Fresh polling through July puts Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party level with Likud while Netanyahu’s bloc trails at 49–52 seats, well short of the 61 needed to form a government.
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Arab and Islamic Ministers Convene in Amman Over Israeli Moves at Al-Aqsa
Arab and Islamic foreign ministers met in Amman on August 5 to coordinate a response to Israeli actions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, demanding UN Security Council intervention.
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Hamas Agrees to Disarmament Roadmap but Israel’s Acceptance Remains Unconfirmed
Trump’s Board of Peace announced on July 31 that Hamas had agreed to a staged disarmament in Gaza, but the deal hinges on an Israeli military withdrawal that Tel Aviv has not publicly confirmed.
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Israel and Lebanon Move Peace Talks to Rome as IDF Completes First Withdrawal
Israeli and Lebanese technical teams will meet in Rome from August 4 to 6 to expand a southern Lebanon pilot zone after the IDF completed its first troop withdrawal last week.
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Israel Strikes Bureij and Jabalia After Issuing Displacement Orders
Israeli airstrikes on Thursday hit four locations across Gaza, killing at least two Palestinians hours after the military issued displacement orders for the targeted areas.
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Gaza Funeral Strike Kills Seven as Post-Ceasefire Death Toll Passes 1,100
An Israeli drone struck a funeral procession in Nuseirat refugee camp on July 18, killing seven Palestinians and wounding 22, as the total killed since October’s ceasefire rose to 1,123.
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Netanyahu visits occupied south Lebanon and links pullout to Hezbollah disarmament
Netanyahu toured occupied southern Lebanon on July 1, vowing Israel will not withdraw while Hezbollah remains armed, four days after a US-brokered pilot-zone deal.
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Netanyahu says Israel will stay in Lebanon indefinitely despite US-Iran deal
Benjamin Netanyahu declared Israel will remain in southern Lebanon ‘for as long as necessary,’ openly defying the terms of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding signed on 19 June 2026.
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Iran breaks April truce with ballistic missile strike on Israel
Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel’s Ramat David Airbase on June 7, the first direct strike since April’s ceasefire, before both sides agreed to halt attacks two days later.
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Hezbollah rejects Lebanon ceasefire as UNIFIL peacekeeper dies near Marjayoun
Hezbollah leader Naim Kassem called the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire proposal “absurd and humiliating,” collapsing a deal hours after Lebanese President Aoun described it as the last chance for peace.