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Witkoff has 'very good feelings' about Gaza truce talks

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Wednesday he had "very good feelings" about a possible Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, adding that he expected to send out a new proposal imminently.

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Trump says warned Netanyahu against striking Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off from striking Iran as he voiced optimism about nuclear talks his administration is holding with Tehran.

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Syrian president tells country reconstruction effort has 'just begun'

Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, said in a speech that the country's post-war reconstruction had 'just begun', calling on his people to unite.

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Gaza rescuers say 16 killed in Israeli strikes Wednesday

Gaza rescuers said sixteen people were killed Wednesday in Israeli strikes across the besieged Palestinian territory where Israel intensified its operations this month.

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Iran executes man convicted of spying for Israel

Iran has executed a man convicted of spying for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, the judiciary said on Wednesday.

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UN blasts new US-backed aid distribution system in Gaza

The U.N. on Wednesday condemned a U.S.-backed aid system in Gaza after 47 people were injured during a chaotic food distribution, where the Israeli military said it did not open fire at crowds.

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Netanyahu denies threatening to strike Iran in call with Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Wednesday denied a New York Times report claiming that in the latest conversation between him and U.S. President Donald Trump, the prime minister had threatened to strike Iranian nuclear facilities.

The office called the report "fake news."

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Israeli fighter jets strike Sanaa's airport

Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that fighter jets had carried out strikes on Houthi targets at the airport in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, a day after the group fired two projectiles at Israel.

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EU chief slams Israel's 'abhorrent' strikes on Gaza civilian sites

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen denounced as "abhorrent" Israel's deadly wave of strikes on civilian facilities in Gaza including a school-turned-shelter, during a call with Jordan's King Abdullah II on Tuesday.

"The expansion of Israel's military operations in Gaza targeting civilian infrastructure, among them a school that served as a shelter for displaced Palestinian families, killing civilians, including children, is abhorrent," von der Leyen said, according to a European Commission readout of the call.

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Argentina's President Javier Milei to receive $1M Genesis Prize in Israel

Argentina's President Javier Milei is headed to Israel.

Milei was awarded the $1 million Genesis Prize in January in recognition of his support of Israel.

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