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  "title": "Hegseth meets Netanyahu during unannounced visit to Israel, Axios reports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/hegseth-meets-netanyahu-during-unannounced-visit-to-israel-axios",
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  "published": "2026-10-19T22:49:25.000Z",
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    "name": "Middle East Eye",
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    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hegseth-meets-netanyahu-during-unannounced-visit-israel-axios-reports"
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  "summary": "Hegseth meets Netanyahu during unannounced visit to Israel, Axios reports US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an unannounced visit to Israel on Monday, Axios reported. The Pentagon and the Israeli Embassy in Washington declined to comment, according to Axios, while the Israeli Prime Minister's Office did not immediately respond to a…",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Hegseth meets Netanyahu in unannounced visit to Israel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/hegseth-meets-netanyahu-in-unannounced-visit-to-israel",
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        "title": "Hegseth meets Netanyahu in unannounced visit to Israel, reports Axios",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/hegseth-meets-netanyahu-in-unannounced-visit-to-israel-reports-axios",
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