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Israelis vote on Tuesday in the first election since the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023. Polls show neither Netanyahu's bloc nor Eisenkot's opposition near 61 seats.

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Brent retreated on Monday from its Friday peak, but European gas rose to its highest price since 2022. US strategic oil reserves have fallen to their lowest level since 1982.

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Israeli forces have displaced thousands of Palestinians in Hebron since an attack killed two soldiers on Friday. A UN commission of inquiry accused Israel on Monday of crimes against humanity in the West Bank.

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Israeli forces killed at least five people in Gaza, including a 7-year-old girl, according to Gaza's Civil Defence as cited by The Hindu and Al Jazeera, which counts 1,559 deaths since the ceasefire. Independent UN-commissioned experts said in a report on Monday that Israel continues to commit genocide in Gaza despite the ceasefire.

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Trump said on Sunday there would be no strike that day, but that he must choose between a deal and finishing Iran off. Iran says it downed a US drone.

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Israelis vote on Tuesday with neither bloc near 61 seats, though polls put Gadi Eisenkot's opposition narrowly ahead.

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Israel's army says all West Bank land crossings will close on Tuesday, election day. In Hebron, thousands have been forced from their homes since an attack on Friday killed two soldiers.

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Israeli air strikes hit the Islamic University in Gaza City in two attacks on Sunday, killing three security guards, according to Al Jazeera. Seven people were killed across Gaza, and Telesur reports that flour shortages leave only seven bakeries operating.

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Israel demolished buildings in Hebron and displaced 1,200 to 2,000 Palestinians after two soldiers were killed nearby on Friday. The army will seal the West Bank on election day.

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Before Tuesday's election, a huge Tel Aviv rally demanded an October 7 inquiry. The Bank of Israel rejected Netanyahu's crypto idea against sanctions.

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Fuel costs from the Iran war keep airfares high, while oil stocks are depleted. Iran's president says many people in the country struggle to get food.

Economy

European and Middle Eastern foreign ministers meeting in Istanbul warned that renewed US-Israeli strikes on Iran would widen the war. A Trump envoy, Mike Waltz, said Washington is ready for a long stand-off, the Financial Times reports.

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Two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near Hebron on Friday before being shot dead. Netanyahu ordered Hebron sealed and a West Bank lockdown.

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A Maariv poll puts Netanyahu's bloc at 48 seats and the opposition at 54 ahead of Tuesday's vote. Eisenkot's Yashar leads Likud by two seats.

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This year's olive harvest in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is the most violent in years, with settlers attacking farmers and besieging homes, according to the New York Times. On Friday the UN and an Israeli human rights group warned of escalating violence, sweeping closures and the threat of forced displacement, and Al Jazeera reports that Israel arrested 36 Palestinians.

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Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least four Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, according to Daily Sabah, underscoring the fragility of the US-brokered ceasefire. Separately, The National reports that Dubai is sending winter relief supplies to Gaza through a new air bridge.

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Iran's IRGC says seven vessels were hit near Hormuz, while the New York Times reports US-Israeli plans for renewed strikes after the 3 November midterms.

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Houthi attacks hit a Saudi airport and an oil field this week. Aramco and Washington both scaled back their presence in the kingdom.

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Polls put Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar ahead of Netanyahu's Likud, but neither bloc has a majority. Israelis vote on Tuesday.

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A Jerusalem court released nine of ten suspects in attacks on a US journalist and European diplomats to house arrest. On Thursday UN chief Guterres called the West Bank situation "simply out of control".

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Israeli fire killed four people in Gaza, including a young girl, medics told Reuters. Gaza's Health Ministry warned on Thursday of a complete depletion of oil and lubricants for hospital generators, according to Telesur, while Al Jazeera reports that breast cancer patients face delayed diagnoses and medicine shortages.

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Netanyahu said on Wednesday he has told the IDF and Mossad to overthrow Iran's regime. Iran says Hormuz stays closed until the US accepts its terms.

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Israeli army chief of staff Eyal Zamir visited the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, and the Jerusalem Post reports that the army is stepping up operations and preparing for Hamas attacks ahead of Israel's election. Al Jazeera reports that families in Gaza struggle to provide nutritious meals for their children as prices rise and aid is cut.

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Israelis vote next Tuesday in what Daily Sabah describes as a tight race over whether Benjamin Netanyahu wins another term as prime minister. In an interview with the Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu threatened to respond with force if Iran makes a 'big mistake', while Reuters says the election may change the leader but not Iran war policy.

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The Israeli military detained about 80 volunteers on Wednesday near Nahalin in the West Bank, including US congressional nominee Brad Lander, while they helped Palestinian farmers harvest olives, according to the Guardian; the Jerusalem Post puts the number at 90. Al Jazeera reports that Lander was later freed and said dozens remained in custody.

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made an unannounced trip to Israel, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Netanyahu says he discussed toppling Iran's regime with Trump.

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A week before the 27 October election, a Walla poll shows neither bloc near a majority after Benny Gantz quit the race. Trump endorsed Netanyahu, but Vice President Vance would not.

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Israeli attacks across Gaza early on Tuesday killed between four and seven Palestinians, according to Reuters, Daily Sabah and Le Monde, with medical sources and civil defence citing a couple and two children among the dead. Al Jazeera reports that funding shortages threaten food aid for half a million people, while Le Monde says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing an election on 27 October, has vowed to keep attacking Hamas despite the ceasefire.

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Israeli and Lebanese delegations met at CENTCOM's Tampa headquarters, according to IDF sources quoted by the Jerusalem Post. The IDF also says it filmed Hezbollah moving weapons that the Lebanese army had claimed to have seized.

