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  Courts & Crime2026-11-13

  Police chief Danny Levy places about 15 officers without Ben-Gvir's sign-off

  Israel's police commissioner has moved senior officers into new roles the national security minister refused to approve, and the minister calls the moves illegal.

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  Security2026-11-13

  Lebanese army raids weapons depot in Beirut's Dahiyeh, detains one suspect

  Lebanon's military says it seized a large quantity of arms in Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, and has opened an investigation.

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  Government2026-11-13

  Turkey and Qatar sign mutual defense pact as Erdogan hosts emir in Istanbul

  Erdogan's office announced the accord without disclosing its terms, months after Turkey joined a separate defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

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  Courts & Crime2026-11-13

  Seven teenagers arrested in Modiin after police called over noise were confronted

  Israel Police say officers answering a noise complaint in Modiin were attacked by youths; seven were arrested, and two remain in custody after a court hearing.

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  JD Vance weighing whether to skip the 2028 presidential race, CNN reports

  CNN reports the US vice president is considering not seeking the presidency in 2028 after a heavy Republican defeat in last week's midterm elections.

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  Courts & Crime2026-11-13

  Court lifts ban on naming Rosh HaAyin teacher, 35, suspected in child abuse case

  An Israeli court has allowed publication of the name of Michael Weingarten, a teacher suspected of sexual offences against a 7-year-old girl, now under house arrest.

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  Security2026-11-13

  Israel says strikes in Gaza killed more than 10 militants in a week

  The military and the Israel Security Agency say the dead included two men who entered Israel on October 7, and that a Hamas weapons workshop was destroyed.

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  Elections2026-11-13

  Eisenkot calls Netanyahu's attacks on Arab citizens racist, plays down defection threat

  The Yashar leader, tasked with forming a government but holding only 48 seats, says Netanyahu is fuelling anti-Arab racism and vows to try for an emergency government.

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  Israel2026-11-13Updated

  Outlook gradually returning as Microsoft says email nears normal levels

  Microsoft says email availability is improving and close to normal after a global outage, but warns some users may still face difficulties; no cause has been named.

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  Security2026-11-13

  Mossad chief in Washington for talks with US officials on Iran

  Israel's spy agency head is in Washington to discuss Iran, as Axios reports Netanyahu is pressing Trump to resume war, a sign of how closely Iran policy is being coordinated.

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  Security2026-11-13

  Four suspects detained near Jenin, two linked by Israel to ISIS

  Israeli troops acting on Shin Bet intelligence detained four Palestinians in an overnight West Bank operation, two of whom the military says were affiliated with ISIS.

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  Elections2026-11-13

  Eisenkot says he told Netanyahu the government needs tight oversight

  Gadi Eisenkot says he met outgoing prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and warned he would not allow a lack of oversight during what he called a sensitive transition.

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  Courts & Crime2026-11-13Updated

  Rahat asked police to intervene before snipers were posted, mayor says

  Rahat's mayor says residents sought protection and the city appealed to police leaders before snipers were placed on rooftops amid clan feuds.

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  IDF says it arrested more than 55 suspects in the West Bank this week

  The Israeli military reported more than 55 arrests of wanted people and terror suspects over the past week, without naming locations, groups or charges.

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  Security2026-11-13

  IDF says more than 93,000 tents have entered Gaza ahead of winter

  The military and COGAT report tents, supply trucks, sewage equipment and medicines moving into Gaza, figures that so far come only from Israeli military channels.

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  Courts & Crime2026-11-13

  Bat Yam man, 32, arrested over killing of professor, 83, in Sofia metro

  Israeli police arrested a Bat Yam resident on a provisional warrant so he can face extradition to Bulgaria over the killing of an 83-year-old professor.

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  Government2026-11-13

  France's foreign minister calls Israel's entry ban on Melenchon 'demagogic'

  Israel says it will bar Jean-Luc Melenchon and Mathilde Panot of France Unbowed, and France's foreign minister has condemned the move, widening a rift between the two governments.

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  Security2026-11-13

  IDF drones drop explosives on Gaza City's Zeitoun buildings before demolition

  Israeli outlets report that army drones are placing explosive charges on structures in Zeitoun ahead of detonation, with a Gazan account saying residents are leaving.

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  Government2026-11-13Updated

  IAEA says it cannot rule out diversion of Iranian nuclear material

  A confidential IAEA report says the agency cannot confirm Iran's declared nuclear material stayed in peaceful use, and still cannot locate a declared Isfahan enrichment plant.

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  Security2026-11-13

  Russia says it downed 1,198 drones in Ukrainian strike on Volgograd refinery

  Ukraine targeted an oil refinery in Russia's Volgograd region overnight, and Moscow's defence ministry describes the drone barrage as one of the largest of the war.

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  Technology2026-11-13

  FBI says North Korean hackers took about $400 million in crypto over 18 months

  The FBI has attributed a cryptocurrency theft of roughly $400 million to North Korean hackers, who reportedly used secretly obtained video to deceive their targets.

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  Security2026-11-13

  Italy seeks 18.5 million euros from Mohammad Hannoun over Hamas funding

  Italy's government has filed a damages claim against six suspects accused of raising about 18 million euros for Hamas between 2001 and 2025, Israeli outlets report.

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  Courts & Crime2026-11-13

  Jatt man, 27, charged with murdering three Jaljulia relatives in a torched car

  Prosecutors accuse Omri Abu Samak and three associates who fled abroad of shooting two brothers and their cousin, then setting their car alight.

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  Security2026-11-13

  Jordan Valley man held after search finds classified map of Gaza border area

  Police say a Palestinian from the Jiftlik area, stopped because he wore military boots, kept a classified army map of communities near Gaza at home.

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