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06/12/2025June 12, 2025
Israel’s parliament rejects preliminary vote to dissolve itself
Israeli lawmakers early on Thursday rejected a preliminary vote to dissolve the parliament, the Knesset said in a statement.
The bill submitted by the opposition was voted down 61-53. A 61-vote majority was needed in the 120-seat parliament.
The vote could have been a first step leading to a snap election. Polls have predicted that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition would lose at the ballot box.
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Skip next section US-backed Gaza aid group says 5 killed in Hamas attack
06/12/2025June 12, 2025
US-backed Gaza aid group says 5 killed in Hamas attack
The US- and Israeli-backed has accused the militant group Hamas of killing at least five people in an attack on a bus carrying its aid workers to one of its distribution sites.
The group said in a statement that at around 10 p.m. local time on Wednesday (1900 GMT) “a bus carrying more than two-dozen members of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation team… was brutally attacked by Hamas.”
“We are still gathering facts, but what we know is devastating: there are at least five fatalities, multiple injuries, and fear that some of our team members may have been taken hostage,” the statement added.
DW could not immediately verify GHF’s account of the events
Despite objections from the UN, the GHF has taken over aid distribution in the Gaza Strip.
The privately-run GHF has only been allowed to operate in the Gaza Strip with the endorsement of Israel and the US.
Other humanitarian groups, including the UN’s own network of aid agencies, remain blocked from entering the region.
Because of this, GHF’s operation has come under widespread condemnation for not operating under humanitarian principles.
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Skip next section Israel recovers bodies of two hostages, says Netanyahu
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Israel recovers bodies of two hostages, says Netanyahu
Israel’s Prime Minister has announced that the bodies of two hostages have been recovered from Gaza by the army and the Shin Bet security agency.
“We will not rest and we will not be silent until all our hostages — the living and the fallen alike — are brought home,” he said in a statement.
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