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(MENAFN) The Israeli military said late Wednesday that it had launched an interceptor at a suspected aerial target detected near its forces in southern Lebanon, as Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling continued across several areas.

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(MENAFN) Ahmad Tibi, an Arab member of Israel’s Knesset who leads the predominantly Arab Joint List parliamentary bloc, has called on opposition forces to cooperate in removing Benjamin Netanyahu’s government from power.

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(MENAFN) Israeli police detained a man carrying a large knife on Tuesday after he approached opposition leader Yair Golan during an election campaign event in Tel Aviv, in what was suspected to be an attempted stabbing, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Three of four exit polls in Israel’s parliamentary election on Tuesday put the bloc of rival Gadi Eisenkot ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp, but none gave either side a governing majority.

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(MENAFN) Neither side has a path to power yet. With 72.4% of ballots counted in Israel’s parliamentary election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc is projected to take 54 seats in the 120-member Knesset, seven short of the 61 needed to...

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(MENAFN) Polls closed across Israel on Tuesday night in the country’s parliamentary election, with voter turnout climbing to nearly 75%, election authorities and domestic media said.