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Herzi Halevi

Herzi Halevi

Chief of the General Staff of Israel Defense Forces

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Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)

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    Spanish court shelves complaint against Netanyahu over detention of Spanish UN soldier in Lebanon

    Spain's National Court has provisionally dismissed a complaint against Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli commanders because a UN investigation and Israeli inquiries into the April detention are already under way.

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Two tankers burn off Sulina

Trump squeezes Kyiv as Europe haggles over money and Black Sea shipping burns

Ukrainian officials said the White House ordered a 160 km/h speed cap on Starshield terminals used by fast drones, as Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would resume strikes on Russian refineries after a three-day pause. In the Black Sea, two tankers burned near Romania and at least seven sailors were missing, while rescuers in Peshawar counted at least 34 dead after a school roof collapsed.

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