policies." In May, Israel recalled its ambassador to Dublin after Ireland announced,...

Gaza Ceasefire Talks Are Back on, Hamas Official Says

Negotiations have reportedly resumed after weekslong hiatus

(Newser) - A Hamas official said Thursday that international mediators have resumed negotiating with the militant group and Israel over a ceasefire in Gaza, and that he was hopeful a deal to end the 14-month war was within reach, the AP reports. Ceasefire negotiations were halted last month when Qatar suspended talks...

Nurse Takes in Gaza Infant Found in a Tree

Dubbed Malak or 'angel,' baby girl is one of thousands separated from their parents

(Newser) - The newborn appeared at a hospital in Gaza last October—alone. After Israeli strikes on Gaza City's Sabra neighborhood, rescuers had discovered the girl in a tree, the apparent sole survivor of the attack, NPR reports. The stump of her umbilical cord was still soft, indicating she was days...

Eye on His Inauguration, Trump Issues Gaza Ultimatum

President-elect: If Israeli hostages aren't released by Jan. 20, 'there will be ALL HELL TO PAY'

(Newser) - As news broke Monday that 21-year-old American Omer Neutra had been killed in the Oct. 7 attack in Israel, renewed attention was directed to the plight of the hostages still believed to be held by Hamas in Gaza. President-elect Trump was one of those weighing in, and he made clear...

Amid Ceasefire, Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Kill 11

Though White House says the ceasefire is, 'largely speaking,' still holding

(Newser) - Israel unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people on Monday after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles as a warning over what it said were Israeli truce violations. The projectiles were apparently...

American Listed as Hostage Held by Hamas Is Dead: Israel

Omer Neutra, 21, who grew up in New York, was killed in Oct. 7 attack, military says

(Newser) - An Israeli American soldier thought to have been taken captive by Hamas in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack instead was killed that day, the nation's defense minister said Monday. Omer Neutra, 21, a tank platoon commander in the Israeli military, died in battle in Nir Oz, a kibbutz stormed...

Hamas Releases Propaganda Video Featuring Israeli Hostage

Edan Alexander, an IDF soldier, has not previously been seen in a Hamas video

(Newser) - For the first time in months, Hamas has released a propaganda video featuring an Israeli hostage. Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American soldier in the Israel Defense Forces , has never before appeared in one of the videos, CNN reports. Released Saturday on the secure messaging site Telegram, the video claims to have...

3 Arrested in Rabbi's Murder
3 Arrested in Rabbi's Murder
Nov 26, 2024 12:30 AM CST

3 Arrested in Rabbi's Murder

Israel has vowed to hold 'terrorists' accountable

(Newser) - The United Arab Emirates said Monday police arrested three Uzbek nationals for the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi , an attack that's raised concerns for the burgeoning Israeli community in the country, the AP reports. The statement from the country's Interior Ministry offered no motive for the slaying of...

Hezbollah Launches Barrage at Israel

Lebanon denounces attack that wounded 18, killed 1

(Newser) - Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in one of the militant group's heaviest barrages in months, in response to deadly Israeli strikes in Beirut while negotiators pressed on with ceasefire efforts to halt the all-out war. Some of the rockets...

Netanyahu: Israel Will 'Seek Justice' in Rabbi's Death

Government calls killing of Zvi Kogan, who went missing in UAE, an act of terrorism

(Newser) - 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 Netanyahu's office said Israel "will...

International Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu

ICC also follows through on controversial move for Hamas officials

(Newser) - The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister, and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes in the Gaza war and the October 2023 attacks that triggered Israel's offensive. The decision turns Netanyahu and the others into internationally...

US Vote Sinks Gaza Ceasefire Resolution

UN Security Council voted 14-1 in favor of the resolution

(Newser) - The United Nations Security Council's fifth resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza was blocked on Wednesday, with a "nay" vote from the US sinking it. The New York Times reports 14 Security Council members voted in favor of the resolution, which had been...

Netanyahu Offers $5M to Anyone Who Frees a Hostage

Israeli PM says safe passage out of Gaza will also be offered

(Newser) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday offered $5 million to anyone who returns an Israeli hostage taken by Hamas, and promised to also grant the person safe passage out of Gaza, the New York Times reports. The offer was an increase on the "several million" he's previously promised,...

100-Truck Aid Convoy 'Violently Looted'

20 killed as 98 trucks are lost in southern Gaza, boosting fears of famine

(Newser) - A convoy of 109 aid trucks was "violently looted" in Gaza over the weekend as masked men threw grenades and held drivers at gunpoint, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). The agency said 98 trucks were lost while passing through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing with...

Pope Wants Investigation of Israeli Campaign in Gaza

Francis raises 'genocide' in excerpt from new book

(Newser) - Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine whether Israel's attacks in Gaza constitute genocide, according to excerpts released Sunday from an upcoming book ahead of the pontiff's jubilee year. It's the first time that Francis has openly urged for an investigation of genocide allegations over...

In a First, Air Force Awards Silver Star to Female Airman

Capt. Lacie Hester shot down drones fired by Iran at Israel

(Newser) - On the night of April 13, Iran launched more than 300 ballistic missiles and drones at Israel, an attack in response to a missile strike on Damascus, Syria, that had killed a top Iranian commander. US military aircraft and naval ships went to work that night in Israel's defense,...

Netanyahu's Aides Suspected of Altering Oct. 7 Records

They're also facing allegations of blackmail, and leaking a secret military file

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a phone call from a top general on the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, informing him that hundreds of Hamas militants were preparing to attack. Now, an investigation is underway to determine whether aides altered the official record of that call, raising questions about...

Israel Launches Strikes on Lebanon, Northern Gaza

Netanyahu says he and Trump are aligned on Iran

(Newser) - Israeli strikes killed dozens of people including children on Sunday in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza, as the world watched for signs of how the US election might affect the wars between Israel and Iranian-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement saying that...

Frustrated, Qatar Leaves Talks
Frustrated, Qatar Leaves Talks
Nov 9, 2024 12:30 PM CST

Frustrated, Qatar Leaves Talks

Decision could be reversed if Hamas, Israel get serious about a deal, officials say

(Newser) - Qatar has decided to suspend its mediation efforts between Hamas and Israel, officials said Saturday. However, Qatar is highly likely to return to the efforts if both sides show "serious political willingness" to reach a deal on the war in Gaza, said an official with Egypt, the other key...

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