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NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be ambassador to Israel, has long rejected a Palestinian state in territory previously seized by Israel and has repeatedly signaled his staunch support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Huckabee, a former TV host and Baptist preacher, frequently visits Israel and once said he wanted to buy a holiday home there. He has maintained throughout the years that the West Bank belongs to Israel, and recently said “the title deed was given by God to Abraham and to his heirs.”His argument for a so-called “one-state solution”…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed An Israeli court on Wednesday rejected a new request by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to delay testifying at his corruption trial, ruling that he must take the stand next month even as the country is at war in Gaza and Lebanon.The spectacle of a sitting prime minister defending himself against graft charges is likely to further polarize Israelis, and Mr. Netanyahu’s legal troubles have long split the country. His supporters claim that a liberal deep state is trying to oust him by judicial means after failing to do so at the ballot box, and his opponents…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Five soldiers from the Golani Brigade fell in combat in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced on Wednesday evening. All five soldiers were from Golani’s 51st Battalion.The soldiers were Captain Itay Marcovich, Staff Sergeant Dror Hen, Staff Sergeant Sraya Elbom, Staff Sergeant Nir Gofer, and Sergeant Shalev Itzhak Sagron.  A sixth soldier was also killed in southern Lebanon, and his family was notified, but his fame has not yet been cleared for publication, Israeli media reported. Israeli media also noted that an additional soldier was wounded in the same incident that killed the six soldiers.  …

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Israel’s plan to close the UN Palestinian relief agency, Unrwa, within three months is impossible and unrealistic without causing further untold suffering to the Palestinian people, its director of operations in Gaza has warned.Just returned from Gaza, where he said he had seen levels of suffering unprecedented since the war started, Sam Rose warned that Unrwa could collapse, with severe implications for schools and hospitals not just in Gaza but in the West Bank if Israel went ahead with its plan.He was speaking the day after the US government stepped back from taking any action against…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed An Israeli hostage said “I miss my freedom” in a video released by the terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad.Alexander Troufanov was among the dozens of people taken prisoner by militants during the 7 October attacks last year. And while many hostages have since been released or liberated – or found dead – Mr Troufanov’s family are still hoping for his safe return.”I miss my family, I miss my friends, I miss my life, I miss my freedom,” he says in the video, released by the militant group on Wednesday. His family have authorised its use by media…

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) released a new video showing Alexander Troufanov, a Russian-Israeli hostage captured on October 7. In the video, Troufanov mentions that he and the other hostages are running low on food and hygiene supplies. He asks the Israeli public to keep pushing for a deal to secure their release and says he fears the approach of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), which might risk his safety. Previously, PIJ had released two videos of Troufanov in May. He was kidnapped alongside his parents, Yelena and Vitali, his grandmother Irena Tati, and his partner Sapir Cohen. His father…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Hard-right Dutch political leader Geert Wilders on Wednesday blamed “Moroccans” for attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam last week, saying during a parliamentary debate that they “want to destroy Jews” and recommending deporting those convicted.While lawmakers condemned antisemitism and agreed that perpetrators of the violence should be tracked down, prosecuted and handed harsh punishments, opposition legislators accused Wilders of “pouring oil on the fire” and said his statements were not conducive to “a better society.”Violence erupted in the Dutch capital before and after last week’s soccer match between Ajax Amsterdam and…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed In early October, the Israel Air Force (IAF) conducted a strike that killed Muhammad Musa Salah, Hezbollah’s field commander in the Khiam area, the military confirmed on Wednesday. Salah was responsible for directing multiple terrorist attacks against Israel and had overseen the launch of over 2,500 projectiles targeting the Golan Heights, Upper Galilee, and IDF forces operating in southern Lebanon. In a recent strike this week (Sunday) in southern Lebanon, the IDF killed Ayman Muhammad Nabulsi, the newly appointed commander of the Hezbollah “Nasser Unit” anti-tank missile array in Hajir. Additional precise strikes eliminated Hezbollah…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureRussia asks Israel to avoid airstrikes near Syrian baseRussia has asked Israel to avoid launching aerial strikes as part of its war against Hezbollah near one of Moscow’s bases in Syria, a top official said on Wednesday, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).Syrian state media in mid-October claimed that Israel had struck the port city of Latakia, a stronghold of president Bashar al-Assad, who is supported by Russia and in turn backs Hezbollah. Latakia, and in particular its airport, is close to the town of Hmeimim…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Iran is building what it termed a “defensive tunnel” in the capital Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday, following two counter-strikes by Israel on Iran, including one last month.Israel’s air force counter-attacked Iran on April 19 and, in a much larger series of strikes, on October 26, after the Islamic Republic launched two massive aerial attacks on the Jewish state on April 13-14 and October 1.Tehran attacked Israel with over 300 aerial threats, including around 120 ballistic missiles in April and with around 180 ballistic missiles on October 1. The air force…