Benjamin Netanyahu - The African Mirror

Oct

2023

Israeli troops raid Gaza as Arab nations condemn bombardment

ISRAELI forces carried out their biggest Gaza ground attack overnight in their 20-day-old war with Hamas as anger grew in the Arab world over Israel's relentless bombardment of the besieged Palestinian territory. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said Israeli troops were still preparing for a full ground invasion, while the U.S. and other countries urged Israel to delay, fearing it could ignite hostilities on other Middle East fronts. The U.N. agency providing aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza said it may soon have to shut down operations if no fuel reaches the Hamas-ruled territory amid a desperate need for shelter,…

Oct

2023

By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI

In deadly day for Gaza, hospital strike kills hundreds

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GAZA'S health ministry spokesman said an Israeli air strike has killed hundreds of people at a hospital in the Palestinian enclave, but Israel said a Palestinian barrage had caused the blast. The death toll was by far the highest of any single incident in Gaza during the current violence, triggering protests in the occupied West Bank, Istanbul and Amman. The Palestinian Authority's health minister, Mai Alkaila, accused Israel of "a massacre" at Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital. The strike killed hundreds of people and occurred during Israel's intense 11-day bombing campaign in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said "barbaric terrorists" in Gaza…

Oct

2023

By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and DAN WILLIAMS

Israeli strikes on Gaza intensify as humanitarian crisis deepens

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DIPLOMATIC efforts to arrange a ceasefire to let aid reach the besieged Gaza Strip failed and Israel ordered the evacuation of villages in a strip of territory near its border with Lebanon, raising fears the war could spread to a new front. Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that rules Gaza, after its fighters burst across the barrier surrounding the enclave on October 7, gunning down 1,300 Israelis, mainly civilians, on the deadliest day in Israel's 75-year history. It has put Gaza, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, under a total blockade and pounded it with unprecedented air strikes,…

Oct

2023

By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and EMILY ROSE

Israel vows to demolish Hamas as troops prepare to move on shattered Gaza

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ISRAEL'S Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to "demolish Hamas" as his troops prepared to move into the Gaza Strip in pursuit of Hamas militants whose deadly rampage through Israeli border towns shocked the world. Israel has urged exhausted Gazans to evacuate south, which hundreds of thousands have already done in the besieged enclave that is home to more than 2 million people. Hamas, which runs Gaza, has told people to ignore Israel's message. Inside Gaza's narrow and crowded streets, conditions were deteriorating as deaths from Israeli air strikes rose. Bodies were stored in ice cream freezer trucks because moving them to hospitals was too risky…

Oct

2023

By HENRIETTE CHACAR, NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and HUMEYRA PAMUK

Israel links Gaza aid to hostages’ release as humanitarian disaster looms

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ISRAEL said there would be no pause in its siege of the Gaza Strip for aid or evacuations until all its hostages were freed, as Washington urged it to protect civilians and the Red Cross warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in the enclave. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, arriving in Tel Aviv on a trip to show solidarity, told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that America would always be by Israel's side and give security assistance, but he urged Israel to show restraint "even when it's difficult". Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that rules the Gaza Strip, in…

Oct

2023

By The African Mirror

Israel and Palestinian war: What you need to know right now

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THE Israeli military said it struck hundreds of Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in the Gaza Strip overnight and had sent four combat divisions south where it continued to battle the Islamist militants. The death toll from the fighting stands at 1,100. ISRAEL TARGETS GAZA * Fighting between Israeli forces and Islamist group Hamas was ongoing at seven or eight locations near Gaza two days after Hamas gunmen killed 700 Israelis and abducted dozens more in the deadliest raid into Israeli territory since Egypt and Syria's attacks in the Yom Kippur War 50 years ago. Hamas fighters also continued to…

Oct

2023

By MAAYAN LUBELL, NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and AMMAR AWAD

‘Sea of bodies’ in Israel, scores dead in Gaza as shock Hamas attack unleashes war

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GUNMEN from the Palestinian group Hamas rampaged through Israeli towns killing and capturing scores of civilians and soldiers in a surprise assault, met by Israel with massive retaliatory air strikes that killed scores in the Gaza Strip. The worst attack on Israel for decades unleashed a war that both sides vowed to escalate. At least 200 Israelis were reported killed and 1,100 wounded by gunbattles raging in more than 20 locations inside Israel. In Gaza, health officials reported more than 230 people killed and 1,600 wounded. "Our enemy will pay a price the type of which it has never known," Prime Minister…

Sep

2023

By The African Mirror

DRC Congo to move its embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, Israeli prime minister says

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DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo will move its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Netanyahu, who met Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi during the U.N. General Assembly, announced in a statement that Israel would also be opening an embassy in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Only a handful of countries have their embassies in Jerusalem, with most others maintaining their diplomatic representation in the coastal city of Tel Aviv, Israel's main economic hub. While Israel considers Jerusalem its eternal and indivisible capital and wants all embassies based there, most of the…

Jul

2023

By DAN WILLIAMS

Israel’s Netanyahu in hospital, likely suffering from dehydration

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ISRAEL'S Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was admitted to hospital with dizziness from apparent dehydration but was in good condition, his office said, and there were no indications of a potential handover of power. By Saturday evening, Energy Minister Israel Katz, a member of Netanyahu's Likud party, told Israel's Channel 13 TV: "He's coming back to work. This event is behind us." He did not say when the prime minister would resume work. With his potential absence raising questions as the country deals with a crisis over a planned judicial overhaul as well as simmering conflicts with the Palestinians and Iran,…

Jul

2023

By RAMI AMICHAY

Israel protests flare over Netanyahu’s new Supreme Court bill

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THOUSANDS of protesters blockaded Israel's main airport and major highways as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right coalition pressed ahead with a justice bill that has opened the deepest splits seen in the country in decades. A day after parliament passed a key element in the bill, which aims to curb the power of the Supreme Court, crowds of flag-waving protesters stopped morning traffic in major intersections and on highways nationwide. Some lay down on roads, while others threw flares. Police on horseback deployed among hundreds of demonstrators in Israel's business hub, Tel Aviv. At the entrance to Jerusalem, officers used…