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Israel army says reviewing deadly strike on seafront Gaza cafe

The Israeli army said Tuesday that it launched a review into a strike on a seafront Gaza cafe it says targeted militants, but which rescuers said killed 24 people.

In a statement to AFP regarding the incident, the army said it had struck "several Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip".

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Netanyahu to visit White House next Monday as Trump presses for Gaza ceasefire

President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks at the White House next Monday as the U.S. leader steps up his push on the Israeli government and Hamas to broker a ceasefire and hostage agreement and bring about an end to the war in Gaza.

The impending visit was confirmed by two U.S. administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly on it.

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Iraq's top court to resume work after president retires amid controversy

Iraq's top court was set to resume work Monday after nine judges who had tendered their resignations in recent weeks returned to work following the retirement of the court's president and the appointment of a successor.

Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council announced Sunday the retirement of the head of the Federal Supreme Court, Judge Jassim Mohammed Abboud Al-Amiri, citing "health reasons." The Council nominated Judge Mundher Ibrahim Hussein, deputy president of the Federal Court of Cassation, to assume the position, and Hussein was appointed by presidential decree on Monday.

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Trump dismantles Syria sanctions program as Israel ties eyed

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ending many U.S. economic sanctions on Syria, following through on a promise he made to the country's new interim leader.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the move was designed to "promote and support the country's path to stability and peace."

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Iran voices 'serious doubts' over Israel commitment to ceasefire

Iran has warned that it had little faith in Israel's commitment to a fragile ceasefire that ended the most intense and destructive confrontation between the two foes to date.

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Tehran says 935 Iranians killed in 12-day war with Israel

At least 935 people were killed in Iran during its 12-day war with Israel, Iranian state media reported Monday, nearly a week since a ceasefire took hold.

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Gaza rescuers say Israeli forces kill 34 as ceasefire momentum builds

Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces killed 34 people on Monday, including 11 waiting for aid, as momentum built behind a ceasefire push for the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.

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Israeli settlers rampage at military base in West Bank

Dozens of Israeli settlers rampaged around a military base in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, setting fires, vandalizing military vehicles, spraying graffiti and attacking soldiers, the military said.

Sunday night's unrest came after several attacks in the West Bank carried out by Jewish settlers and anger at their arrests by security forces attempting to contain the violence over the past few days.

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Israel says 'interested' in normalizing ties with Lebanon, Syria

Israel said Monday it is "interested" in striking peace agreements with neighboring Lebanon and Syria, a potentially historic shift in the region after decades of war and animosity.

With Syria under new leadership after the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad and Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement weakened, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar told journalists his government wanted more normalization agreements with Arab countries.

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A week into the fragile Israel-Iran peace agreement, here's what we still don't know

It's been a week since the United States pressed Israel and Iran into a truce, ending a bloody, 12-day conflict that had set the Middle East and globe on edge.

The fragile peace, brokered by the U.S. the day after it dropped 30,000-pound "bunker-busting" bombs on three of Iran's key nuclear sites, is holding. But much remains unsettled.

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