Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu has questioned the settler attack, as he did yesterday with the beating of Heidi Levine, an American photographer at the Washington Post.

According to the Israeli prime minister, the military and intelligence officers who describe in the film the practices used by the army to kill Palestinians have "seriously damaged the image of Israel" and committed serious crimes by disseminating "high-secret information."

Both leaders have posted social media posts criticizing the Nobel Committee's decision. The Israeli prime minister has been particularly harsh in saying that the committee "has lost its moral compass."

The Pope has called for "an end to violence against the Palestinian civilian population in the West Bank" and urgently called on the international community "to advance the two-state solution for a just and lasting peace."

Israeli Prime Minister Zohran Mamdani, the mayor of New York, has declared that Netanyahu is a "war criminal" and is considering his arrest.

The Israeli army has attacked Iran's "military targets," despite Trump's call on Netanyahu not to do so. Iran has fired missiles at Israel and sirens have been heard again in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. 

According to the US president, an agreement could be reached next week to end the war in Iran and open the Strait of Hormuz. On the contrary, Tehran has announced the suspension of talks with Washington . 

Despite the ceasefire, Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has in recent hours ordered the army to bomb the Beirut region of Hezbollah as its stronghold.

A White House spokesperson has reported that Israel and Lebanon will begin a second round of negotiations on 23 April, which will be resumed by Washington.

The leader of Hezbollah has condemned the negotiations between Lebanon and Israel on the grounds that Israel "has not complied with a single clause" of the ceasefire agreed in November 2024.

Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has reported from Arad that Iran has committed war crimes there in the last 24 hours by attacking civilian areas without "military involvement."

On Thursday, the Israeli Government threatened to "take" Lebanon in order to deal with Hezbollah's "threat."  "We promised peace and security to the communities of , and that is exactly what we are going to do," Israel stressed.

 Mojtaba Khameni has stressed that the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz must continue, "in order to put pressure on the enemy", following the attacks on the ships of the area  . "Thearmed forces of Rango have taken away the hope of subduing the country, and possibly dividing the enemy ", AS.

"There are many indications that Khamenei is not alive," the Israeli prime minister said, following the US-Israel attacks on the Islamic Republic of Iran on Saturday.

It is one of the world's leading commercial fuel routes, from which about 20% of the world's oil and gas production is transported, and an average of 144 ships travel every day.

Trump has been threatening to attack Iran for weeks if no agreement is reached to limit his nuclear program, while Tehran says it has only peaceful targets. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Israel next week to meet with Netanyahu's government.

On the verge of meeting this Wednesday with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US President Donald Trump, the Israeli Prime Minister has met with representatives of the United States Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. 

A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.

Israel's acceptance of Somaliland, in addition to fueling decades of secessionist conflict, incorporates an unstable new piece into the complex geostrategic table of alliances and hostilities in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East.