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Jewish settlers rampage in Israeli-occupied West Bank, killing 1

Palestinian officials say Jewish settlers rampaged through a town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, fatally shooting a Palestinian and wounding three others.

The Israeli military said its forces opened fire to disperse clashes between Israelis and Palestinians, and that it was investigating the reported fatality.

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US still sees threat of Iran, proxies attacking Israel

The United States assesses there is still a threat of a new attack on Israel by Iran or its proxies, the Pentagon said, after Lebanon's Hezbollah launched a rocket and drone barrage over the weekend.

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Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 14, including children

Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 14 people, half of them children.

The Civil Defense, first responders who operate under the Hamas-run government, said three children and their mother were killed in an airstrike late Monday in the Tufah neighborhood of Gaza City. It said three other people were missing after the strike.

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Israel extends housing subsidies for north evacuees

Israel’s government has extended housing grants for Israeli evacuees and families of hostages by one month until the end of September, as the war drags on with no immediate end in sight.

Thousands of Israelis are still living in temporary housing as the war nears its 11th month. They have been displaced in the south by ongoing rocket fire from the Gaza Strip and in the north from Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

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Palestinian Authority says 5 killed in Israeli air strike on West Bank

Israel said it carried out an air strike Monday on the occupied West Bank that the Palestinian Authority reported killed five people.

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White House says progress in Gaza talks despite Lebanon flare-up

The White House said Monday that Gaza truce talks in Cairo have made progress and were expected to continue at a working level for several days despite the latest heavy clashes between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah.

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US army chief, Israeli officials discuss 'need to deescalate' after flare-up with Hezbollah

Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, has met with top Israeli defense leaders and visited the Israeli military’s Northern Command headquarters.

Navy Capt. Jereal Dorsey, Brown’s spokesperson, said the chairman met with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Israeli Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi in Tel Aviv, and he participated in operational updates with Israeli army senior leaders.

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Israel minister says would build synagogue at al-Aqsa mosque

A far-right Israeli minister sparked fresh outrage on Monday by saying he would build a synagogue at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound if he could, once again challenging government policy .

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who has repeatedly ignored the government's long-standing ban on Jews praying at the site, told Army Radio that if it were possible he would build a synagogue at the Al-Aqsa compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount.

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Egypt says will not accept Israeli force on its Gaza border

Egypt has said it will not accept the continued presence of Israeli forces along its border with the Gaza Strip, state-linked media reported on Monday.

Cairo, a key mediator in efforts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, "reiterated to all parties that it will not accept any Israeli presence" along the strategic Philadelphi Corridor, state-linked Al-Qahera News said, citing a high-level source.

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Greek-flagged tanker burns after Houthi attacks but no sign of oil spill

A Greek-flagged tanker repeatedly attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea remains ablaze but hasn't sprung a major oil leak in the waterway, a European Union naval command said Monday.

The attack on the Sounion marks the most serious assault in weeks by the rebels, who continue to target shipping through the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. The attacks have disrupted the $1 trillion in trade that typically passes through the region, as well as halting some aid shipments to conflict-ravaged Sudan and Yemen.

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