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Israel, Lebanon to hold talks in Rome in mid-July

A building destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Tyre, Lebanon, on July 5.

Israel Parliament advances Bill for inquiry into Oct 7 failures

The Bill passed its first reading in the Knesset, Israel’s 120-seat Parliament, with 59 votes in favour and none against or abstaining.

Egypt coach’s Palestine appeal thrusts World Cup back into political spotlight

Egypt coach Hossam Hassan celebrating with a Palestine flag after Egypt eliminated Australia in the last 32 in Dallas on July 3.

Israel’s detention of prominent Gazan doctor is arbitrary, UN body says

Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, who was captured by the Israeli military in Gaza in late 2024 and still held in detention, appears via video link at the Israeli Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem on June 10.

Lebanon’s south takes a breath as families return to shattered homes and lives

A Lebanese carries a bag of cement as he walks amid the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, attempting to repair his home which was damaged in the strike in Tyre, Lebanon.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, July 6, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference, following a US-Iran deal, in Jerusalem, on June 15, 2026.

Netanyahu says some Lebanese Christian villages ‘asked to be annexed’ by Israel

Christian children displaced from Tyre, in southern Lebanon, play football in the courtyard of the Greek Melkite Catholic Patriarchate in Rabweh, Lebanon.

Israeli government defies top court over media regulator

This is the first time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has defied a Supreme Court ruling, despite past clashes with the judiciary.

Israeli strike kills two people in Gaza, medics say

In south Lebanon, Israel army chief vows to act ‘decisively’ against Hezbollah

Israel Defence Forces chief Eyal Zamir said that “any threat directed at our troops or the Israeli civilians will be struck immediately and eliminated”.

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