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The World Food Programme said on Monday it is ending monthly aid for 500,000 people in Gaza, citing lack of funding. Reuters reports Israel will resume commercial shipments.

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Israeli security forces detained between eight and ten suspects, according to differing reports, after settlers attacked a convoy of European diplomats in the West Bank and seriously injured a US photographer over the weekend. Le Monde reports that a French mayor was beaten in the attack on the diplomats.

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US President Donald Trump has endorsed Netanyahu ahead of next week's Israeli election. Al Jazeera reports that Arab-led and ultra-Orthodox parties could hold the balance of power, while Polymarket gave Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, a roughly 49% chance of becoming prime minister.

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Lebanon will reject direct military coordination with Israel at talks in Florida, The National reports. Al Jazeera reports that reported Iranian aid of $200m to Hezbollah has increased pressure from the US on the Lebanese government.

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Masked Israeli settlers attacked Belgian, French and Polish diplomats and a French mayor near Taybeh on Saturday, a day after a Washington Post photographer was beaten. The EU and US demanded accountability.

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Hundreds of Palestinians attended a funeral on Sunday for 75 people whose remains were recovered from the ruins of Gaza City, most of them from the Daraj neighbourhood according to the Health Ministry. Al Jazeera reports that residents face rising prices and fear food shortages after Israel halted commercial shipments.

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Trump endorsed Netanyahu nine days before the 27 October Israeli election and suggested the US could face Iran alone if Netanyahu loses, according to the Jerusalem Post. The Financial Times and Bloomberg report that Arab Israeli voters are mobilising to oust Netanyahu in a tightly fought vote.

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Masked settlers attacked European diplomats and a French mayor in the West Bank on Saturday, a day after a Washington Post photographer was beaten. The US and Belgium demanded action.

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Police fired what appeared to be rubber bullets at protesters in Tirana on Saturday, the fifth day of student-led demands for Prime Minister Edi Rama to resign.

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun announced on Saturday that Lebanon and Israel will take part in US-backed trilateral talks in Tampa, Florida, on 20 October. According to Reuters, Lebanon's military delegation will press for a halt to Israeli attacks.

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Israeli drone attacks killed six Palestinians across Gaza despite the ceasefire, according to Al Jazeera, which also reports that UNICEF says more than 340 children have been killed since the ceasefire began a year ago. Daily Sabah reports that shelters are increasingly damaged after repeated displacement during three years of war, as millions face winter rains and floods.

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Israeli settlers attacked olive pickers in several West Bank villages on Friday and beat photographer Heidi Levine. The Washington Post demanded an investigation.

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Israel has stopped commercial shipments into Gaza for a second day, citing a dispute between merchants and Hamas. UNICEF warned on Friday that progress against malnutrition could unravel.

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Researchers say the Israeli advertising firm Discover-Tech used a commercial ad network to collect personal data and deliver spyware to targeted devices worldwide, according to Daily Sabah. Al Jazeera reports that its own devices were hacked in 2024 with a 'zero-click' method.

Technology

Rome prosecutors are investigating Katz, Ben Gvir and about a dozen officials over alleged torture, kidnapping and degrading treatment, ANSA reported on Friday. The probe follows complaints from 50 Italian citizens who were detained by Israeli authorities after two Global Sumud Flotilla missions.

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Foreign ministers from 19 countries, including Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, condemned on Friday Colombia's decision to relocate its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, saying it violates international law. Iran also condemned the move, and Egypt separately made a diplomatic approach to Colombia, calling it a unilateral measure.

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Israel's military body COGAT said on Thursday that commercial goods have stopped entering Gaza, blaming a dispute between traders and Hamas. Hamas and Gaza's government media office deny imposing taxes.

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Citizen Lab and Confiant reported on Thursday that Israeli ad agency Discover-Tech used online ads to track users and help plant Candiru spyware. Devices at Al Jazeera were among those infected.

Technology

Hezbollah said on Thursday that an explosive-laden vehicle seized by the Lebanese army belonged to it and that the explosives were meant to attack Israel, according to Reuters. The Jerusalem Post reports, citing sources, that Iran told Hezbollah to raise its readiness for a possible conflict.

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Hezbollah claimed ownership of the explosive-laden vehicle the Lebanese army seized, The National reports. According to the Jerusalem Post, Iran told the group to prepare, and all full-time members who receive monthly salaries were summoned.

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An Israeli air strike killed a woman in Gaza City on Wednesday, and settlers burned a West Bank prayer room. Israel is also blocking a Board of Peace outpost.

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Netanyahu said on Wednesday he is not seeking to attack Iran again before Israel's election, Reuters reports. The Jerusalem Post, citing regional diplomats, reports that Iranian leaders consider renewed US strikes inevitable.

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Colombia opened an embassy in West Jerusalem on Wednesday under its new far-right president, Abelardo de la Espriella, and restored its free trade deal with Israel. Palestinian officials condemned the move, which reverses the break in relations that former president Gustavo Petro ordered in May 2024 over Israel's actions in Gaza.

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Axios and Israel's Channel 12 report that Netanyahu pressed Trump last week on resuming strikes on Iran before Israel votes. Trump says a decision will come "very soon".

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Israeli forces raided several Palestinian NGO offices in Ramallah and a hospital in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reports. WAFA reported that snipers were deployed outside the entrances to the Palestine Medical Complex.

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A year after the Gaza ceasefire, Israeli attacks continue, according to Al Jazeera's weekly Palestine roundup published on Tuesday. Settler violence is also disrupting the oil harvest in the West Bank.

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Israeli fire killed at least two people in Gaza on Monday, according to medics and health officials, a day after three others were killed. Al Jazeera reports that Israel restricts access to 65 percent of the territory and that more than 1.4 million people are acutely short of food.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the identification and prosecution of the soldiers and officers interviewed in the documentary NAZA, the Guardian reports. The film by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor draws on 24 anonymous Israeli sources who accuse the military of killing Palestinians in Gaza using AI systems.

