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6+ min ago (231+ words) A United Nations Security Council delegation visiting Lebanon on Saturday called on all sides to uphold the November 2024 ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, stressing the need for Lebanon to maintain a state monopoly on weapons, AFP reported. Israel has struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon even after the ceasefire went into effect, due to the fact that the terrorist organization continues to rebuild its military infrastructure and maintain an armed presence near Israel's northern border. Most recently, Israel eliminated Hezbollah's Chief of Staff, Haytham Ali Tabtabai, in a strike in Beirut. Responding to the elimination, Hezbollah's leader Naim Qassem declared that the terror group has the right to respond. "All parties must uphold the November 2024 cessation of hostilities agreement, and we recognise progress achieved by Lebanon this year," he added. Zbogar reaffirmed the Council's support for Lebanon's "territorial integrity, sovereignty and…...

29+ min ago (123+ words) The Brooklyn Nets, the team of Israelis Ben Saraf and Danny Wolf, routed the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday, 119-101.Wolf and Saraf each scored 7 points. Wolf added 4 rebounds and 2 assists, while Saraf contributed 4 more assists. The Brooklyn Nets, the team of Israelis Ben Saraf and Danny Wolf, routed the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday, 119-101. Wolf and Saraf each scored 7 points. Wolf added 4 rebounds and 2 assists, while Saraf contributed 4 more assists. The Brooklyn Nets, the team of Israelis Ben Saraf and Danny Wolf, routed the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday, 119-101. Wolf and Saraf each scored 7 points. Wolf added 4 rebounds and 2 assists, while Saraf contributed 4 more assists....

44+ min ago (54+ words) Real time news brief - Turkish FM: Hamas ready to hand over Gaza if police force established - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Turkish FM: Hamas ready to hand over Gaza if police force established Turkish FM: Hamas ready to hand over Gaza if police force established...

44+ min ago (214+ words) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned that failure to advance the US-backed Gaza ceasefire plan would be a "huge failure" for Washington and the international community, stressing that President Donald Trump personally led the initiative. Speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the Doha Forum, Fidan said Hamas was prepared to hand over control of Gaza, but insisted that a credible Palestinian Arab civil administration and a vetted police force must first be established. Turkey, a NATO member, played a key role in negotiating the Gaza ceasefire and was among the signatories of the accord signed in Egypt. Ankara has pledged to monitor its implementation and expressed interest in joining the stabilization force. However, Israel has firmly rejected any Turkish involvement in post-war Gaza despite Turkey's continuing push to be a part of the international force in Gaza. Israel's stance…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (82+ words) [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the nation after Israel killed Hezbollah]A political source denied N12's report, stating that Netanyahu's meeting aimed to deal with "a group of delinquent youths who are neither part of the settlement, nor represent it." Netanyahu calls for evacuating 14 illegal outposts, remove Jewish extremists in West Bank - N12 A political source denied N12's report, stating that Netanyahu's meeting aimed to deal with "a group of delinquent youths who are neither part of the settlement, nor represent it."...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago (548+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 793 A report Saturday claimed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered the evacuation of 14 illegal settlement outposts in the West Bank due to the involvement of their residents in extremist violence, though a spokesperson for the premier flatly denied the story. The report by Channel 12 news came amid concern in the United States that repeated settler attacks could endanger US President Donald Trump's plan for postwar Gaza. The report stated that the security services view the outposts as sources of Jewish terrorism, and as "staging posts" for extremist settlers to attack Palestinian villages and civilians in the vicinity. Some residents of such outposts are also thought to be responsible for recent attacks against the IDF and the Israeli police. According to the report, the security services will seek to detain some 70 such extremist activists and issue…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago (40+ words) Real time news brief - Italian police block Pro-Palestinian Arab protesters at Olympic torch relay - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Italian police block Pro-Palestinian Arab protesters at Olympic torch relay...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago (310+ words) Authorities said both groups - one of them numbering about 15 people - were removed before reaching the relay route in Rome. A third group of around 10 activists, monitored by police, waved Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) flags as the relay passed La Sapienza University, Rome's largest campus. In addition, three individuals carried signs in support of Venezuela near the American embassy. The incident comes weeks after more than two million demonstrators marched in over 100 Italian cities in October to protest the war in Gaza. The torch relay began with Olympic champion swimmer Gregorio Paltrinieri at the statue-lined Stadio dei Marmi. The flame traveled 33 kilometers before concluding the day in Piazza del Popolo. The relay will span 12,000 kilometers, crossing all 110 Italian provinces before arriving at Milan's San Siro Stadium for the opening ceremony on February 6. A total of 10,001 torch bearers will participate. Italy has…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago (859+ words) Mediators of delicate truce say troop removal and deployment of international force crucial to second phase Qatar and Egypt, the guarantors of the Gaza ceasefire, called on Saturday for the withdrawal of Israeli troops and the deployment of an international stabilisation force as the necessary next steps in fully implementing the fragile agreement. The measures were spelt out in the US- and UN-backed peace plan that has largely halted fighting, though the warring parties have yet to agree on how to move forward from the deal's first phase. Its initial steps required Israeli troops to pull back behind a so-called "yellow line" within Gaza's borders, while the Palestinian militant group Hamas released the living hostages it still held and handed over the remains of all but one of the deceased. "Now we are at the critical moment " A ceasefire cannot…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago (45+ words) Real time news brief - Egypt FM claims: Israel violating ceasefire, monitors needed urgently - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Egypt FM claims: Israel violating ceasefire, monitors needed urgently Egypt FM claims: Israel violating ceasefire, monitors needed urgently...