Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-16 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel’s ruling coalition has submitted a call for an early election following continued fractures from government allies over the issue of ultra-Orthodox conscription.
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[2026-05-16 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At the 79th Cannes Film Festival, which opened on May 12, considered the most prestigious festival in the world, anti-Israel sentiments were expressed by several participants, while the Iranian regime and its brutal executions of protesters and persecution of filmmakers were barely mentioned.
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[2026-05-16 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has attacked the town of al-Shahabiya in Tyre, a district in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-05-16 21:07 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Cairo: Israel’s military on Saturday said it had killed the chief of Hamas’ military wing in an air strike on Gaza the previous day, the most senior Hamas official killed by Israel since an October US-backed ceasefire agreement that was meant to halt fighting.
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[2026-05-16 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel says it has killed the leader of Hamas’ military wing, one of the architects of the Oct, 7, 2023, attacks that triggered the war in Gaza.
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[2026-05-16 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Palestinian who tried to sell a lion cub was sentenced to 30 months in prison as part of a plea deal, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-16 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel said it killed Izz Al Din Al Haddad, Hamas’s leader in Gaza and its military chief, in a strike on Gaza city on Friday, in the most significant Israeli assassination in the strip since the ceasefire in October.
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[2026-05-16 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel carried out strikes in Gaza targeting Hamas’ top military commander, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement. It marked the first attack on a senior official of the militant group since a US-backed deal in October intended to halt fighting in the Palestinian enclave.
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[2026-05-16 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel carried out strikes in Gaza targeting Hamas’ top military commander, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement. It marked the first attack on a senior official of the militant group since a US-backed deal in October intended to halt fighting in the Palestinian enclave.
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[2026-05-16 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Palestinos cargan con el cuerpo de una persona fallecida en la víspera en ataques aéreos israelíes contra Izz al-Din al-Haddad, líder de las Brigadas Qassam de Hamás, durante un funeral en el exterior del hospital Shifa, en la Ciudad de Gaza, el 16 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Jehad Alshrafi)
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[2026-05-16 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Previous slideNext slide Ships in the Strait of Hormuz are framed by flamingo sculptures in Bandar Abbas, Iran. Getty ImagesInfo Nasa's SpaceX CRS-34 mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, US. EPAInfo President Donald Trump on board Air Force One as he returns to the US from China.
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[2026-05-16 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel has launched another series of air strikes on southern Lebanon, a day after the two countries agreed to extend a ceasefire deal for a further 45 days following talks in Washington – although this ceasefire has never been observed in practice.
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[2026-05-16 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Every year on Jerusalem Day, as Israeli flags flutter proudly across the skyline and Jews celebrate the reunification of their eternal capital, the same falsehoods about Jerusalem inevitably reappear.
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[2026-05-16 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Can you identify the biblical book in which the phrase “Tower of David” appears? Do you know where Theodor Herzl’s coffin lay before it was buried on Mount Herzl? Or what happened to the animals at the Biblical Zoo during the War of Independence?
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[2026-05-16 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: What comes to mind when you think of the country of Panama?
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[2026-05-16 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Friday targeted the leader of Hamas’ military wing, Israeli officials say, but it wasn’t immediately clear if Izz al-Din al-Haddad was killed or injured. Hamas did not immediately acknowledge or comment on the strike.
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[2026-05-16 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hamas has not officially confirmed Haddad’s death.
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[2026-05-16 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: London’s Metropolitan Police drafted more than 4,000 officers over fears that far-right demonstrators may clash with pro-Palestine marchers if not kept apart
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[2026-05-16 19:50 UTC+10:00] [London] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: London’s Metropolitan Police drafted more than 4,000 officers over fears that far-right demonstrators may clash with pro-Palestine marchers if not kept apart
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[2026-05-16 19:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Palestinian artists have honoured Spanish footballer Lamine Yamal by painting a mural of the Barcelona star on a destroyed building in Gaza City.
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[2026-05-16 19:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Prosecutors allege that an Iraqi man charged in New York on Friday is a commander linked to an Iran-backed militia who took part in planning dozens of attacks in Europe and the US in response to the Iran war.
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[2026-05-16 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: FIFA Secretary-General Mattias Grafstrom will meet Iranian FA (FFIRI) officials in Istanbul on Saturday and offer "reassurance" over Iran's participation in the World Cup, a source familiar with the talks has told Reuters.
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[2026-05-16 18:46 UTC+10:00] [Borders] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: A U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, initially set to expire Sunday, will be extended by an additional 45 days, the U.S. State Department announced on Friday after two days of talks between Israeli and Lebanese delegations concluded in Washington.
