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  Iran-backed Houthi PM Ahmed al-Rahawi killed in Israeli strikes in Yemen: Who was he?

  World | August 30, 2025 6:54 IST

  Iran-backed Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in an Israeli strike on Yemen's Sanaa. In a statement, the Israeli Defense Forces said the Houthis - which control most of the parts of Yemen - are operating under the direction of Iran and are funding terror activities.

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  Turkey cuts all ties with Israel amid Gaza conflict, shuts airspace and ports

  World | August 29, 2025 22:47 IST

  Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned that Israel’s military operations could set the entire Middle East ablaze if not stopped. He called on the international community to take decisive action against Israel and urged global powers to cease their support for its policies.

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  IDF mobilises 130,000 reservists for Gaza offensive; dual citizens face rising legal scrutiny

  World | August 26, 2025 12:35 IST

  In response to the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, Israel extended mandatory military service to three years. This move increased the size of the IDF to 169,500 active personnel and 465,000 reservists.

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  Israel's Netanyahu says he'll approve military's plan for Gaza takeover amid renewed ceasefire talks

  World | August 22, 2025 7:23 IST

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remark comes days after Hamas said it has agreed to a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza. Hamas said it has agreed to the ceasefire proposal "without requesting any amendments," and it has also delivered its response to the mediators.

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  Civilians, hostages in peril as Israel plans to take over Gaza City; UNSC to hold special meeting

  World | August 09, 2025 7:42 IST

  Meanwhile, Egypt and Qatar are working on a new ceasefire proposal. According to two Arab officials, it would involve the release of all hostages, both living and deceased, in exchange for a full end to the war and a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.

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  Israeli Security Cabinet approves Netanyahu's plan to take over 'all of Gaza'

  World | August 08, 2025 8:18 IST

  Israel already controls 75 per cent of the territory in Gaza. If it tries to take control of all of it, then Israel may face further isolation from the global community, including its Western allies.

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  Netanyahu's govt on the brink: Coalition crumbles as numbers fall short in Parliament | Explained

  Explainers | July 17, 2025 14:52 IST

  Shas’s exit from cabinet positions has effectively cost Prime Minister Netanyahu his parliamentary majority. With the party’s 11 lawmakers stepping back from ministerial roles, the ruling coalition is now left with just 50 seats in 120-member Knesset—well below the 61 needed for a stable majority.

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  Netanyahu govt in Israel loses majority as key coalition partner quits over military draft law

  World | July 16, 2025 23:58 IST

  A second ultra-Orthodox party has quit earlier this week over the same issue. The political turmoil in Isarel comes as Israel and Hamas are negotiating on a US-backed ceasefire proposal for Gaza.

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  Top Iran cleric issues 'fatwa' against Trump, Netanyahu: 'Enemy of God'

  World | July 01, 2025 0:07 IST

  Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi has issued a fatwa in which he declares anyone who threatens the leader, and the Shia Marja, to be the 'Enemy of God'.

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  Calling 'Bibi' Netanyahu a 'warrior of holy land', Trump demands ending his corruption trial

  World | June 26, 2025 9:13 IST

  Bibi and I just went through HELL together, fighting a very tough and brilliant longtime enemy of Israel, Iran, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

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  Israel-Iran war updates: Iran expects India to condemn Israeli military actions against it

  World | June 20, 2025 23:32 IST

  Iran's Supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was evacuated to an underground bunker in northeastern Tehran hours after Israel began its strikes on Friday. Israel and Iran have fired hundreds of missiles and drones at each other's cities as well as military facilities since the hostilities began over a week.

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  Trump says US knows where Khamenei is hiding, calls for Iran's unconditional surrender

  World | June 17, 2025 23:51 IST

  Donald Trump said Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American-made, conceived, and manufactured stuff.

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  Netanyahu says eliminating Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei would end conflict, not escalate it

  World | June 16, 2025 23:37 IST

  Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks came after US President Donald Trump earlier vetoed an Israeli plan to target Iran's Supreme Leader, fearing it could worsen the conflict.

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  'Iran wants to kill US President Trump': Israeli PM Netanyahu makes big claim

  World | June 16, 2025 8:45 IST

  Earlier reports claimed that US President Trump had rejected a plan presented by Israel to the US to kill Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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  Benjamin Netanyahu postpones son's wedding as Iran launches missile barrage on Israel

  World | June 15, 2025 14:46 IST

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed his son Avner's wedding amid escalating tensions with Iran. The wedding, already controversial due to ongoing hostage situations in Gaza, was called off as Iran launched a massive missile barrage in retaliation to Israeli strikes.

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  Iran launches retaliatory strikes, explosions in Israel with 3 dead as tensions soar in Middle East

  World | June 14, 2025 11:48 IST

  Early Saturday, a second round of Iranian missile attacks triggered air raid sirens in Jerusalem as loud booms, likely from Israeli interceptors, reverberated across the capital.

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  Israel launches 'Operation Rising Lion' on Iran, Netanyahu calls it 'successful opening strike'

  World | June 13, 2025 16:16 IST

  Israel launched Operation Rising Lion to strike at Iran’s nuclear, missile and military complex. The strikes left key military commanders and nuclear scientists dead.

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  Israel strikes Iran's key nuclear facility in Operation Rising Lion: What makes Natanz prime target?

  World | June 13, 2025 11:21 IST

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Israel struck "at the heart" of Iran’s nuclear enrichment and weaponisation program, targeting enrichment facilities at Natanz, nuclear scientists, and ballistic missile infrastructure.

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  Israel accepts new Gaza ceasefire plan put forward by US, proposal to halt offensive for 60 days

  World | May 29, 2025 23:51 IST

  Hamas confirmed that it had received the proposal from mediators and was currently reviewing its contents.

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  First aid trucks enter Gaza nearly after three months of Israel's blockade

  World | May 19, 2025 23:40 IST

  Five trucks carrying baby food and other humanitarian aid entered Gaza according to COGAT, the Israeli defense body responsible for coordinating aid to the territory.