Millionaire Naftali Bennett announces possible coalition with Lapid to replace Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel PM - Naftali Bennett announces a possible coalition with Lapid. The deadline to form a coalition is till Wednesday.
Two women, including an Indian were killed and dozens were injured after the Hamas Islamist movement in Gaza fired massive barrages of rockets at southern Israel on Tuesday, which prompted retaliatory airstrikes from Israeli forces. Among the deceased was a 32-year-old Indian caregiver, Soumya Santosh. Soumya was killed while her elderly charge, 80, was hospitalised in serious condition after one of the rockets struck her home, The Times of Israel reported citing local media. Santosh is survived by her husband and nine-year-old daughter. The deaths marked the first fatalities in Israel in the round of fighting with Gaza terrorist groups that began Monday evening, which has seen hundreds of rockets fired at Israeli territory and retaliatory airstrikes from Jerusalem.
As hostilities between Israel and Palestine continue to escalate, rocket sirens are going off across southern and central Israel while dozens of explosions have also been reported. The health ministry run by the Hamas group reported that so far, 32 Palestinians have been killed and 220 people injured in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza since the outbreak of hostilities, The Times of Israel reported. Meanwhile, sirens went off in communities near Gaza, in Beersheba where dozens of explosions were reported. Loud booms were reported near Tel Aviv as Hamas launched a massive barrage of rockets at the city. Amid the escalating conflict, the Hamas military wing said it has launched 110 rockets at the city and at the nearby Ben Gurion airport. Several rockets were also fired at Ashkelon, Modiin and Tel Aviv.
Netanyahu back in court as parties weigh in on his fate
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The Israel PM has appeared in court for the resumption of his corruption trial.
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The Israel PM has appeared in court for the resumption of his corruption trial. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appeared in court for the resumption of his corruption trial.
The evidentiary phase of the trial begins on Monday as Israel’s political parties meet with the President to weigh in on who should form the next government following last month’s inconclusive elections.
The March 23 vote was largely a referendum on Mr. Netanyahu but produced no clear verdict.
Israel PM Netanyahu blames Iran, threatens retaliation
Reuters Filed on March 2, 2021
The Israeli-owned cargo ship, Helios Ray, docked in port after arriving earlier in Dubai on Sunday. AP This was indeed an operation by Iran. That is clear, Netanyahu said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran on Monday for an explosion aboard an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week, an accusation rejected by Tehran.
The vehicle-carrier MV Helios Ray was hit between Thursday night and Friday morning by a blast above the water line that a US official said ripped holes in both sides of its hull. An Israeli official said limpet mines were used.