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Emirati investigators say the co-pilot accused of attacking the captain on a flydubai flight to Israel drifted toward extremism while a student in Australia, the New York Times reports. Samir Mohtadi, whose Melbourne Islamic community centre UAE prosecutors have linked to the co-pilot, rejects what he calls false accusations.

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A year after the ceasefire, Al Jazeera reports that continuing attacks, restrictions on medical aid and delayed evacuations are still killing Palestinians in Gaza. Kushner, marking a year of Trump's peace plan, cited hostage returns and increased aid but warned that Hamas disarmament remains unfinished, the Jerusalem Post reports.

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas postponed the legislative elections planned for 28 November by a year and called a presidential election for September 2027, Le Monde and Reuters report. The Jerusalem Post says Israeli military attacks, settlement expansion, settler violence, movement restrictions and withheld Palestinian revenues were cited as reasons.

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay on Friday. Israel condemned the decision.

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The UAE attorney general said on Friday that the Omani co-pilot who tried to seize a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight meant to crash it into a Ben Gurion airport terminal. The suspect says he acted alone.

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More than 100 humanitarian and human rights groups say the Gaza ceasefire exists in name only, citing continued Israeli killings and restrictions, according to Al Jazeera. The UN says nearly all residents need shelter and thousands remain missing, one year into the truce.

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Al Jazeera recorded at least 19 attacks by Israeli settlers across the West Bank on Friday, while Israeli forces separately detained 16 Palestinians. Palestinian farmers harvesting olives are asking international activists for protection.

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Britain's consulate general in East Jerusalem will stay open under a new name, UK mission, after Israel's 30-day closure order expired on Thursday, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said. Workers removed the consulate's signage, Reuters journalists saw, and the New York Times describes the arrangement as a last-minute deal between Israel and the UK.

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Three years after Hamas's attack on southern Israel, 82% of structures in the Gaza Strip are damaged, Folha de S.Paulo reports. On the anniversary, Israeli forces killed Civil Defense volunteer Mohammad Tammous near the ruined Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, according to Telesur.

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Israeli army captain Eliav Haim Tzapalamus was killed during an operation in southern Lebanon, and three other soldiers were lightly injured, the Jerusalem Post reports. More than 340,000 people from southern Lebanon remain displaced three months after the end-of-June ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, according to Le Monde.

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Israel marked the third anniversary of the Hamas attack that set off the Gaza war on Wednesday with silent tributes and political debate, weeks before elections. Al Jazeera reports that Israeli attacks across Gaza killed at least four Palestinians, among them a Civil Defence rescue volunteer in the north.

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Israeli forces raided several West Bank communities, imposing curfews, detaining people and demolishing a Palestinian home, Telesur reports, around the third anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel. Al Jazeera showed a soldier smashing a memorial to Palestinians, and the Jerusalem Post, citing N12 footage, reports that settlers attacked a Palestinian home and set a vehicle on fire.

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New Zealand authorities have launched their own investigation as the alleged hijacker's training there comes under scrutiny: Hamam al-Hammami spent 175 days in the country until May 2019, The Guardian reports. Reuters reports, citing sources, that Saudi Arabia has opened an air safety probe, while the Jerusalem Post says police are examining aviation security failures at the Transport Ministry.

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The Guardian reports that the forced closure of the British consulate in East Jerusalem marks a low point in UK-Israeli relations. According to reports, the UK is considering expelling Israeli diplomats from London in retaliation.

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Defense Minister Katz ordered the army on Tuesday to raise its vigilance and prepare for 'any possible scenario' in Gaza, and warned that Gaza's population would pay a heavy price if Hamas attacks during the commemorations, Le Monde reports. Prime Minister Netanyahu claims Hamas is plotting an attack, according to TASS.

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One year after the Gaza ceasefire began, Trump's plan remains stalled according to Reuters and the Jerusalem Post: Hamas is still armed, Israeli forces hold most of Gaza and reconstruction has barely started. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday the truce has failed to provide stability or sufficient relief and urged all parties to meet their obligations.

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Britain will expel Israeli diplomats if Israel closes its consulate in Jerusalem, the Financial Times reports, while Reuters, citing sources, says such expulsions are likely. National security adviser Jonathan Powell held talks with the Israeli government last week in a bid to reach a compromise, but The National reports Israel rebuffed the British plea as the closure deadline nears.

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The Pentagon confirmed that all US bombers have left RAF Fairford in England. Washington cites Iran-linked threats, while London says the base is safe.

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Saudi Aramco's chief said on Monday that rebuilding depleted oil inventories could take up to two years. Gulf exports recovered in September.

Economy

Britain's national security adviser Jonathan Powell held talks with Israeli officials last week but failed to agree on keeping the UK consulate in East Jerusalem open, according to sources cited by Reuters. London has threatened to expel 27 Israeli diplomats if the consulate is closed and British diplomats are expelled, the Jerusalem Post reports.

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An Omani co-pilot attacked the captain of a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv, and Israeli passengers overpowered him. Israeli agencies now dispute who should have vetted him.

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The WFP cut Gaza food aid by 50% for lack of funds, Telesur reports. Israeli strikes killed at least six Palestinians at the weekend.

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Israeli air strikes on two villages in southern Lebanon killed at least 11 people, including three children, on Saturday, the deadliest day since the truce with Hezbollah took effect in June.

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Six days after Colombia's magnitude 7.4 earthquake, official counts put the dead at 288 to 294. New president Abelardo de la Espriella asked Donald Trump to suspend US tariffs on Colombian goods.

