Benjamin Netanyahu: News

15 Oct 2023

Israel

Israeli forces ordered to capture Gaza City, destroy Hamas leadership

Israel has ordered its forces to seize Gaza City and destroy Hamas's current leadership, following the surprise attack by the terrorist group that killed 1,300 people and stunned Israel, The New York Times reported.

14 Oct 2023

France

France: Louvre Museum closed after bomb threats

The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, evacuated all visitors and closed early on Saturday after receiving bomb threats.

14 Oct 2023

Israel

Hamas's aerial force chief killed during Gaza airstrike: Israel

The head of Hamas's air force, Murad Abu Murad, was killed in an overnight airstrike in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) revealed on Saturday.

14 Oct 2023

Israel

Israeli military launches 'localized raids' into Gaza, major escalation looms

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched targeted "localized raids" on the ground in Gaza on Friday, sending in infantry and tanks to clear the area of potential Hamas terrorists and search for missing Israelis, The Times of Israel reported.

13 Oct 2023

Israel

Millions of Gazans asked to move south 'within 24-hours': UN

Israel's military ordered the evacuation of northern Gaza, which is home to 1.1 million people, within 24 hours on Friday, a United Nations (UN) spokesperson said.

12 Oct 2023

Israel

Israel strikes Syrian airports amid ongoing conflict with Hamas

Amidst its ongoing war with Hamas, Israel on Thursday struck two major airports in Syria.

12 Oct 2023

Israel

Tech companies in Israel consider relocation amid escalating conflict

Global tech giants such as Microsoft and Google could soon move their offices from Israel to India or countries in eastern Europe or the Middle East, Economic Times reported.

12 Oct 2023

Joe Biden

Israel-Hamas war: Biden alleges 'terrorists beheading children,' White House clarifies

Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, United States (US) President Joe Biden has alleged that he never thought he would see photographs of terrorists beheading kids.

12 Oct 2023

Israel

Every Hamas member is a dead man: Israel's PM Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Palestinian group Hamas that each of its members is "a dead man."

11 Oct 2023

Joe Biden

No specific information on Iran's role in Hamas attack: US

The United States (US) on Tuesday said that there was "no specific information" that would implicate Iran in the recent terrorist attack carried out by Hamas against Israel, PTI reported.

11 Oct 2023

Israel

Israel snatches border areas from Hamas, death toll crosses 3,000

Israel claimed to have recaptured Gaza's border areas from Hamas as the death toll crossed 3,000 with the war entering Day 5 on Wednesday.

10 Oct 2023

Israel

Israel takes Gaza border's 'full control,' 1,500 Hamas terrorists killed

Israel said on Tuesday it has "restored full control" over the Gaza border and had "largely regained control" of the country's southern region, according to the Associated Press.

10 Oct 2023

Narendra Modi

India stands with Israel: PM Modi after Netanyahu's phone call

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he received a phone call from his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu who informed him about the current situation amid the conflict with the Palestinian terror group Hamas.

Israel-Hamas war enters 4th day, death toll mounts to 1,600

At least 1,600 people have died and thousands were injured in the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, India Today reported.

10 Oct 2023

Israel

Netanyahu's stern warning: Israel will finish war that Hamas started

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a powerful message to the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Tuesday, saying though Israel didn't start the war, it would be the one to end it.

09 Oct 2023

Israel

Israel ignored warnings of 'something big': Egypt official

An Egyptian intelligence official has claimed that Israel ignored multiple warnings from Egypt about a major impending attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Associated Press reported.

09 Oct 2023

Israel

Iran helped Hamas plan attack on Israel for weeks: WSJ

Iran allegedly helped Palestinian militant group Hamas in planning its unprecedented Saturday attack on Israel weeks ago, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported.

09 Oct 2023

Israel

Israel-Hamas war: Death toll crosses 1,100, US sends warships

At least 700 people have reportedly been killed in Israel, and over 400 have lost their lives in Gaza since the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas launched its unprecedented attack on the former on Saturday.

09 Oct 2023

Israel

US says Americans killed in Israel, deploys warships against Hamas

A United States (US) official confirmed on Sunday that several American citizens were killed in recent land-sea-air attacks on Israel by the Palestinian group Hamas.

08 Oct 2023

Israel

What is Iron Dome, Israel's flagship missile defense system

Israel is currently at war after a surprise attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday morning.

