Lebanon and Israel sign milestone sea border deal
The agreement marks a major breakthrough in relations between the two nations, which have formally been at war since Israel's creation in 1948.
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The agreement marks a major breakthrough in relations between the two nations, which have formally been at war since Israel's creation in 1948.
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Israel's Prime Minister Yair Lapid expressed disappointment in Australia's changed position.
Lebanon and Israel both claim some 330 square miles of the Mediterranean Sea, an area which contains valuable natural gas reserves.
Israel and Lebanon say they’ve come to an agreement on disputed territory in the Mediterranean Sea. While the historic deal paves the way for oil and gas extraction, the agreement could face a difficult path through the Israeli Parliament. Timour Azhair, deputy bureau chief for Lebanon, Syria & Jordan at Reuters, joins CBS News to discuss how the deal came to be.
Israeli officials haven't commented on the death, which comes amid nightly military raids across the occupied West Bank.
Israeli police say a Palestinian gunman has seriously wounded two people after opening fire at an Israeli military checkpoint in east Jerusalem.
"His heart stopped beating because he was so scared," the boy's father claims, as the U.S. and European Union call for a "thorough" investigation.
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Authorities announced a truce this week between Palestinian security forces and militants in the city of Nablus and the West Bank.
The burial cave appeared to have frozen in time," the Israel Antiquity Authority said.
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The Israeli military announced the results of its investigation into the deadly shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
While in Israel, President Biden will likely be confronted with more fallout over the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. A ballistic analysis overseen by the United States suggested that she was shot by Israeli soldiers but stopped short of drawing a definitive conclusion. Ian Lee speaks with Shireen's niece who criticizes the White House for its lack of support to identify and prosecute her killer.
These are the first executions reported in Gaza since 2017.
Israeli archaeologists recently unearthed the titanic tusk of a prehistoric pachyderm near a kibbutz in southern Israel, a remnant of a behemoth once hunted by early people.
Underneath the courtyard, archaeologists were surprised to discover subterranean vaults made of stone.