Israel’s Bennett calls election of new Iranian president a “final wake-up call”

Israel’s new prime minister Naftali Bennett gives an address before the new cabinet at the Knesset in Jerusalem. (File/AFP)
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Updated 20 June 2021
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Israel’s Bennett calls election of new Iranian president a “final wake-up call”

  • Ebrahim Raisi is the President-elect of Iran, having been elected in the 2021 Iranian presidential election

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday called the election of Ebrahim Raisi as Iran’s president a “final wake-up call” for the world, the Ynet news site reported.

Briefing his cabinet, Bennett said that, after the election of Raisi, a hard-line judge who is under US sanctions for human rights abuses, world powers should reconsider talks on a new Iranian nuclear deal, according to Ynet.


Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 12

Updated 31 January 2026
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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 12

  • Strikes hit locations in northern and southern Gaza, including an apartment building in Gaza City and a tent in Khan Younis

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip: Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians Saturday, one of the highest tolls since an October agreement aimed at stopping the fighting.
The strikes hit locations in northern and southern Gaza, including an apartment building in Gaza City and a tent in Khan Younis, officials at hospitals that received the bodies said. The casualties included two women and six children from two different families.
The Shifa Hospital said the Gaza City strike took killed a mother, three children and one of their relatives, while the Nasser Hospital said a strike in a tent camp caused a fire to break out, killing seven, including a father, his three children and three grandchildren.
Gaza’s Health Ministry has recorded more than 500 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since the start of the ceasefire on Oct. 10. The ministry, which is part of the Hamas-led government, maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by UN agencies and independent experts.
Israel’s military did not immediately respond to questions about the strikes.