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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday warned of an imminent large-scale military operation in the West Bank and vowed to displace some residents of Hebron after Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers in an attack.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday vowed to “destroy” the Palestinian city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank after two Israeli soldiers were killed at a military checkpoint there. The two gunmen were also killed in the “terrorist attack”, the army said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu basked in Donald Trump's endorsement on Monday ahead of close-fought elections, airing a phone call in which the US president predicted he would win and suggested they may again attack Iran together. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Simon Mabon, Professor of International Politics and Middle East Studies at Lancaster University.
US embassies in the Middle East have issued a security alert for Americans as fighting in Yemen continues to ramp up.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called for an investigation into the anonymous sources featured in the award-winning Gaza war documentary "NAZA". The film, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival last month, is based on testimony from 24 unnamed Israeli military whistleblowers who accuse the army of killing numerous civilians in Gaza with the use of AI-powered targeting systems. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Jerusalem, Noga Tarnopolsky.
The South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay, who is currently an ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her efforts to promote peace and international law. Her win is sure to be seen as a high-profile rebuke to US President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who have both rejected the findings of a UN commission she led that Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Both leaders also have been highly critical of the institutions where Pillay has worked. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given voters an election ultimatum: Vote for him or vote for Palestine.
In a week that’s seen the heroism of the captain, crew and passengers on board FlyDubai flight 1073 heralded, eye witnesses report seeing the co-pilot trying to kill the pilot and destroying the cockpit controls in order to crash the plane. Despite being stabbed repeatedly, Captan Smit Machchhar managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers to overwhelm the suspect and regain control of the aircraft after its rapid descent of more than 14,000 feet in 30 seconds. They prevented a 9/11-style catastrophe, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday warned that any country or organisation found to be responsible for the violent clash on board an Israel-bound FlyDubai flight would "pay a very heavy price". While Netanyahu has alleged the co-pilot who stabbed his captain mid-flight had undergone "Islamist radicalisation", the motive behind the incident remains unclear.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday the co-pilot accused of attacking a Flydubai flight carrying mostly Israelis had undergone “Islamist radical indoctrination”, as UAE authorities investigated a possible terror link. The captain and passengers overpowered the suspect before the plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
One of the pilots on a FlyDubai flight headed for Israel stabbed the second pilot, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the pilot of a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight had tried to crash the plane and kill its passengers, after the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Passengers gave a similar account of the incident on board, describing a fight for control after the plane suddenly plummeted, losing around 17,000 feet of altitude in the span of a minute, according to the Flightradar24 website.
The co-pilot of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv tried to crash the plane after stabbing the pilot, but passengers then held him down while other pilots landed the plane safely in Saudi Arabia, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Al Jazeera a “toxic media outlet.”
A day after a divisive speech by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, the prime minister of Lebanon will address the UN General Assembly. Leaders from Pakistan and Iraq are also set to speak on the meeting's 4th day.
As spoke at the UN, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu downplayed settler violence in the occupied West Bank.
Dutch PM Rob Jetten says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be at the UNGA despite an ICC arrest warrant.
Dozens of delegates walked out of the assembly hall as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his UN speech.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday mounted a forceful defense of Israel's actions in the region at the UN, seeking to counter growing international isolation ahead of elections he could lose, as dozens of delegates streamed out.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a combative speech at the UN General Assembly on Thursday in which he denied that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza, lashed out at leaders, including New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and said attacking Iran was "one of the easiest decisions" he had ever made.
