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Netanyahu holds lead to win election, as almost all of votes counted

Bibi's bloc projected to win 62 seats • Meretz, Balad teetering threshold • Lapid calls for patience

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Israeli strike destroyed over 1,000 Iran-made missiles in Syria - SOHR

A targeted warehouse, located within the SSRC, reportedly stored thousands of missiles assembled under the supervision of IRGC "expert officers."

US military carries out strike in Syria on Iran-linked targets

The strikes came even as the United States aimed to respond to a draft agreement proposed by the European Union that would bring back the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran

Imran Khan: Pakistan police open investigation into former PM

Pakistan's police have said the country's former prime minister, Imran Khan, is under investigation.

Israel-Gaza: Israel arrests 19 militant suspects after Gaza flare-up

Israel says it has arrested 19 members of the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in raids across the occupied West Bank, after carrying out airstrikes against targets in the Gaza Strip.

US kills al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul drone strike

The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a “precision” strike in the centre of Kabul, the Afghanistan capital, President Joe Biden said, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.

Saudi Arabia ends Israel ban by opening its airspace to all carriers

Saudi Arabia announced Friday it was lifting restrictions on "all carriers" using its airspace, an apparent gesture of openness towards Israel ahead of US President Joe Biden's arrival.

Lapid to Biden: Put a credible military threat to Iran on the table

The United States affirms a military threat to Iran in the Jerusalem Declaration.

US would use force against Iran ‘as a last resort' - President Biden

“The only thing worse than Iran now is Iran with nuclear weapons,” US President Joe Biden said in an interview with Israeli media.

Biden in Israel: US President set to land Wednesday afternoon

All the latest updates from US President Joe Biden's first official trip to Israel since taking office.

US assassinates ISIS leader

Maher al-Agal, one of the terror group’s top four commanders, was killed in an air strike in Syria

France repatriates 35 children, 16 mothers from Syria camps

France has repatriated 35 children and 16 mothers from camps in Syria where family members of suspected Islamic State group jihadists have been held, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

What are Naftali Bennett’s political options after he leaves PMO?

There are some in his inner circle who believe there is a strong chance that he will retire from politics, but other options exist.

Israel to dissolve government, replace prime minister

The country will hold its fifth election in three-and-a-half years

Israel coalition moves to dissolve parliament, Lapid to become caretaker PM

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Monday that they would submit a bill next week to dissolve the country's parliament, which if passed would trigger new elections with Lapid serving as caretaker prime minister.

Israel’s Jerusalem Day Sparks Tension as Thousands March Through the Old City’s Muslim Quarter

Hamas fired rockets into Israel during last year’s march, sparking an 11-day war between Israel and the Gaza-based group

Colonel in Iran Revolutionary Guards assassinated

A colonel in Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has been shot dead in a rare assassination in Tehran.

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