08 Oct 2023

Israel

Israel-Hamas war: Over 500 dead, Netanyahu vows taking 'deadliest revenge'

At least 300 Israelis have died while 1,590 others have been injured since Palestinian militant Islamist group Hamas launched its surprise attack on Israel on Saturday morning, Fox News reported, quoting local news media.

07 Oct 2023

Israel

We are at war: Netanyahu after Hamas's attack on Israel

After Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a barrage of rockets toward Israel on Saturday morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the country was "at war!"

25 Jul 2023

Israel

Israel passes controversial judicial reform law, protesters clash with police

Israel's parliament, called the Knesset, passed a controversial law on Monday curbing the Supreme Court's power to overturn government actions it deemed unreasonable.

12 May 2023

Israel

Israel-Palestine conflict: Top Gaza commanders killed in latest Israeli strikes

The commander of Palestinian Islamic Jihad's Gaza rocket squads, Ali Ghali, was reportedly killed in an Israeli air strike on Thursday morning as the conflict between Palestine and Israel continues.

07 Apr 2023

Israel

Israel launches air strikes on Lebanon, Gaza after rocket attack

Israel has launched airstrikes in Gaza and struck targets that belonged to the Palestinian militant group Hamas in southern Lebanon on Friday morning, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.

27 Mar 2023

Israel

Protests break out in Israel as Netanyahu sacks defense minister

Tens of thousands of protesters have hit the streets across Israel as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu removed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over his statement against the controversial plan to reduce the power of the country's judiciary.

13 Mar 2023

Joe Biden

Biden promises to fix 'mess' as second US bank collapses

After the recent collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank (SB), United States (US) President Joe Biden has promised to hold everyone responsible for the failure of the banks "fully accountable."

04 Nov 2022

Israel

Israel: Far-right alliance propels Benjamin Netanyahu back to power

Israel's longest-serving President, Benjamin Netanyahu is set to return to power after a resounding win in the elections on Thursday.

02 Nov 2022

Israel

Israel elections: Exit polls predict return of Netanyahu as PM

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to return as the Jewish state's new Prime Minister, BBC reported.

14 Jun 2021

Israel

Naftali Bennett sworn-in, Netanyahu's 12-year rule as Israel PM ends

Naftali Bennett was on Sunday sworn in as Israel's new Prime Minister, ending Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year hold on power and the political uncertainty that gripped the Jewish nation for months after inconclusive elections.

03 Jun 2021

Israel

Netanyahu's opponents reach coalition deal to oust Israeli PM

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opponents on Wednesday announced they have reached a deal to form a new governing coalition.

23 Dec 2020

X

Israel on cusp of fourth national election in two years

Israel headed to its fourth election in two years on Tuesday after an effort to keep the government afloat and push off the automatic dissolution of parliament failed.

14 Aug 2020

Donald Trump

With Trump's help, Israel, UAE strike deal to normalize relations

In a surprise announcement on Thursday, US President Donald Trump said that Israel and UAE have struck a historic peace deal to normalize diplomatic relations.

01 Apr 2020

Israel

Israel's defense lab starts testing COVID-19 vaccine

After US and China, Israel is also inching closer to creating a vaccine for the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19.

29 Jul 2019

Narendra Modi

Modi features in Israeli PM Netanyahu's election campaign. Bromance much?

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to tell his countrymen he is in "another league" and his political opponents don't stand a chance of winning the upcoming elections.

30 Apr 2019

ISIS

ISIS chief Baghdadi appears in video after 5 years

For the first time in five years, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the ISIS chief who had gone underground and was presumed dead, surfaced in a new video.

18 Apr 2019

Donald Trump

Israeli President formally appoints Benjamin Netanyahu as the prime minister

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin formally handed Benjamin Netanyahu his letter of appointment yesterday to start building a coalition government following last week's general election.

26 Mar 2019

Turkey

Turkey slams Trump's Golan move as 'election gift' to Israeli-PM

Turkey yesterday denounced US President Donald Trump's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights as an "election gift" to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

13 Jan 2019

Iran

Israeli PM Netanyahu confirms air-strike on Iranian warehouses in Syria

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today said Israel had, at the weekend, carried out an air strike on Iranian weapon warehouses in Syria, a rare public confirmation of such attacks.

27 Dec 2018

Israel

Israeli Knesset votes to dissolve current parliament, schedules new elections

The Israeli Knesset has voted to dissolve the current parliament and scheduled new elections for April 9.