Here are Saturday’s updates on Israel, Gaza and the West Bank:
■ Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud described the Israeli recognition of Somaliland as an “illegal aggression of PM Netanyahu,” calling it “against international law” in a post…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Iran had highest number of executions in over a decade
Iran had highest number of executions in over a decade | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran NewsIran’s treatment of prisoners in 2025 was also rife with abuses, according to the report, with 2,513 cases of prisoners being held in…
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Former police chief slams Netanyahu at rainy anti-government protest in Tel Aviv
Thousands of Israelis protested against the government in the rain throughout the country on Saturday, with former police chief Roni Alsheich slamming the cabinet for its conduct amid the so-called Qatargate scandal.
“Israel stepped in to…
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Iran-linked hack group posts vague poem targeting Benjamin Netanyahu
Iran-linked hack group posts vague poem targeting Benjamin Netanyahu | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran NewsIn recent years, Handala has frequently published claims on social media about hacking, obtaining sensitive information,…
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Trump and his team are losing confidence in the Israeli prime minister
Information provided by Axios magazine once again confirms the complex relationship between Benjamin Netanyahu and key figures in Donald Trump’s administration. The current loss of trust on the part of such…
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Italy arrests nine over alleged Hamas funding through charities
ROME, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Italian prosecutors said on Saturday they had arrested nine people on suspicion of financing Hamas through charities based in Italy, in an operation coordinated by anti-mafia and anti-terrorism units.
The suspects are…
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iPhone sales soar in Gaza, but buyers remain homeless
iPhone sales soar in Gaza, but buyers remain homeless | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastFriday’s NBC report said that, due to the compactness of the phones, they can be imported into the Strip more efficiently than construction…
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2 brothers of terrorist arrested after deadly attack in north; IDF seals West Bank home
Israeli security forces continued a large-scale counterterrorism operation in the northern West Bank town of Qabatiya on Saturday, a day after a deadly ramming-stabbing attack in northern Israel that killed two Israelis.
A full curfew…
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Iran president says Tehran at war with Israel, US, Europe
Iran president says Tehran at war with Israel, US, Europe | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran NewsThe Iranian president added that Tehran faces a worse threat than its war with Iraq in the 1980s, and that Tehran is better equipped…
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Netanyahu to meet Trump in US on Monday
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to meet US President Donald Trump in Florida on Monday, an Israeli official told AFP, in what is seen as a crucial visit for the next steps of the fragile Gaza truce plan.
It will be Netanyahu’s…
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