Benjamin Netanyahu Archives - Page 15 of 17

March 19, 2024 9:37 AM

Netanyahu says Israel to press on with Rafah assault plan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would keep on with the military campaign against Hamas in Gaza, where aid agencies say famine is looming, while ceasefire talks were set to resume. Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting that Isr...

March 15, 2024 1:37 PM

Hamas issues ceasefire proposal to mediators which includes exchanging hostages/prisoners

Hamas has presented a Gaza ceasefire proposal to mediators and the U.S. which includes the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for freedom for Palestinian prisoners, 100 of whom are serving life sentences, according to a proposal. Hamas said the...

March 12, 2024 6:07 PM

Visit by NSA Doval to Israel, meeting with PM Netanyahu reaffirms India’s “genuine friendship, empathy”: American Jewish Community official

Following a pivotal meeting between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, the American Jewish Community has emphasised the significance of India's support for the West Asian country during the current c...

February 9, 2024 10:29 AM

Israeli forces intensify Rafah strikes as diplomats seek to salvage Gaza truce

Israeli forces bombed areas in the southern border city of Rafah on Thursday where more than half of Gaza's population is sheltering, as diplomats sought to salvage ceasefire talks after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a Hamas proposal. I...

February 1, 2024 10:53 AM

Israeli PM calls for UNRWA closure amid Gaza air strikes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the closure of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) amid ongoing Israeli air strikes in Gaza. Accusations against some UNRWA staff for their alleged involvement in the Oct. 7 Hamas assau...

January 1, 2024 11:39 AM

Israel pounds Gaza, Hamas fires rockets as Netanyahu indicates long war

Israeli jets intensified attacks on central Gaza on Sunday, residents and medics said, as battles raged through the rubble of towns and refugee camps in a war Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said would take "many more months" to end. Netan...

December 26, 2023 9:47 AM

Netanyahu vows no let-up in war but UN worker says Gazans have no place to go

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep up the fight against Hamas militants, but a United Nations humanitarian team leader said Palestinian civilians in Gaza who honor Israeli evacuation orders cannot be guaranteed they will be safe....

December 10, 2023 1:34 PM

Israel’s Netanyahu says he appreciates U.S. position in U.N. Security Council

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday (December 9) that he appreciated the United State's veto at the U.N. Security Council's, blocking a demand for a ceasefire in Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. "Other countries must also u...

November 24, 2023 12:02 PM

Gaza truce appears to hold initially as Israel, Hamas start ceasefire

There were no reports of bombings, artillery strikes or rocket attacks as Israel and Hamas started a four-day ceasefire in Gaza on Friday, the first pause in a 48-day-old war that has devastated the Palestinian enclave. The truce began at 7 a.m. (05...

November 23, 2023 3:34 PM

War rages on in Gaza as truce delayed until at least Friday

War raged on in Gaza on Thursday, as a proposed truce and release of hostages was delayed for at least another day. Columns of black smoke could be seen rising above northern Gaza's war zone from across the fence in Israel as daylight broke over t...