New Hamas leader ‘holds key to ceasefire&, says US secretary of state Antony Blinken

Hamas has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the October 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader.

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Jennifer Rubin: Benjamin Netanyahu has a gift for getting the hackles up of people on all sides, including Israelis

President Joe Biden is at his wits& end. The Israeli military is exasperated. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis who regularly take to the streets suspect their leader of trying to prolong the war. And then there are the international organisations, European powers, hostage families and members of the US Congress. If nothing else, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has brought together an impressive list of adversaries who, even if they are sympathetic to Israel&s national security needs, are convinced that Netanyahu is, in Biden&s words, &bullshitting& them about ceasefire negotiations.

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Turkey will bid to join ICJ genocide case against Israel & source

Turkey will submit on Wednesday a declaration of intervention in South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, a diplomatic source said.

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Hezbollah launches fresh drone attack on northern Israel amid fears of all-out Middle East war

Hezbollah has hit northern Israel in a drone attack in response to what it calls &attacks and assassinations& carried out by Israel in southern Lebanon as fears grow of potential all-out war in the Middle East.

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Four Palestinians including three teenagers killed in Israeli raid in West Bank

Palestinian officials say that four Palestinians were killed, including three teenagers, and another seven were wounded by Israeli fire during a military raid in the occupied West Bank.

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Jon Gambrell: Iran&s proxy armies make it a formidable foe and could hasten wider regional war

A s Iran threatens to respond to the suspected Israeli assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, the regional militias that the Islamic Republic has armed for decades could play a role in any attack.

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