Netanyahu Says Israel Will Keep Forces in Lebanon, Despite U.S.-Iran Deal

“The struggle has not ended,” a defiant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis.

By Ephrat Livni

Netanyahu says he will seek re-election in Israel vote

The veteran leader faces growing criticism over his handling of a multi-front war and mounting political challenges at home.

Israel will not withdraw from territory in Lebanon, defence minister says

Comments by Israel Katz come after announcement of interim deal between Washington and Tehran Middle East crisis – live updates Israeli military forces will not withdraw from a vast swathe of territory they have seized in southern Lebanon, the country’s defence minister has said, hours after Donald Trump and officials in Iran announced a new preliminary agreement between Washington and Tehran to end hostilities on “all fronts” in the Middle East pending a final settlement in about two month...

By Jason Burke in Jerusalem

Netanyahu says Israel will remain in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces will maintain a ‘security zone’ in occupied Lebanon.

‘Terrible’ US-Iran deal could deepen Netanyahu’s rift with Trump

Benjamin Netanyahu bet that his joint war alongside Donald Trump would topple Iran’s clerical rulers and bolster ⁠himself ahead of the election at home, as the architect of a US-Israeli alliance that would reshape the Middle East. Instead, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister is on a collision course with Trump as the US president seeks to extricate himself from the war, with both men’s goals unmet and Israeli military operations tied down in Lebanon. For now, Israeli officials have been...

By Reuters

Iran war 'has been a strategic disaster for the State of Israel', analyst says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on a collision course with Donald Trump as the U.S. president seeks to extricate himself from the war, with both men's goals unmet and Israeli military operations tied down in Lebanon. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says that "this has been a strategic disaster for the state of Israel. All of Benjamin Netanyahu's war aims - diminished support for proxies...

By Sharon GAFFNEY

Netanyahu hails US-Iran deal, says troops to stay in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria

Addressing a press conference after the deal was announced, Netanyahu also laid out Israel's security priorities.

Iran Will Never Have Nuclear Weapons, Not Today And Not Tomorrow: Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening defended his actions, emphasising that "Iran will not have nuclear weapons, with or without an agreement".

US Air Force B-52 bomber crashes in California, killing all 8 crew aboard

The eight-engine, jet-powered aircraft, built to carry nuclear and conventional bombs, was on a routine test mission when it crashed on the runway at Edwards Air Force immediately after leaving the ground

By Reuters

Netanyahu says Israel will keep forces in Lebanon, despite US-Iran deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a defiant address to Israelis, suggested Monday that he did not feel bound by the newly reached ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran.

Iran war saved Israel from threat of nuclear annihilation – Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the joint US-Israeli military campaign against Iran had spared his country from what he described as the Islamic republic's threat of "nuclear annihilation". The post Iran war saved Israel from threat of nuclear annihilation – Netanyahu appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Henry Oduah