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Washington is pressing Israel's prime minister to condemn settlers besieging Palestinian families in the West Bank village of Qusra. Benjamin Netanyahu has not commented.

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Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya travelled to Cairo on Sunday to meet Egypt's intelligence chief. US envoy Jared Kushner is due in Israel and Egypt next week.

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US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States. Tehran rejected the claim.

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Israel's defence minister ordered the army on Friday to hand civilian law enforcement in the occupied West Bank to the police. Settlers have besieged Palestinian families in Qusra since Sunday.

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Rescuers are still searching for hundreds of missing people five days after Colombia's magnitude 7.4 quake, with the death toll put at 281 to 287.

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Jared Kushner is due in Israel next week to save the US-backed Gaza plan. Netanyahu rejected its Hamas disarmament terms on Sunday.

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Lebanon's prime minister pressed US mediators on Friday for a date for Israel's withdrawal. Hezbollah's leader rejected the framework the same day.

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Washington has circulated a questionnaire among NATO members asking how far they back President Donald Trump's foreign policy, Bloomberg reported on Friday. It comes as the United States prepares deep cuts to its forces in Europe.

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The UAE accuses Iran of attacking two ADNOC ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday evening. Tehran says no ship may pass without its permission.

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Colombia's toll from Monday's magnitude 7.4 quake is now put at 265 to 281 dead, with about 380 people missing and more than 40,000 families affected. Rescuers made a final push on Thursday as the 72-hour window closed.

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Israeli soldiers moved Palestinian families out of their besieged homes in Qusra in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, but the settlers blockading them since Sunday stayed.

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An Israeli drone killed Gaza City's police chief, Colonel Jamal Abu Kamil, on Thursday, a day after Israel resumed air raids. A second strike killed one person in Khan Younis.

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Taiwan's digital ministry said on Thursday that hackers used AI agents from overseas against government agencies in July, without detailing scale, damage or targets.

Technology

The government of Delcy Rodríguez held its first talks with a section of Venezuela's opposition, Al Jazeera reported on Friday, and what they will achieve remains open. Caracas has also restored consular relations with Israel after two decades as Iran's principal strategic partner in Latin America, while Emirati and Qatari companies are entering the country through a BP-led gas deal.

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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam accused Israel on Wednesday of systematically destroying homes in southern Lebanon in violation of international law, Daily Sabah reported. The National reports that Hezbollah, which once paid families $14,000 for a destroyed home, may no longer be able to compensate them.

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Trump said on Wednesday the United States has "total control" of the closed Strait of Hormuz. Tehran denied the same day that talks on extending the ceasefire are under way.

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Israel struck Gaza on Wednesday for the first time in over a week, killing one man. Its defence minister ruled out any pullback from Gaza, Lebanon or Syria.

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Settlers have kept two Palestinian families trapped in their homes in the West Bank village of Qusra since Sunday. Israeli troops sent to lift the siege pulled back on Wednesday without ending it.

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Syria has sent letters to the UN secretary-general and the Security Council objecting to Colombia's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights. At home, death sentences issued in absentia against ousted leader Bashar al-Assad and eight others have opened a debate over what transitional justice can deliver.

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Emergency services, residents and environmental groups in south Lebanon told the Guardian on Wednesday that the Israeli military is dropping flares that burn forests and crops. Hussein Fakih, head of the civil defence in the Nabatiya region, said most of his teams' missions are now fire-related.

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Thousands of Gaza patients still await medical evacuation, with transfers running three to four times a week, the WHO said on Tuesday. Russia's UN envoy called the US peace plan stalled.

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Palestine's UN envoy asked the Security Council on Tuesday to enforce international law in the occupied West Bank. A UN official said settlement expansion must be treated as an emergency.

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Human Rights Watch and three other US advocacy groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over an executive order that sanctions judges and prosecutors of the International Criminal Court. The sanctions were imposed over the court's investigations into Israeli conduct in Palestine and bar Americans from providing services to those targeted.

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A double Israeli strike in Lebanon killed one person and damaged an ambulance, Le Monde reported, the latest bombardment despite the truce between Israel and Hezbollah. According to TASS, Lebanese officials say Beirut is in no rush for further talks and insists first on expanding the zones in southern Lebanon free of Israeli troops, consolidating the ceasefire and halting strikes on infrastructure.

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Syria will host a delegation from the UN nuclear watchdog in the coming days and expects to announce what it describes as significant progress on material left behind by the former government, Daily Sabah and The National reported on Tuesday. The visit follows an arrangement with Damascus and Israel brokered by the United States.

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Israel and Venezuela announced on Tuesday that they had renewed consular relations, 17 years after diplomatic ties were severed in 2009. The Jerusalem Post reports that the step creates an official channel of coordination and follows an Israeli aid and rescue mission after the earthquake in Colombia.

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A magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit western Colombia on Monday, the strongest there in a decade. More than 130 people are confirmed dead and over 570 injured.

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Donald Trump wants Iran to pay compensation for people killed over five decades. Tehran keeps the Strait of Hormuz shut until its terms are met.

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Netanyahu is sticking to his rejection of the US-backed 15-point Gaza roadmap, announced on Sunday, and rules out any withdrawal before Hamas disarms. Washington says the process continues.

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The IAEA is to remove nuclear material from an undisclosed site in Syria under a US-brokered deal. Syrian officials say they did not know it was there.

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Colombia recognised Israeli sovereignty over the annexed Golan Heights, becoming the second country to do so after the United States. Bogota called the territory an essential component of Israel's national defence, and Israeli foreign minister Sa'ar said the decision demonstrated the Colombian president's commitment to Israel.

