Month: March 2023

Libya says uranium reported missing by IAEA has been found

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The announcement comes a day after the IAEA reported that 2.5 tons of natural uranium had gone missing from a Libyan site. Israel National NewsMar 17, 2023, 4:08 AM (GMT+2) Several containers of natural uranium reported missing by the UN’s nuclear watchdog in Libya have been found, a general with one of the country’s two […]

Germany asks Netanyahu to mediate war in Ukraine

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Mar 16, 2023, 7:36 PM (GMT+2) Kan reports that according to a senior political official, the President of Germany inquired with Prime Minister Netanyahu in their meeting about the possibility of him mediating between Russia and Ukraine. Netanyahu responded that there is no possibility that allows for mediation, but he will continue to monitor such a […]

US senators worried about overhaul’s security fallout, IDF vet says after DC visit

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Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers concerned about military chain of command, troop morale, reservist boycotts, says delegation of high-level reservists By Luke Tress Today, 11:36 pm   Luke Tress is an editor and a reporter in New York for The Times of Israel.   NEW YORK — US senators from both sides of the aisle […]

Hezbollah harassing northern residents with lasers; IDF responds with stink bombs

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Terror group’s operatives said to aim beams across border fence at town of Metulla; after UN fails to intervene, army drops smelly riot-control packages on perpetrators By ToI Staff Today, 9:12 am   Operatives from Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group have been harassing people in Israel by dazzling them with laser beams aimed over the border, […]

Syria’s Assad says would welcome more Russian troops

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Russia maintains a significant military presence in Syria and has been a close ally of Assad. By REUTERS Published: MARCH 15, 2023 16:42 Updated: MARCH 16, 2023 08:27 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin meets with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Moscow in September. (photo credit: Sputnik/Kremlin/Reuters) Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview published on Thursday that he would […]

No White House visit for Israel’s Netanyahu as US concern rises

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Most new Israeli leaders had visited the US or met the president by this point. Only two out of 13 previous prime ministers heading a new government waited longer. By REUTERS Published: MARCH 16, 2023 07:10 US President Joe Biden with Israeli opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu on July 14, 2022 (photo credit: RAANAN COHEN/MAARIV) Eleven weeks into […]

Israel’s third ‘Day of Disruption’: Nationwide protests, road closures expected

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Israel Navy reservists block entry to Haifa port • Five arrested after artists paint red line to Jerusalem’s High Court of Justice By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: MARCH 15, 2023 22:24 Updated: MARCH 16, 2023 08:27    The red line drawn by Israeli protesters as part of a ‘Day of Disruption’ in Jerusalem on Thursday, March 16, 2023 […]

IAEA: 2.5 tons of natural uranium missing from site in Libya

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IAEA to conduct activities to clarify circumstances of the removal of nuclear material from a site in Libya. Israel National NewsMar 16, 2023, 6:46 AM (GMT+2) The UN nuclear agency said on Wednesday that approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium had gone missing from a site in Libya, AFP reported. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) […]

Hezbollah warns Israel after Megiddo bomb attack

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Mar 16, 2023, 5:46 AM (GMT+2) The Hezbollah terrorist organization responded to the bomb attack in Megiddo which was carried out by a terrorist who crossed the border from Lebanon. “If Israel carries out an operation in Lebanon – the response will be clear,” the organization said.

Ukraine war: US and Russian military chiefs in rare talks after drone downed

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First known direct US-Russia confrontation since invasion • Russia says drone flights near Crimea ‘provocative’ By REUTERS Published: MARCH 16, 2023 01:04 Updated: MARCH 16, 2023 06:57 A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits in a hanger at Amari Air Base, Estonia, July 1, 2020 (photo credit: REUTERS/JANIS LAIZANS) Washington’s top general said the crash of a US […]

Terrorist crossed border from Lebanon with suicide belt, planted explosive – IDF

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One terrorist was killed; the Shin Bet and IDF are seeking to confirm if they were, in fact, sent by Hezbollah. By YONAH JEREMY BOB, TZVI JOFFRE Published: MARCH 15, 2023 14:45 Updated: MARCH 15, 2023 22:53 IDF activity on the Lebanese border on the morning of March 13, 2023 following the detonation of an explosive device near the […]

China, Russia deploying space weapons to attack U.S. satellites, warns Space Force chief

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– The Washington Times – Tuesday, March 14, 2023 China’s military has deployed 347 satellites, including 35 launched in the past six months, to target U.S. forces in a future conflict, the commander of the Space Force told a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Space Force Gen. B. Chance Saltzman said Russia is also testing and […]