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As Israel prepares to implement the ‘Gaza model’ in Lebanon, where is the international reaction?

This is not the time for empty condemnations but sanctions and arms embargos, says Ben Reiff, deputy editor of +972

The Guardian - UK

5 Photos of Shoshana Strock – A Glimpse at the Israeli Minister Daughter's Life, Ritual Abuse Allegations, and Untimely Death

Explore the tragic story of Shoshana Strock, whose allegations of abuse and sudden death have sparked national debate in Israel.

International Business Times UK

Is Iddo Netanyahu Still Alive? Internet Flooded With Claims Netanyahu Brother Was Killed In Mysterious Strike

Is Iddo Netanyahu still alive? Viral posts claim Netanyahu's brother was killed in a mysterious strike, as millions view online rumours targeting Israeli leaders during the war.

International Business Times UK

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Germany's Merz says Israel's West Bank settlement plan a 'big mistake'

Berlin has called for a unified European response to the "E1 project," which some officials warn poses an "existential threat" to the future of the two-state solution. Israel disputes this and maintains that the status of settlements is a matter of negotiations.

Euronews

Was Itamar Ben-Gvir Targeted? No Evidence of Iranian Air Strike on Minister's House Despite Viral Posts

Israeli authorities say there is no evidence for viral claims that Iran targeted Itamar Ben‑Gvir's house or killed Iddo Netanyahu, while a separate confirmed incident involved another minister's son injured near the Lebanon border. The episode highlights the surge of misinformation surrounding the conflict.

International Business Times UK

Fact-Check: Viral Claims of Iddo Netanyahu's Death in Tel Aviv Confirmed as Hoax

Viral hoaxes claiming Iddo Netanyahu's death and Itamar Ben-Gvir's injury in an Iranian strike have gripped social media amid Israel-Iran tensions. Fact-checks reveal old videos and a 2024 crash twisted into fiction, while a minister's son bears real shrapnel wounds from Lebanon.

International Business Times UK

Iddo Netanyahu Is Dead Rumours: How Fake News Targeted Netanyahu's Brother and Itamar Ben-Gvir

Amid Iran's missile onslaught on Israel, viral claims that Iddo Netanyahu had been killed and that Itamar Ben‑Gvir secretly suffered injuries were debunked by fact‑checkers, with no official confirmation of either incident and the posts found to be misinformation spread during the conflict.

International Business Times UK

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'Greater Israel' on Uniform: Map Covers Syria, Iraq, Jordan – Provocative Symbol or Just a Patch?

Images of Israeli soldiers with 'Greater Israel' patches have reignited controversy, symbolizing expansionist ambitions and sparking regional tensions

International Business Times UK

Disputes over Hamas disarmament stall Gaza peace plan progress

Hamas to almost certainly reject plan described in Israeli press, say experts, as no guarantee Israel will withdraw on surrender of weapons

The Guardian - UK

Israeli minister calls West Bank measures 'de facto sovereignty,' says no future Palestinian state

Israel's energy minister says the government's new measures in the West Bank aim to implement "sovereignty de facto."

The Independent UK

Trump White House voices opposition after Israel unveils plan to increase control over West Bank

Israel’s security cabinet has approved plans that pave the way for more settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory

The Guardian - AU

Israeli policy in West Bank 'close to ethnic cleansing', says Ehud Olmert

The former Israeli premier decried his country's actions and policy in the West Bank just as the Israeli government announced radical plans to exert control of even more Palestinian territory.

Euronews

Israel's security cabinet approves measures to strengthen control over the West Bank

Israel's security cabinet has approved measures to strengthen control over the occupied West Bank and weaken the powers of the Palestinian Authority

The Independent UK

Israel's settler movement takes victory lap as a sparse outpost becomes a settlement within a month

Israeli settlers are celebrating the inauguration of a new settlement in the West Bank on land where Israel and the U.S. once hoped to build a hospital for Palestinian children

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Trump's Board of Peace has several invited leaders trying to figure out how it'll work

The EU's executive arm, Russia, Belarus and Thailand say they've been asked to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace that will supervise the next phase of the Gaza peace plan

Euronews

Russian president invited to join Trump's 'Board of Peace' for Gaza, Kremlin says

The invitation to Putin is expected to raise eyebrows with the full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearing its fourth year and the Russian leader seemingly reluctant to commit to a peace deal.

The Guardian - UK

Israel far-right ministers reject US-backed postwar Gaza panel

Finance minister says Netanyahu should back annexation and settlement, and attacks Turkey and Qatar’s role on Gaza ‘executive board’

The Guardian - UK

Israel pushes ahead with vast illegal settlement in heart of West Bank

Exclusive: Tender posted for construction of 3,401 homes in settlement designed to ‘bury idea of a Palestinian state’

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The Independent UK

Israeli settlers spray Palestinian children with teargas in latest West Bank attack

A Palestinian government official says Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian home in the south of the Israeli-occupied West Bank overnight

The Conversation

West Bank violence is soaring, fueled by a capitulation of Israeli institutions to settlers’ interests

Owais Hammam was walking near his home in Khirbet Bani Harith in the West Bank on Dec. 3, 2025, when, according to media reports, he was kidnapped by Jewish settlers. Over several hours at a nearby settlement, the 18-year-old Palestinian is alleged to have endured repeated beatings, humiliation and harassment.

The Guardian - UK

‘I have been defeated’: hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from East Jerusalem

Residents in Batn al-Hawa have all but given up hope and blame the Gaza war which, they say, has created ‘an atmosphere of hate’ towards them

The Guardian - UK

UN to vote on Gaza stabilisation force plan that references Palestinian state

Benjamin Netanyahu faces pressure from far-right ministers after Saudi insistence on ‘credible pathway’ to statehood

The Guardian - UK

Israel strikes Gaza after Netanyahu accuses Hamas of breaching ceasefire

Prime minister accuses Hamas of ‘clear violation’ of truce as far-right ministers clamour to resume war

The Conversation

Can Netanyahu survive peace?

Now a ceasefire has come into effect in Gaza, Israel’s long-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, faces the dilemma of how to campaign ahead of the next national elections. These elections must be held, at the latest, in one year’s time.

The Conversation

Gaza ceasefire and Donald Trump’s ‘dead cat diplomacy’

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