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Talks between Lebanon and Israel brokered by Washington are to be held in Rome in early September, TASS reported on Monday, citing television reporting. A State Department official told Al Jazeera that both sides face political restrictions and internal pressure, while CENTCOM commander Cooper told an Israeli operational forum that US support would endure, according to the Jerusalem Post.

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The Guardian reported on Monday that Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa compound has entered a new phase of confrontation, with Arab states and former Israeli officials warning that the long-standing arrangements at the site are being eroded. According to the newsletter, those critics accuse Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of complicity.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the US-backed 15-point Gaza roadmap in a Sunday cabinet meeting, ruling out any withdrawal before Hamas disarms.

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Iran's supreme leader has put two Revolutionary Guard veterans into top security posts while the Strait of Hormuz stays shut. Washington is betting on pressure, not new strikes.

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The Israeli military has closed the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank, citing repeated settler attacks. The measure was reported on Sunday, a day after settlers stormed a mosque near Hebron.

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The New York Times reported on Sunday that the United States and Israel are targeting not only the weapons of the Lebanese group Hezbollah but also its money. Dmitri Gendelman, an adviser in the Israeli prime minister's office, said Israeli forces remain in the security zone in southern Lebanon because Hezbollah has not been disarmed.

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The South China Morning Post reported on Sunday that physicists in the United States and Israel have hailed as a triumph the strongest evidence yet for the glueball, presented by a Chinese-led team. The particle consists purely of the strong force, and independent confirmation is still outstanding.

Technology

Hamas said on Saturday it is ready for phase two of the US-backed Gaza plan and urged Washington to press Israel, which has not signed the roadmap.

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The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve has fallen to 304.81 million barrels, its lowest since March 1983, leaving about 43 days of cover on Energy Department and Bank of America figures.

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Lebanon said Israeli troops intruded into Zawtar al-Gharbiyah in the south, where Lebanese soldiers were injured while disarming unexploded ordnance near an earth barrier that Israeli forces reportedly built, Al Jazeera reported on Saturday. On Sunday the Israeli military said it had expanded its investigation into an abnormally strong explosion that killed two reservists in Lebanon, with its Northern Command saying it cannot be ruled out that Hezbollah tampered with an explosive device.

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Residents near Bethlehem told Al Jazeera that Israeli settlers attack them daily as violence spreads across the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military said it would investigate footage showing a soldier striking a Palestinian, while Palestinian Christians say mounting hardship is driving their community to leave.

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Abu Dhabi's Adnoc said on Friday that missile and drone attacks have hit 15 of its vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one crew member and wounding 20. Iranian crude exports from Kharg Island have been at a standstill under the renewed US blockade.

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Iranian drone and missile attacks on US bases across West Asia have wounded close to 700 American service members, according to an Associated Press count. Traumatic brain injury is the most common wound.

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Israeli ministers are pushing the government to renew military operations in the Gaza Strip and to reject the roadmap for the second phase of the US ceasefire plan, Daily Sabah reports. At a security cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the Israeli official Zini said Hamas sees a demilitarisation agreement with the Board of Peace as a way to trap Israel, according to the Jerusalem Post.

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Israeli troops pulled out of the Qalandiya refugee camp north of Jerusalem late on Thursday after a two-day assault that left 51 Palestinians injured and more than 60 detained, the Tehran Times reported, describing a camp-by-camp offensive in the West Bank. Daily Sabah reports that patients across the occupied West Bank are unable to obtain essential medicines as public health facilities deteriorate.

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Washington has called on Israel to reduce tensions in Lebanon and assured Beirut of its commitment to a successful conclusion of the negotiations, TASS reported on Friday, citing television sources. The Jerusalem Post reports that some sessions of last week's Rome talks ended early in response to Israeli strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanon, and that experts see Hezbollah's attempts to wreck the process as failing.

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Iran said on Wednesday its talks with Oman on reopening the Strait of Hormuz had reached their final stages. Reports on Friday say the draft would bar US and Israeli vessels and charge hostile states for passage.

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Israel resumed air and artillery attacks in southern Lebanon after two of its soldiers were killed by an explosive device on Wednesday. The strikes ran alongside US-mediated talks with Lebanon in Rome that brought little movement.

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Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Legal Agenda found that an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon earlier this year deliberately attacked journalist Amal Khalil and her colleague Zeinab Faraj in the knowledge that they were civilians. Khalil was killed and Faraj wounded; the groups said the strike likely constituted a war crime.

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Israeli forces continued their operation in the Qalandiya area near Jerusalem after an order to take over the Palestinian refugee camp, The National reported on Thursday. Al Jazeera reported on Friday that the raid injured 51 Palestinians and that Israeli forces arrested dozens, amid what it described as an uptick in military and settler violence in the West Bank.

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The foreign ministers of Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey denounced Israeli violations in Gaza on Thursday, pointing in particular to attacks on health facilities and civilian sites. They said Israel's actions are undermining peace efforts, according to TASS and Daily Sabah.

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In a video posted on Tuesday night, Netanyahu said Israel never agreed to the US-backed draft on Hamas disarmament. He ruled out leaving Israeli positions in Gaza until Hamas is fully disarmed.

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New reporting by Reuters, CBS and CNN sets out how far US missile and interceptor stocks have fallen after 159 days of the campaign against Iran. Talks between Iran and Oman on reopening the Strait of Hormuz are running in parallel.

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Israeli aircraft bombed two towns in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring 11, Lebanon's health ministry said. The Israeli military said the strikes answered Hezbollah violations of the June ceasefire and that it issued evacuation warnings beforehand, the first since June, while Israeli and Lebanese negotiators were meeting in Rome.

