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Here are the latest news headlines from this afternoon that reached our news desk. The times given are Jerusalem time (GMT +2)
12:08 - LEBANON: Lebanese Sunni MP Walid Barini called in a post on the X network for the normalization of Lebanon with Israel to avoid the destruction of the country in fighting.
13:00 - ISRAEL: Foreign Minister Saar: ''Israel does not rule out a diplomatic path to prevent an Iranian nuclear program''
13:18 - HUNGARY: During Netanyahu's visit: Hungary announces that it is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, which issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister and former Defense Minister Galant.
13:26 - USA: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio: We will not leave NATO. Trump is not against NATO. NATO members should increase their budget for NATO.
13:36- GAZA: At least 100 terrorists have been eliminated in IDF strikes in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours.
13:46 - LEBANON: US issues ultimatum to Lebanon: Enforce ceasefire agreement – โโor we will stop aid
14:02 - SYRIA: The IDF distributed leaflets among residents of Al-Qawa in the Daraa province, including a ban on carrying weapons following the shooting incident last night.
14:04 - HUNGARY: President Orban in a statement alongside Netanyahu: We have zero tolerance for anti-Semitism. No one will wave Hamas flags here. Of all of Europe, Jews can feel safest in Hungary.
14:08 - GAZA: Footage captures the first moments of the Israeli occupation's bombing of a terror hide-out in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City. [VIDEO]
14:13 - ISRAEL: First publication: American lobbyist Potlik tried to harness Minister Eli Cohen in favor of Qatar - and was removed from his office
14:25 - GERMANY: More European hypocrisy against Israel - The German foreign minister, who visits Syria's Alawite slaughterhouse al-Sharaa with the frequency of a lover, says Netanyahu's visit to Hungary is a bad day for international law.
14:49 - SYRIA: The "head of the Iranian Cultural Center" was arrested, who was in fact linked to Hezbollah.
14:58 - GAZA: In the past 24 hours, one of the commanders in Hamas's Khan Yunis Brigade, Ahmed Abu Daka, who participated in the October 7 attack, was eliminated in the Bani Suhaliya area.
15:14 - USA: Congress approved after years – and now the Supreme Court will decide: Can the Palestinian Authority be sued for payments to terrorists who harmed American citizens?
15:40 - YEMEN: BREAKING: 3 Houthi leaders killed in CENTCOM targeted attack
15:56 -GAZA: Hisham Zakut, Al Jazeera correspondent in the Gaza Strip: "I suggest that the Arab negotiators that they and their families live in tents (without air conditioning) and that the negotiations be conducted from there until a ceasefire is achieved, in this way they will prove to their people who are being destroyed in Gaza that they are in solidarity with them."
16:12 - HUNGARY: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: The friendship between Hungary and Israel is stronger than ever! ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ
16:22 - LEBANON: IDF targets a vehicle in Alma a-Shab - Lebanese report on casualties
16:37 - THE NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam: A car exploded and caught fire on Dam Square in central Amsterdam this afternoon, and police suspect the driver intentionally caused the explosion.
17:27 - LEBANON: IDF Spokesperson: An Air Force aircraft recently attacked a terrorist from the Hezbollah terrorist organization who was operating in the Alma a-Shaab area in southern Lebanon.
17:35 - GAZA: Arab sources report massive airstrikes on a school in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City. Several terrorists killed and wounded.