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Netanyahu mocks social media rumors about his death

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published a short video on Sunday making light of rumors on social media that he was dead.

"I'm dead for coffee," he said sarcastically on his official X account as he received a steaming cup at a cafe outside Jerusalem, employing a colloquial Hebrew expression meaning to love something to death.

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War in the Middle East: Latest developments

Here are the latest events in the Middle East war:

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Trump says US not ready to agree deal to end Iran war

Donald Trump warned that he is not ready to seek a deal to end the war with Iran, as U.S. ally Israel launched a new wave of strikes Sunday and Tehran's Revolutionary Guards threatened to hunt down and kill the Israeli leader.

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Israel approves emergency military funding as Iran war rages

Israel has approved an $827-million emergency budget allocation for military purchases, Israeli media reported Sunday, as the war with Iran entered its third week.

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Trump urges world powers to secure Iran shipping lane

U.S. President Donald Trump urged other nations to help secure a vital shipping lane choked off by the war with Iran that showed no signs of slowing on Saturday as strikes hit the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and a major Emirati energy facility.

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Israel says Iran war entering 'decisive phase'

Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz said Saturday the war with Tehran was entering a "decisive phase", praising U.S. strikes on what Washington called military targets on Iran's Kharg Island oil export hub.

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Trump says Iran 'totally defeated', 'wants a deal' he won't accept

U.S. President Donald Trump said overnight that Iran has been "totally defeated" in the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against the country and wanted a deal he would not accept, despite Iranian officials pledging to continue the fight.

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Iran, US threaten attacks on oil facilities

Iran threatened Saturday to reduce U.S.-linked oil facilities to "a pile of ashes" as the two-week-old Middle East war spilled over into a global oil price crisis.

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Hamas urges Iran to stop 'targeting neighboring countries'

Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Saturday called on Iran to refrain from targeting neighbouring countries, while affirming Tehran's right to defend itself against Israel and the United States.

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Trump says Iran war will be over 'when I feel it in my bones'

Hinting at voter anxieties in the U.S. as the conflict in the Middle East continues, U.S. President Donald Trump said the economy and American life will soon return to what it was before he launched strikes on Iran.

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