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Thousands joined the funeral procession for a family of three killed in a US strike on Iran's Qeshm Island, the Tehran Times reported on Wednesday. Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarqandi visited the southern county of Lamerd and called a joint US-Israeli strike on the local stadium a clear crime, while Tehran's chief attorney set out plans to document alleged war crimes and take both countries to court.

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Israeli forces launched a large-scale military operation in the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reported. Jordan's foreign minister Ayman Safadi said Israeli actions are triggering escalation in the West Bank and Gaza, while Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met King Abdullah II in Amman and attended a ministerial meeting on Jerusalem.

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Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Wednesday rejected reporting that key US munitions stocks have fallen to dangerously low levels. Reuters had reported a day earlier that the army used "virtually all" its long-range precision missiles in the five-month war with Iran.

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Israeli strikes killed 18 Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday and two more on Monday, one of the deadliest stretches since the October ceasefire.

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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israeli troops will not pull back from their current positions in the Gaza Strip until Hamas is completely disarmed, Politika reported on Tuesday. The Economist describes disarmament as one of the sticking points in the Gaza deal.

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Thousands gathered in central Gaza on Tuesday for a mass funeral for 112 members of the Abu Shreia and al-Hassaina families, among them 40 children, killed in an Israeli attack in 2023. Their remains were recovered from the rubble of destroyed homes almost three years later.

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Lebanon and Israel held a new round of direct negotiations in Rome. The National reported that Lebanon demanded Israel stop blocking its takeover of the agreed pilot zones.

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An Israeli air strike killed two Palestinians in a car in Gaza City on Monday evening, medics said. The truce's mediators, Türkiye, Egypt and Qatar, condemned Israel's ceasefire violations the same day.

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After its envoy met Prime Minister Netanyahu on Monday, the US-led Board of Peace said Israeli forces will leave Gaza only once Hamas has handed over all weapons. Israel refuses to pull back before disarmament, Hamas refuses to disarm before a pullback.

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Israeli forces carried out large demolition operations near the Beaufort fortress in south Lebanon in the night from Thursday to Friday, saying they were destroying Hezbollah tunnels, Le Monde reported. The blasts sent powerful shockwaves through the south of the country while negotiations continue.

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Residents of the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, many of them US citizens, have seen a sharp rise in attacks by Israeli settlers, the Guardian reported on Monday. The increase followed visits by US ambassador Mike Huckabee to the nearby Israeli settlement of Shilo.

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US President Donald Trump says he cancelled a planned wave of strikes on Iran and that talks with Tehran open on Monday afternoon. Iranian agencies deny any deal on the Strait of Hormuz was reached.

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Israeli air strikes hit Gaza for a second straight day on Sunday, with Palestinian tallies of the dead ranging from 8 to 18. Israel has still not publicly responded to the US roadmap for Hamas's disarmament.

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Iran's foreign minister said on Sunday that talks with Oman on a new shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz are in their final stages. The US naval blockade of Iran, resumed in mid-July, is still in force.

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Dmitri Gendelman, an adviser in the Israeli prime minister's office, said implementation of the agreement with Lebanon depends on Hezbollah disarming, adding that 'Israel's security is not a bargaining chip'. Five Lebanese soldiers were wounded on Sunday when their vehicle ran over an explosive device in the southern town of Kafra; the Israeli military said the device belonged to Hezbollah and did not come from an Israeli strike.

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Israeli forces launched a new incursion into Quneitra province in southern Syria on Sunday, according to Syrian state media cited by Daily Sabah. The troops set up a temporary checkpoint to search civilians and passing vehicles.

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The Iran-linked criminal Foxtrot Network is recruiting teenagers in Europe for violent attacks, the BBC reported, according to the Jerusalem Post on Sunday. The network is thought to be responsible for around 35 murders and several attacks and attempted attacks against Israeli targets in Europe since 2022.

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US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had cancelled a planned major attack on Iran, saying Tehran and other Middle Eastern states had agreed the "outlines of a deal". He named two conditions: the complete opening of the Strait of Hormuz and an end to Iran's nuclear threat.

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Gaza's civil defence says it has ended a two-week search in the Sabra district and recovered 112 bodies from destroyed houses. It reports 157 more people still missing at the same site.

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Gaza's civil defence says Israeli strikes killed at least eight people across the Strip on Sunday, days after Hamas accepted a US-brokered disarmament deal. Israel has not said publicly whether it accepts the terms.

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A Hamas representative says the Palestinian side has fulfilled everything required of it and that decisions on collecting weapons rest with Palestinians alone. The UAE on Saturday welcomed the disarmament agreement announced two days earlier.

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US embassies in capitals across the Middle East warned on Saturday of a possible "unforeseen escalation" in the regional conflict and urged American citizens to be ready to leave, the South China Morning Post reported. Al Jazeera linked the alerts to President Trump's vow to hit Iran "hard", while Israeli officials told the Jerusalem Post that Israel had raised its alert level, estimating that Trump is close to ordering new strikes on Iran.

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Iran's foreign ministry warned Gulf countries not to let the United States or Israel use their territory and said Tehran would invoke its right to legitimate self-defence, Politika reported. Senior Iranian political, military and security officials said any renewed US military action or continued interference in the Strait of Hormuz would trigger retaliation, according to the Tehran Times, and the New York Times reported that Iranians used a brief truce to devise plans with proxies to raise the war's costs for Trump.

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The Israeli military said on Saturday that it had killed several Hezbollah fighters in south Lebanon and that an Israeli soldier was wounded there despite a ceasefire. The confrontation, over a strategic ridge, challenges the fragile truce between Israel and the group, the New York Times reported.

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Bloomberg reported on Saturday that armed conflicts and extreme weather could drive global food prices sharply higher. Heat and drought in Europe are cutting grain output.