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[2026-05-16 18:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Felicia, de Suecia, interpreta la canción “My System” durante los ensayos de vestuario para la final de la 70ª edición de Eurovisión, en Viena, Austria, el 15 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Martin Meissner)
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[2026-05-16 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Thousands will be marching in London on Saturday to mark the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948, and protest more than two and a half years of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza. Among the marchers will be Haim Bresheeth-Zabner, the British-Israeli author and filmmaker and son of Holocaust survivors.
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[2026-05-16 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Queer activists have accused the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) of "pinkwashing" Israel ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest final on Saturday.
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[2026-05-16 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Lebanon has welcomed an agreement with Israel to extend a fragile ceasefire by 45 days beyond Sunday’s deadline following talks in the United States, even as Israeli forces continued attacks on towns and villages in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-05-16 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A new convoy has left the town of Zawiya near the Libyan capital, Tripoli, to deliver humanitarian aid to the embattled people of the Gaza Strip.
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[2026-05-16 17:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Four migrant workers from Bangladesh, two municipal workers, two young Syrians refugees on a motorbike and one paramedic: in only a few days, their bodies have been brought to the Nabih Berri Governmental Hospital in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon.
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[2026-05-16 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A large-scale mural honoring Druze and Iranian children killed by the Islamic regime of Iran and its regional proxies was unveiled Thursday in Webster, Texas, as Iranian-American artist Hooman Khalili sought to draw international attention to the victims ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup.
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[2026-05-16 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yoel Zilberman, CEO and founder of Shomer HaHadash, has issued a stark warning about what he calls a severe loss of state control in the Negev and Galilee, claiming that criminal organizations no longer operate on the margins but now directly influence Israel’s economy, infrastructure, and personal security.
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[2026-05-16 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yashar! party chairman Gadi Eisenkot said Friday that he would be willing to sit in a coalition with haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties, saying in a video posted to social media: “Of course. I sit with anyone who strengthens the State of Israel.”
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[2026-05-16 17:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain's boycott of the Eurovision song contest over Israel's war in Gaza puts it "on the right side of history", Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Friday, ahead of the final in Austria.
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[2026-05-16 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Eurovision Song Contest's final takes place in Vienna on Saturday, with the organizers hoping the annual show of glitz and Europop will be a success despite five countries withdrawing over Israel's participation.
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[2026-05-16 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States and Israel are preparing for joint attacks on Iran to resume as soon as next week, according to a New York Times report on Friday, citing two Middle East officials.
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[2026-05-16 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of former US Air Force counterintelligence specialist Monica Elfriede Witt, who is wanted on espionage charges related to Iran, the bureau announced.
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[2026-05-16 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Palestine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Residents of al-Bustan district told to make way for Kings Garden, with knocking down own houses cheaper option
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[2026-05-16 16:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military issued new forced displacement orders for residents of nine towns and villages in southern Lebanon, only hours after Beirut and Israel agreed to extend their ceasefire for another 45 days.
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[2026-05-16 16:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: CCTV footage has captured the moment a group of Israeli settlers spat towards the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Jerusalem.
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[2026-05-16 16:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
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[2026-05-16 16:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Department of Justice has arrested and charged an Iraqi national alleged to be a senior commander of an Iran-backed armed group that is said to have orchestrated a wave of international terror attacks.
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[2026-05-16 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Palestinian Ministry of Health said a Palestinian man was killed by Israeli forces during a raid on the Jenin Refugee Camp in the northern occupied West Bank.
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[2026-05-16 16:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian expressed appreciation for what he described as the “moral and logical position” taken by the leader of the world’s Catholics regarding the recent conflict involving Iran, according to Tasnim News Agency.
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[2026-05-16 15:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed the arrest of Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, whom the United States has charged over alleged involvement in a series of attacks and ties to the Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah.
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[2026-05-16 15:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Felicia from Sweden performs the song “My System” during the dress rehearsal for the Grand Final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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[2026-05-16 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US officials suspect that Iran may be behind a cyberattack targeting systems used to monitor fuel levels in storage tanks supplying petrol stations in several states, according to CNN. The report said hackers exploited online systems that were not protected by passwords.
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[2026-05-16 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: According to Yedioth Ahronoth, Israeli officials remain uncertain whether US President Donald Trump will choose renewed confrontation or pursue further diplomatic talks.
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[2026-05-16 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tel Aviv City Hall is lit up with the flag of the United Arab Emirates as UAE and Israel announced they would be establishing full diplomatic ties, Aug. 13, 2020, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)
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[2026-05-16 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that Iran should not possess a nuclear weapon and stressed that the Strait of Hormuz would remain open.
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[2026-05-16 14:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The international community must take a more active approach to the plight of displaced Palestinians and the Israeli occupation of their land, Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Amir-Saeid Iravani said on Friday.
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