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... life has been rendered all but impossible. For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Simona Foltyn in Maroun El Ras on Lebanon's border with Israel. Geoff Bennett: The "News Hour" reached out to the Israeli military with detailed questions about their activities in Southern Lebanon. They issued a statement ...
... put in place a “verification mechanism” to investigate alleged violations of the ceasefire. The November 2024 agreement required Lebanon to stop armed groups from attacking Israel and Israel to halt “offensive” military actions in Lebanon. It said Israel and Lebanon can act in “self-defense,” without elaborating. Under the ceasefire ...
... Israeli media identified its envoy as Uri Resnick, a former diplomat and the national security council’s deputy director for foreign policy. Palestinian hospital says Israel killed a man in Gaza A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli fire on Wednesday in Gaza Strip, a hospital said, marking the latest ...
The day before Thanksgiving was the real celebration for an American family living in the occupied West Bank. Mohammed Ibrahim was released after nearly 10 months in an Israeli prison. The 16-year-old was arrested in February for allegedly throwing stones at Israeli vehicles. His family was unable to speak with or see him for his...
Israel's military has stepped up its activities in the West Bank since the war in Gaza began. Israel says the offensive is aimed at rooting out militants. Palestinians say scores of stone-throwers, protesters and uninvolved civilians have been killed. In recent weeks, Israeli settlers have stepped up attacks ...
... Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking a preemptive pardon in the midst of his years long corruption trial. Netanyahu said a pardon would heal divisions in Israeli society, but initial public reaction suggested otherwise. The appeal was made to Israeli President Isaac Herzog. His office called the request extraordinary and said ...
In rare cases, the system could pardon Netanyahu. Experts say the president has broad discretion to grant one, and oversight is limited. However, "as a rule, the president reviews a pardon request only after all legal proceedings have ended. The possibility of a preconviction pardon ... is extremely rare,” the Israel ...
... Israeli and a Thai national, are still to be returned. Israelis rallied again Saturday night in Tel Aviv for their return. Elsewhere in the region Israeli forces have pushed forward on a number of other fronts in the region in recent weeks. Syrian officials said that Israeli forces raided a ...
... the Israeli incursions as a violation of Syria’s sovereignty. On Friday the government called for the international community to take “urgent action” to halt Israeli incursions. Israel has viewed Syria's new government, headed by former insurgent leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, with suspicion. The two countries, which do not ...
The latest operation comes amid a rising tide of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank. Israeli leaders have played down the settler attacks as the work of a small minority. But Palestinians say the attacks are frequent, often in close proximity to Israeli troops, and the settlers are rarely ...
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