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Israeli forces detained Palestinians, among them children, in raids in the West Bank, with settler violence, illegal outposts and frequent attacks reported across Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus, according to Al Jazeera. The Wall Street Journal reported that settlers have torched mosques and that villagers are guarding their homes.

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US and Israeli forces could open a bombing campaign against Iranian power plants and refineries as early as this weekend, CBS News reported on Friday. Both governments are also weighing a land blockade of Iran involving its neighbours.

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Hamas confirmed on Friday that it accepted a US-brokered plan to give up its weapons alongside a phased Israeli withdrawal. Both sides insist the other side must move first.

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Trump said on Friday that his envoys will continue negotiations with Tehran while US strikes go on, and gave no date for ending the war. An Iranian official says Tehran has plans ready for any further American attack.

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Israeli forces attacked targets across Gaza and killed at least two Palestinians, one day after Hamas agreed to a draft peace deal, Al Jazeera reported. The Israeli military said it killed Kafina, whom it identified as a commander who took part in the 7 October attack and in the kidnapping of Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or.

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US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his Board of Peace had reached an agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza, with Israeli forces withdrawing in phases as weapons are handed over. Hamas negotiator Ghazi Hamad said the movement will not disarm before Israel withdraws. An Israeli official told Reuters the terms do not meet Israel's demand for full demilitarisation first.

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Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least four people, among them two children, health officials said on Thursday. The attacks clouded renewed talks with Hamas on a US-backed ceasefire.

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The Israeli military struck a mosque in Gaza City, saying Hamas stored weapons inside; the Hamas-run media office rejected that account. On the same day Gaza's health ministry put the number of children orphaned since October 2023 at about 60,700 and the overall death toll at 73,335. In Rafah, preparations continue for a "humanitarian city" under the Trump-led Board of Peace, a project Palestinians in the enclave view very differently.

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A fire at the Mediterranean port of Damietta set two gas processing and storage vessels alight, one of them a US-owned tanker. Egypt's petroleum ministry confirmed the blaze but named no cause, while maritime security firms and security sources described a drone strike. Washington threatened Iran with immediate retaliation, pulling Egyptian territory into the exchange of strikes for the first time.

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In talks with Trump and Vance at the White House, Netanyahu proposed gradually ending direct US military aid to Israel over the next decade and showed maps supporting Israel's presence in Syria, according to Axios and a source cited by the Jerusalem Post. Netanyahu voiced scepticism about a deal with Tehran, said Israel will not withdraw its troops from the buffer zone in southern Syria, and a source told the Jerusalem Post that Iran is hiding centrifuges at "Pickaxe Mountain" and that its nuclear programme was not destroyed.

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Israeli forces seized land under Palestinian Authority administration in the occupied West Bank in order to connect two illegal Israeli settlements, according to an Israeli media report cited by Daily Sabah. The National reported that Israeli politicians have shown little appetite for curbing the settler rampage in the West Bank, while Italy and Saudi Arabia said they oppose Israeli annexation efforts there.

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The Israeli military said Hezbollah used an explosive drone against one of its vehicles on a strategic ridge in southern Lebanon, called this a ceasefire violation and reported no injuries among its soldiers. Israeli forces bombarded Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, and chief of staff Eyal Zamir said the army will not leave its security zone until long-term security is ensured and is ready to expand it if necessary.

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US President Donald Trump has again signalled support for selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey despite Israeli opposition, Al Jazeera reports. Such a sale would reverse Ankara's exclusion from the programme.

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The exchange of strikes between the United States and Iran has been suspended since 24 July, and both sides confirm that messages are being passed, mostly through Oman and Pakistan. Iran's deputy foreign minister says Washington asked for talks first and promised to stop attacking; Trump calls the contacts good but says he will hit the Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site if there is no deal.

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Israeli jets destroyed the Al-Muttaqin Mosque in Gaza City on Tuesday, next to tents sheltering displaced Palestinians, killing at least one person and wounding more than twelve, according to Al Jazeera. Hours earlier, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Israeli television that Israel controls more than 60 percent of Gaza and intends to reach 70 percent. Both happened while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was preparing to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington.

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Donald Trump received Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on Tuesday for a closed meeting of a little over an hour on ending the war with Russia. Zelensky said the two discussed licences that would let Ukraine build its own interceptor missiles for Patriot air defence systems, and called for the diplomatic process to be reinvigorated. Trump wrote afterwards only that the meeting "went very well", before receiving Benjamin Netanyahu separately.

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US President Donald Trump received Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday, 28 July, in a meeting closed to reporters that both governments called positive and productive. Iran dominated the talks, and both sides said they reaffirmed that Tehran must not obtain a nuclear weapon. Hours earlier, Israel's defence minister said Washington is not approving Israeli strikes on Iranian energy facilities.

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Five months after the United States and Israel began striking Iran, the Financial Times reports that Iran's missile force remains operational and is still hitting targets across the Gulf region. At the same time, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff has told President Trump that American munitions stocks make further escalation questionable. President Pezeshkian toured ports, railways and border terminals that US airstrikes damaged, while US public support for the war stays below 40 percent.

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Brent crude dropped more than 6 percent on Tuesday to about $83 a barrel as negotiations between Washington and Tehran gained traction, extending a retreat of roughly 16 percent from last week's peak above $100. At the same time Saudi Aramco suspended its 400,000 barrel-a-day Jizan refinery until mid-August after a Houthi attack, and the Red Sea route Riyadh uses to bypass the Strait of Hormuz remains under threat.

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Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israeli forces destroyed 24 villages in southern Lebanon that Hezbollah used as strongholds, and that Israel now controls 700 square kilometres from the coast to Mount Hermon. Israeli drones struck Nabatieh and the Israeli military demolished homes, while Washington announced further talks between Israel and Lebanon in Rome.

