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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,...

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...

CIA Official Is Charged With Leak of Documents on Israel

Asif William Rahman, arrested in Cambodia, to make court appearance in Guam

(Newser) - A man who worked for the US government has been charged with leaking classified information assessing Israel's earlier plans to attack Iran , according to court papers filed Wednesday, per the AP . The man, identified as Asif William Rahman, was arrested by the FBI this week in Cambodia and was...

Lebanon Faults Israel Before UN Board Over Pager Attacks

Files complaint with Labor Organization, because some of those killed, wounded were workers

(Newser) - Lebanon filed a complaint against Israel at the UN's labor organization over the string of deadly attacks involving exploding pagers, saying workers were among those killed and injured, a Lebanese government minister said Wednesday. The wave of remotely triggered explosions that hit pagers and walkie-talkies carried by Hezbollah members...

Netanyahu Fires Defense Minister
Netanyahu Fires
Defense Minister
Nov 5, 2024 4:17 PM CST

Netanyahu Fires Defense Minister

Thousands take to the streets to protest dismissal of Yoav Gallant

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed his popular defense minister, Yoav Gallant, in a surprise announcement that came as the country is embroiled in wars on multiple fronts across the region. Netanyahu and Gallant have repeatedly been at odds over the war in Gaza. But Netanyahu had avoided...

Israel Voids 1967 Deal With UN Relief Agency

Tel Aviv claims UNRWA has been infiltrated by Hamas

(Newser) - Israel notified the UN Monday that it is cutting ties with a UN relief agency that helps Palestinian refugees. Israel maintains that UN Relief and Works Agency has been infiltrated by Hamas , though the UNRWA denies the allegations and says it takes measures to ensure its neutrality, reports the AP...

Khamenei Vows 'Crushing Response' Against US, Israel

Iranian supreme leader's threat comes over attacks on Iran and its allies

(Newser) - Iran's supreme leader on Saturday threatened Israel and the US with a "crushing response" over attacks on Iran and its allies. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke as Iranian officials are increasingly threatening to launch yet another strike against Israel after its Oct. 26 attack on the Islamic Republic that...

Israel Hits Iran Hard in Predawn Strikes

Attacks on Iranian military sites threaten to escalate tense situation in Mideast

(Newser) - Israel unleashed a series of predawn airstrikes against military sites in Iran on Saturday, saying it targeted facilities used to make the missiles fired at Israel. The attack risks pushing the archenemies closer to all-out war at a time of spiraling violence across the Middle East, where militant groups backed...

Israel Says It Killed Hezbollah Leader's Replacement

Hashem Safieddine was killed in an airstrike earlier this month, officials say

(Newser) - Israel said Tuesday that one of its airstrikes outside Beirut earlier this month killed a Hezbollah official widely expected to replace the longtime leader of the militant group who was killed by an Israeli airstrike last month. There was no immediate confirmation from Hezbollah about the fate of Hashem Safieddine,...

Israel Says Beirut Hospital Is Hiding Millions for Hezbollah

Hospital invites journalists in to prove it has nothing

(Newser) - The Israeli army accused Hezbollah of storing money and gold under a prominent hospital in Beirut, and the director of the hospital responded by inviting journalists in for a look, reports the AP , which was among those invited to inspect. Fadi Alame, a member of Lebanon's Parliament who's...

Netanyahu Speaks Out After 'Assassination' Attempt

Drone targeted Israeli PM's house Saturday

(Newser) - Israel's government said a drone targeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's house Saturday, with no casualties, as fighting with Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Gaza-based Hamas showed no pause after the killing of the Hamas mastermind of last year's Oct. 7 attack. Israel's military said dozens of projectiles were...

Gaza Drone Video Shows 'Remarkably Personal' Scene
Gaza Drone
Video Shows
'Remarkably
Personal' Scene
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 19, 2024 9:00 AM CDT

Gaza Drone Video Shows 'Remarkably Personal' Scene

Israel says man in footage throwing object at drone is Hamas' Yahya Sinwar, right before his death

(Newser) - Hamas has confirmed the death of its leader, Yahya Sinwar, killed in Gaza by Israeli military troops on Wednesday, and the New York Times now reports on a "heavily edited" drone video appearing to show his final moments. The footage , released by the Israel Defense Forces, shows a barely...

Friedman: Please, Netanyahu, Don't Blow This Opportunity

Hamas leader's death could lead to a 2-state solution, if the prime minister is willing

(Newser) - Just how big is the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar? "It is impossible to exaggerate the importance," writes New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. The immediate aftermath of his death could usher in the end of the war in Gaza, as well as the return of Israeli...

Israel: We May Have Killed Hamas Leader
Israel Confirms Death
of Hamas Leader
UPDATED
Oct 17, 2024 11:59 AM CDT

Israel Confirms Death of Hamas Leader

Yahya Sinwar was architect of Oct. 7 attacks

(Newser) - Israel has confirmed that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in a clash with Israeli troops in Gaza. "Mass murderer Yahya Sinwar, who was responsible for the massacre and atrocities of October 7, was killed today by IDF soldiers," Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in a statement, per...

Sources Say Israel Has a Plan to Attack Iran

Retaliatory attack expected before US Election Day

(Newser) - Sources tell CNN Israel has readied its plan to retaliate against Iran, and they say the country is expected to carry out that plan before November 5—Election Day in the US. Sources earlier gave that same expected timeline to the Washington Post . The sources who spoke to CNN note...

White House Gives Israel a 30-Day Deadline

Military assistance could be blocked if flow of aid to Gaza fails to improve

(Newser) - The Biden administration, warning that humanitarian conditions for more than 2 million civilians in Gaza are "increasingly dire," has given Israel a 30-day deadline to improve the situation. According to a letter seen by Axios , officials warned Israel that failure to allow more aid into Gaza could have...

Biden Is Staunchly Against One Possible Israel Response
Israel Makes
Key Promise
to US Over Iran
UPDATED
Oct 15, 2024 10:10 AM CDT

Israel Makes Key Promise to US Over Iran

Netanyahu says they won't strike nuclear or oil facilities in the nation

(Newser) - Israel has promised the US that it won't go after any nuclear or oil facilities in Iran when it retaliates for a missile strike by Tehran, report the Washington Post and the New York Times . The US previously made clear it wouldn't support such strikes because of fears...

Army: Helping Israel With Air Defense Comes at a Cost

Leaders say deployment could slow modernization efforts

(Newser) - The deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel and roughly 100 soldiers to operate it will add to already difficult strains on the Army's air defense forces and potential delays in modernizing its missile defense systems, Army leaders said Monday. The service's top two...

Rescuers Look for Survivors After Israeli Strike in Beirut

Subsequent strikes killed two Lebanese soldiers and injure UN peacekeepers

(Newser) - An Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers on Friday, Lebanon's military said, hours after troops fired on the headquarters of UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, injuring two peacekeepers for the second time in as many days. The attacks entangling both Lebanon's official army—which has largely stayed on...

From One Ancient Seed, a Biblical Plant Has Sprung
From One Ancient
Seed, a Biblical
Plant Has Sprung
NEW STUDY
Oct 8, 2024 12:43 PM CDT

From One Ancient Seed, a Biblical Plant Has Sprung

Scientists say the plant that sprouted may have had a medicinal purpose in long-ago times

(Newser) - A seed unearthed in the '80s in a cave in Israel's Judean Desert has produced a tree that scientists say hails from biblical times—and that could boast medicinal powers mentioned in the Good Book itself.
  • The planting: According to research published last month in the Communications Biology
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