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Macron to hold Gaza summit with Egyptian, Jordanian leaders

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he would hold a trilateral summit on the situation in Gaza with Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II.

Israel has pushed to seize territory in Gaza since the collapse of a short-lived truce in its war with Hamas, in what it has called a strategy to force the militants to free hostages still in captivity.

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Netanyahu visiting Trump on Monday to discuss tariffs and Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to travel to Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, discussing issues including tariffs and the "Iranian threat," his office said Saturday.

The meeting will take place on Monday, a White House official said on condition of anonymity.

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Kurdish fighters leave Aleppo as part of deal with Syrian government

Scores of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters left two neighborhoods in Syria's northern city of Aleppo Friday as part of a deal with the central government in Damascus, which is expanding its authority in the country.

The fighters left the predominantly Kurdish northern neighborhoods of Sheikh Maksoud and Achrafieh, which had been under the control of Kurdish fighters in Aleppo over the past decade.

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Israeli strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza as ground troops enter Palestinian territory's north

Israeli strikes killed more than a dozen people in the Gaza Strip early Friday, as Israel sent more ground troops into the Palestinian territory to ramp up its offensive against Hamas.

At least 17 people, some from the same family, were killed after an airstrike hit the southern city of Khan Younis, according to hospital staff. Hours later, people were still searching through the rubble, looking for survivors.

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Israeli army kills teenage Palestinian for throwing stones

The Israeli army said Friday that it shot and killed a Palestinian who threw stones at troops near the occupied West Bank village of Husan, whose mayor told AFP the boy was 17.

The army said that on Thursday evening "several terrorists hurled rocks toward Road 375 adjacent to Husan... Soldiers who were operating in the area responded with fire toward the terrorists, eliminated one terrorist and hit an additional terrorist".

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Syria: From Assad's rule to Israel's incursions

Israeli aircraft carried out two strikes on military targets near Damascus late Thursday, war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Humans Rights said.

"Israeli warplanes carried out air strikes on military positions and posts" in the vicinity of Al-Kiswah and Al-Muqaylibah outside Damascus, the Observatory said, adding that there were no immediate reports of casualties.

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Israel expands ground offensive in Gaza

The Israeli military announced the launch of a new ground offensive in Gaza City on Friday to expand the security zone it has established in the Palestinian territory.

Israel has pushed since the collapse of a short-lived truce in the war with Hamas to seize territory in Gaza in what it has called a strategy to force the militants to free hostages still in captivity.

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Israeli strike on Gaza school kills at least 27 people

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 27 or more sheltering at a school, according to Palestinian medical authorities, in a stepped-up offensive that Israel's military said is intended to pressure Hamas and eventually expel the militant group.

The bodies of 14 children and five women were recovered from the school in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City and the death toll could rise because some of the 70 wounded sustained critical injuries, said Health Ministry spokesman Zaher al-Wahidi. More than 30 other Gaza residents were killed in strikes on homes in the nearby neighborhood of Shijaiyah, he said, citing records at Ahli Hospital.

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Hungary announces ICC withdrawal as Israel's Netanyahu visits

Hungary on Thursday said it will quit the International Criminal Court, just as Prime Minister Viktor Orban hosted his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu welcomed Hungary's decision as he visited Budapest despite an ICC arrest warrant against him over alleged war crimes in Gaza.

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Israel army says investigating deadly fire on Gaza medics

The Israeli military said Thursday it was investigating an incident in which its troops opened fire on ambulances, claiming to have targeted "terrorists," while the U.N. reported that 15 medics and humanitarian workers were killed.

"The incident from March 23, 2025, in which IDF (military) forces opened fire targeting terrorists advancing in ambulances, has been transferred to the General Staff's fact-finding and assessment mechanism for investigation," military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani said in a statement.

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