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The Turkish Ministry of Justice has submitted a request to Interpol to issue a Red Notice for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seeking international assistance in his arrest over his role in intercepting the Freedom Flotilla bound for Gaza.
Seven people, including three children and two women, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the southern Lebanese village of Ansar, while four others were killed in a separate strike on Deir El Zahrani, according to Lebanese media.
"Israel rejects the 15-point document," Netanyahu said.
Mamdani said city authorities lack the legal authority to enforce the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against Netanyahu, which was issued over war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war in Gaza.
Speaking on The Interview, a New York Times podcast, Mamdani said he believes Netanyahu “belongs in The Hague,” referring to the seat of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu over war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Israel is holding talks with the United States over the future of its troop deployment in southern Lebanon, two Israeli officials told Reuters on Thursday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the army on Saturday to strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon “with force.”
“If this criminal, child-killer is still alive, he will continue to be pursued and eliminated with full force,” the IRGC said.
The meeting follows indirect US-Iran nuclear talks held Friday in Muscat, Oman, with both sides signaling that further discussions are expected soon.
The board, to be chaired by Trump, would oversee Gaza’s reconstruction and supervise a future Palestinian technocratic administration, with invitations sent to key countries to participate.
President Donald Trump and his aides raised the crossing issue as they hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the US on Monday.
His remarks was made during an interview with Time magazine, conducted last week and published on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters before departing for Israel, Rubio stressed that the White House does not support such a vote and views it as a potential threat to peace efforts.
Hamas said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision constitutes a “flagrant breach” of the ceasefire terms and a “denial of commitments that he made before mediators and guarantors.”
Netanyahu’s office said that the crossing’s reopening “will be under consideration in accordance with the manner in which Hamas implements its part in return of the deceased hostages and implementation of the agreed upon framework.”
The move, described by critics as a form of psychological warfare, was confirmed by the Israeli prime minister’s office Friday morning.
Trump’s remarks come ahead of Netanyahu’s address to the United Nations General Assembly scheduled for Friday.
“It (Israel) is clear that there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”
"We are going to fulfill our promise that there will be no Palestinian state, this place belongs to us," Netanyahu proclaimed at a public signing ceremony broadcast live by his office.
The US secretary is reportedly set to pay a several-day visit to Israel in the wake of President Donald Trump’s remarks on the necessity for the Gaza war to end because “it’s hurting Israel.”
