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Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 314?

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FM Katz expects UK, France to aid in Iran counterattack • US says Iranian attack could come without warning

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  Israel Air Force jets practicing aerial refuelling as part of readiness preparations, August 15, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
Israel Air Force jets practicing aerial refuelling as part of readiness preparations, August 15, 2024.
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Intereptor fired at suspicious aerial target following alerts in Northern Israel

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Breaking: Rocket Sirens
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An interceptor was fired at a suspicious aerial target, which turned out to be a false alarm, following the alerts that sounded in northern Israel in the early hours of Friday, the military said. 

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Attorney-General tells Netanyahu to form independent inquiry to avoid ICC warrant

Gali Baharav-Miara is reportedly pressuring Benjamin Netanyahu to establish an independent investigative commission to get ahead of the ICC and prevent it from issuing arrest warrants.

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(L-R) A-G Gali Baharav-Miara, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara held meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about preventing the International Criminal Court (ICC) from issuing arrest warrants, in which she pressured him to form an independent commission to investigate the humanitarian situation in Gaza, according to Israeli media reports on Thursday.

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Trump says he told Netanyahu in July to end Gaza war

Washington and regional mediators have tried arranging the Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal but have encountered repeated obstacles.

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PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-US president Donald Trump in the Oval Office, in 2020. The suppression of the Palestinian cause in global politics was largely due to Israeli efforts during the Trump administration, the writer notes.
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Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their last meeting in July to quickly end Israel’s war in Gaza.

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  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Re’im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
  • 115 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says