The Latest Breaking News from Benjamin Netanyahu

Itamar Ben-Gvir attended holy site, known to Jews as Temple Mount, in breach of ‘status quo’ arrangements with Muslim authorities

The Israeli prime minister has long cast himself in a Churchillian mould, a wartime leader who is uniquely placed to remodel the Middle East’s geopolitical landscape with his military might. Other world leaders this week have shown that the truth is rather different, says Alon Pinkas

US envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday met the anguished families of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza, as fears for the captives' survival mounted almost 22 months into the war sparked by Hamas's October 2023 attack.

The US government, enabled by the media, is an active participant in Israel’s atrocities in Gaza

Labor Friends of Palestine’s motion also called on federal government to extend sanctions to all members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet

As horrific images emerge and western nations move to recognise Palestine, the Israeli PM’s defiance-at-all-costs strategy is falling apart, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Witkoff says he is helping ‘craft a plan’ to deliver aid as UN reports that Israeli forces have killed 1,353 Palestinians who were waiting for food

President Donald Trump's special envoy inspected a US-backed food distribution centre in war-torn Gaza on Friday, as the UN rights office reported that Israeli forces had killed hundreds of hungry Palestinians waiting for aid.

Steve Witkoff visits Rafah site where hundreds of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces