Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

September 12, 2026 4:46 PM

PM Modi greets Netanyahu, Jewish community on Rosh Hashanah

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended greetings to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the people of Israel and the Jewish community across the world on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah. PM Modi wished that the New Year would bring peace, hope, good health and continued progress to everyone. The Prime Minister's Office issued a statement on the occasion. In a post on social media platform X, PM Modi said, "Shana Tova! Heartiest greetings to Prime Minister Netanyahu, the people ...

September 7, 2026 10:34 AM

Israel’s Netanyahu orders removal of West Bank settler outposts

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered unauthorized settler outposts in the West Bank to be dismantled, two people familiar with the matter said on Sunday, amid pressure from the U.S. to crack down on settler attacks on Palestinians. The order applies to outposts established by settlers without official authorisation from the Israeli state, the sources said. Outposts typically consist of prefabricated caravans and house a small number of settlers. The state has from time to time ...

August 17, 2026 12:35 PM

Kushner to hold talks with Netanyahu after rare meeting with Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to meet Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner on Monday, a day after he held a rare meeting with Hamas officials in Cairo, in a bid to push forward the U.S. president's Gaza peace plan. A diplomatic source said Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya was present at some of the meetings that mediators held with Kushner and Trump's Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, in Cairo on Sunday. It marks Kushner’s second known meeting with...

August 16, 2026 5:41 PM

PM Modi thanks Israeli Prez for I-Day wishes, says India deeply values friendship

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday thanked Israeli President Isaac Herzog for his Independence Day greetings and reaffirmed his commitment to further strengthening the strategic partnership. In a post on X, PM Modi said, "Thank you, President Herzog, for your warm wishes. India deeply values its friendship with Israel. We remain committed to further strengthening our Strategic Partnership for the benefit of our people." The Israeli President, extending greetings to India on its Independenc...

July 30, 2026 11:44 AM

Trump and Netanyahu explored all Iran options including attack, Israeli official says

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explored all possible paths to curb Iran's nuclear program in their meeting, including diplomacy, economic pressure and force, a senior Israeli official said on Wednesday. Netanyahu did not tell Trump that Israel's preference now was for further attacks on Iran, the official said in briefings with reporters after the two men met in the White House on Tuesday. "In the end, it's his decision," the official, speaking on con...

July 28, 2026 1:18 PM

Trump to host Netanyahu, Zelenskiy as Ukraine, Iran wars reach critical stages

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday, with wars in Iran and Ukraine at critical stages and his ties with both leaders markedly different. Relations with Zelenskiy have warmed as Ukraine has blunted Russian advances, while Netanyahu arrives amid growing White House frustration over the lack of progress toward a broader settlement in the Iran conflict and criticism from some of Trump's supporters who opp...

July 1, 2026 12:34 PM

Netanyahu visits occupied southern Lebanon, says Israel won’t leave yet

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday visited Lebanese territory occupied by the Israeli military, telling soldiers that Israel would not withdraw from the country's south as long as Iran-backed Hezbollah continued to pose a threat. It was the first visit by Netanyahu to occupied Lebanese territory since the Israeli and Lebanese governments reached a security agreement last Friday mediated by the United States under which Israel will hand over two areas to Lebanon's army. "Our i...

June 29, 2026 10:16 AM

Israel destroys Hezbollah underground infrastructure in southern Lebanon

The Israeli military has destroyed underground infrastructure used by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in a village in southern Lebanon, according to a joint statement by the Israeli prime minister and defense minister on Sunday. The U.S. was informed ahead of the attack, which targeted a 200-meter (656-ft)-long tunnel in the town of Majdal Zoun, according to the statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz. The strike came two days after Lebanon a...

June 8, 2026 1:35 PM

Israel hits Iran petrochemical plant in new strikes after Trump reprimand

Israel said on Monday it hit a petrochemical plant in Iran's southwest, along with strikes elsewhere on military targets, after U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from further attacks. In the first hit on an energy site inside Iran since the April 8 ceasefire, Israel said it struck targets at the Mahshahr petrochemical complex, while a provincial official told Iran's semi-official Fars news agency parts of the plant were damaged. Ye...

June 1, 2026 1:05 PM

US proposes new plan to ease Israel-Lebanon tensions amid fighting

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with both Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the diplomatic negotiations between Israel and Lebanon and has proposed a plan to allow for "gradual de-escalation," a U.S. official said on Sunday. The U.S. has proposed that as a first step, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group would stop all attacks on Israel and in return Israel would refrain from escalation in Beirut, the official said. "This would cre...