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Israeli lawmaker aims to oust Netanyahu in Likud primary

Israel’s governing Likud party was holding primaries Thursday, in the first serious internal challenge to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his more than a decade in power. Veteran politician Gideon Saar hopes to unseat Netanyahu, arguing that he will be better placed to form a...

Israel strikes Gaza after rocket fire: army

Israel carried out air strikes against the Gaza Strip overnight in response to a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave, the army said Thursday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was at campaign event in Ashkelon north of Gaza on Wednesday evening when what the army...

Iran launches rescue after military plane crashes

An Iranian MiG-29 fighter jet crashed in the northwest of the country on Wednesday, prompting a rescue operation for the pilot, state media quoted Iran’s armed forces as saying. The military said in a statement that rescue teams were sent to the remote mountainous area but that they faced...