Benjamin Netanyahu Stories

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says ceasefire will not start until Hamas releases hostage list
Reuters  |  Jan 19, 2025

Hostages were expected to be released within hours of the start of the ceasefire, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended...

ICC prosecutor sees 'no real effort' by Israel to probe alleged Gaza war crimes
Reuters  |  Jan 18, 2025

ICC judges issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defence chief Yoav Gallant and Hamas leader Ibrahim Al...

ICC president says war crimes tribunal is in jeopardy
Reuters  |  Dec 02, 2024

Russia issued an arrest warrant for Khan two months after the court in The Hague issued a warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Shuttle diplomacy push that took Lebanon from Armageddon to ceasefire
Reuters  |  Nov 30, 2024

Longstanding enemies, Israel and Hezbollah have been fighting for 14 months since the Lebanese group began firing rockets at Israeli military targets.

Netanyahu says he is ready to implement Israel-Lebanon ceasefire
Reuters  |  Nov 26, 2024

The Lebanon ceasefire agreement requires Israeli troops to withdraw from south Lebanon and Lebanon's army to deploy in the region, officials say.

Legal threats close in on Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
Reuters  |  Nov 24, 2024

Netanyahu has denounced the court's decision as antisemitic and denied charges that he and Gallant targeted Gazan civilians and deliberately starved t...

ICC issues arrest warrant against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged war crimes
Amina Wako  |  Nov 21, 2024

The arrest warrants, classified as ‘secret’ to protect witnesses and safeguard ongoing investigations, were issued based on the pair’s alleged role in...

Two flash bombs fired into garden of Netanyahu's home in north Israel
Reuters  |  Nov 17, 2024

Israel's President Isaac Herzog condemned the incident in a post on X and said an investigation was underway.

War crimes court replaces judge in Netanyahu arrest case on health grounds
Reuters  |  Oct 26, 2024

The move is expected to further delay a decision in the case focused on the Gaza conflict as the new judge will need time to catch up on the filings.

Israel strikes Iran military targets but Tehran says damage 'limited'
Reuters  |  Oct 26, 2024

Videos carried by Iranian media showed air defences continuously firing at apparently incoming projectiles in central Tehran

Hezbollah fires rockets into northern Israel as Israeli strikes pound Gaza
Reuters  |  Oct 19, 2024

Hezbollah has been trading fire with Israel since the war between Israel and Hamas began in Gaza last October.

Israel kills Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan in airstrike
Reuters  |  Sep 28, 2024

Hezbollah said in a statement that it would continue its battle against Israel "in support of Gaza and Palestine, and in defence of Lebanon and its st...

Turkey's Erdogan calls for Islamic alliance against Israel
Reuters  |  Sep 07, 2024

Erdogan hosted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Ankara this week and they discussed the Gaza war and ways to further repair their long-froze...

Blinken says incumbent on Hamas, Israel to remove gaps in Gaza ceasefire deal
Reuters  |  Sep 06, 2024

He said there were also some gaps in the agreement in how Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are exchanged.

Biden says Netanyahu not doing enough to secure hostage deal
Reuters  |  Sep 02, 2024

Months of stop-start negotiations mediated by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt have so far failed to reach an accord on a Gaza proposal laid out by Biden in...

ICC prosecutor urges judges to urgently rule on warrants for Israeli, Hamas officials
Reuters  |  Aug 24, 2024

Khan stressed that the court had jurisdiction over Israeli nationals who commit atrocity crimes in the Palestinian territories and asked the judges to...

Kenya evacuates 11 Kenyans from volatile Lebanon
Mwangi Maina  |  Aug 22, 2024

There are more than 26,000 Kenyans in Lebanon, the majority of whom are domestic workers. 

Blinken arrives in Middle East to renew push for Gaza ceasefire
Reuters  |  Aug 18, 2024

Hamas has pushed for a ceasefire deal to end the war, while Israel has not been willing to agree to go beyond a temporary pause in the fighting.

Rockets fired at Iraq's Ain al-Asad airbase housing US forces, security sources say
Reuters  |  Aug 05, 2024

One security source said the rockets fell inside the base.

Frustration with Netanyahu mounts as Gaza talks falter
Reuters  |  Aug 05, 2024

Divisions between Netanyahu and the defence establishment over a deal, which could help defuse the escalating crisis that risks engulfing the Middle E...

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