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The speaker of Israel's Knesset, Amir Ohana, who was in Berlin on Monday, has thanked Germany for its support in the ongoing Gaza war. The German people have reaffirmed their determination to keep their promise of "never again," Ohana said in Berlin, referring to the slogan used in Germany to recall the genocide of millions of Jews under the Nazi regime. Bärbel Bas, president of the lower house of parliament, or Bundestag, emphasized that Israel could rely on Germany as a par...

At a ceremony remembering the millions of Jews and other persecuted groups killed by Nazi Germany in the Holocaust, the president of Germany's parliament called on residents of the country to again stand up against hatred and anti-Semitism. "Let us all have the courage not to remain silent, but to resolutely oppose hatred and bigotry," Bärbel Bas said on Wednesday morning in the Bundestag, as the country's lower house of parliament is known. She thanked the hundreds of t...

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Germany’s parliament paid tribute on Monday to Wolfgang Schaeuble, the former finance minister and the country’s longest-serving lawmaker who helped negotiate German reunification. Schaeuble died in December at age 81. French President Emmanuel Macron, Bundestag president Baerbel Bas and Christian Democrats leader Friedrich Merz praised Schaeuble’s long years of service in the German government and his commitment to a unified Germany and to the European project.

Germany’s parliament has paid tribute to Wolfgang Schaeuble

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel will "crush and destroy" Hamas in response to the militant group's bloody weekend attack.

President Biden on Wednesday called the attack by Hamas the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust as the number of U.S. citizens killed in the fighting ticked up to at least 22.

Israel said it would cut off electricity after Hamas attack. All of Gazas crossings are closed, making it impossible to bring in more fuel

Israel has vowed unprecedented retaliation against the Hamas militant group ruling the Palestinian territory after its fighters stormed through the border fence Saturday and gunned down hundreds of Israelis.

Residents in Gaza are facing ever-growing uncertainty after the territorys only power plant ran out of fuel and shut down Wednesday.