Jerusalem, July 10 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call with US President Donald Trump, during which the two agreed to continue coordination between their countries “on various fronts,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.During the call on Thursday, Trump briefed Netanyahu on US actions in the Gulf, the statement said, without elaborating, Xinhua news agency reported.Meanwhile, Netanyahu raised the “severity” of remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan …
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Jerusalem, July 9 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel would not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons and would expand domestic arms production to reduce dependence on foreign purchases.”Our policy is clear: with an agreement or without an agreement, Iran will not have nuclear weapons,” Netanyahu said at an air force pilots’ graduation ceremony.If the United States and Israel had not launched the strikes on Iran, “Iran would have armed itself,” he said, …
Jerusalem, June 1 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz on Monday said in a joint statement that they had ordered the military to strike Beirut’s southern suburbs. According to the statement, the order was given following repeated Hezbollah violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon, including rocket and drone attacks targeting northern Israeli cities.Israel’s Channel 12 News reported that the move came after the United States approved Israel’s requests to…
Jerusalem, May 26 (IANS) Citing Hezbollah’s violation of the ceasefire agreement as a reason, the Israel Defence Force (IDF) on Tuesday warned residents in the Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh to evacuate to safer areas. Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote on X that all residents of Nabatieh must move north of the Zahrani River.“In light of the terrorist Hezbollah’s violation of the ceasefire agreement, the Defence Army is forced to act against it forcefully. The Defence Army does not…
Jerusalem, May 3 (IANS) Israel’s Ministry of Defence (IMOD) plan to simultaneously acquire two new fighter squadrons: a fourth F-35 squadron from Lockheed Martin, and a second F-15IA squadron from Boeing, was approved by the Ministerial Committee on Procurement, the Ministry said on Sunday.The procurement was bought before the committee by Defence Minister Israel Katz and IMOD Director General Major General (Reserve) Amir Baram.The press statement by the Ministry said that the procurement is val…
Jerusalem, April 20 (IANS) Israel’s military released a map of a “buffer zone” it is working to establish in southern Lebanon, showing a broad area extending several kilometers inside Lebanese territory and forming a continuous belt from Lebanon’s Mediterranean territorial waters to the Mount Hermon area near the Syrian border.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz have said that Israel will not withdraw its troops from the area, despite a temporary ceasefire that too…
Jerusalem, April 19 (IANS) The Israeli military said Sunday it killed Hezbollah’s Bint Jbeil commander, Ali Rida Abbas, along with more than 150 members of the group in “pre-ceasefire strikes” during the 24 hours before a US-mediated truce took effect, media reports said. The military said Abbas was the fourth Hezbollah commander for the Bint Jbeil area killed by Israel since October 2023. It described Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon as a key frontline area for Hezbollah attacks, Xinhua News Agen…
Jerusalem, March 18 (IANS) Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday said that Iran’s Intelligence Minister, Esmaeil Khatib, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Tehran overnight. Katz also warned of “significant surprises” across all arenas, local media reported. During a security assessment, he said, “On this day, significant surprises are expected across all arenas that will escalate the war we are conducting against Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon,” according to remarks provided by …
Tel Aviv, Feb 28 (IANS) As the United States and Israel launched a major attack on targets across Iran, flights were cancelled and passengers stranded at Ben Gurion Airport shared their ordeal on Saturday and their next steps to ensure their safety. IANS spoke to several passengers at the airport following the sudden disruption. One passenger said, “We were told to evacuate after an emergency siren went off. My family and I went downstairs and then returned after a few minutes. Now, we have ag…