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Hamas is ready to conclude negotiations on the second phase of the Gaza peace plan and views the road map presented by the Board of Peace and the mediators positively, provided Israel agrees, a television channel reported according to TASS. Israel released 60 Palestinian detainees, and Oxfam accused Israel of genocide while presenting a Palestinian-led reconstruction blueprint worth 71.4 billion dollars.

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A deadly settler attack outside Nablus, in Tal, set off what Al Jazeera describes as days of raids, arson, closures and mass arrests across the occupied West Bank. More than 550 former Israeli officials and generals wrote to President Donald Trump urging him to press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over settler violence, which they say endangers Israel's future.

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President Ahmed al-Sharaa told Al Jazeera that Damascus is close to a security arrangement with Israel that could open the way to the Abraham Accords. Syria has meanwhile integrated about 9,000 former members of the US-backed YPG into its national security institutions as part of an effort to unify the country's armed forces, Daily Sabah reports.

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Brent crude dropped by as much as 9 percent to below $88 a barrel on Monday, 27 July 2026, after the United States and Iran halted their attacks and signalled that talks could resume. WTI fell more than 7 percent at its low, UK government bond yields eased and Asian trading turned mixed to firmer. Analysts warned that similar pauses have failed before and that physical oil flows through Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab remain disrupted.

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Israel's prime minister flew to Washington on Monday for a White House meeting with Donald Trump on Tuesday, his first since the war against Iran began on 28 February. Israeli broadcaster Channel 13 reported that he told his cabinet the United States wants Israeli troops withdrawn from Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, and that he intends to refuse. Trump is receiving Volodymyr Zelensky separately the same day, casting himself as a mediator in both wars.

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Israeli forces raided at least 20 towns and villages in the occupied West Bank as well as a United Nations facility, demolishing homes and making arrests, according to Tehran Times, while the Jerusalem Post reports nine people were detained after the Gilad Farm shooting, among them the suspected gunman's father, whom police did not accuse of involvement in the attack itself. Palestinian rescue workers cited by Le Monde and The National say a 28-year-old pregnant woman lost her unborn child after her ambulance was held for more than 30 minutes at a checkpoint near Nablus, an account the Israeli

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Israel has approved the deployment of an international stabilisation force in Gaza, a step that supporters describe as significant for rebuilding the territory and replacing Hamas rule, according to a Jerusalem Post analysis. Details of implementation and troop contributions are not set out in the reporting.

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US President Donald Trump brushed aside reported Israeli opposition to a potential sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, praising Ankara as "a tremendous ally", Daily Sabah reported. A sale would reverse the US position held since Turkey acquired Russian air defence systems.

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Israel's political-security cabinet on Sunday approved the entry of the Board of Peace's International Stabilization Force into parts of Gaza that lie outside Israeli military control. The initial contingent is reported at around 200 personnel from countries such as Morocco and Uganda, with Israel retaining a veto over which states may take part. The decision came a day before Prime Minister Netanyahu's departure for Washington, where he is due to meet President Trump on Tuesday.

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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Damascus is working with friendly countries towards a security agreement with Israel that would end the state of war in place since 1948, but told TASS that Syria will not cede the Golan Heights. Al Jazeera reported that he praised Donald Trump's decision to remove Syria from the US terrorism list, while saying the future of Russian military bases remains under discussion with Moscow.

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Palestinian officials said Israeli settlers set fire to and defaced two mosques in the northern occupied West Bank, as reported by Al Jazeera, Le Monde and Folha de S.Paulo. The attacks followed violence on Friday in a Palestinian village near Nablus in which four Palestinians and two Israelis were killed, and the Israeli army has warned of a wider escalation.

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Iran's supreme leader tied a peace agreement with Washington to what Al Jazeera reported as the absolute and unconditional termination of Israel's attacks on Lebanon. Tehran Times reported that Mojtaba Khamenei called full preservation of Lebanon's territorial integrity a strategic policy, and the Jerusalem Post reported statements attributed to him praising Hezbollah and calling for continued resistance against the United States and Israel.

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Israeli forces carried out an incursion into southern Syria on Sunday, according to Syrian state media cited by Daily Sabah. The move came a day after UN Secretary-General António Guterres, during a visit to Syria, condemned violations of Syrian sovereignty and called for sanctions on the country to be lifted.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to press President Donald Trump to maintain vigilance over Iran's nuclear ambitions, Bloomberg reports. The appeal is expected during Netanyahu's upcoming visit to the White House.

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American intelligence has concluded that Mojtaba Khamenei, who became Iran's supreme leader after his father was killed in the opening strikes of the current war, is far more inclined than his predecessor to pursue a nuclear weapon. The assessment, first reported by the New York Times and drawn largely from intelligence gathered before the war, comes as Washington focuses on the fortified Pickaxe Mountain site near Natanz. US officials say they have seen no evidence that Iran has resumed enrichment or weaponization since the fighting began.

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Washington's agreement to let Saudi Arabia operate a uranium enrichment programme has reignited warnings of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Riyadh has not ruled out building weapons if Iran does, but its nuclear ambitions also rest on decades-old economic calculations about oil dependence, budget deficits and rising electricity demand. The cooperation agreement, announced alongside a $15bn finance pact, remains at the announcement stage rather than in execution.

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Israeli forces have begun a large-scale military operation against a village in the occupied West Bank following a day of deadly violence, according to The National. Further details on casualties and the course of the raid were not given in the report.

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Israeli forces detained at least 70 Palestinians during raids across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Daily Sabah reported. Eight Palestinians were injured in a separate attack by Israeli settlers.

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A commentary in The American Conservative asks whether Senator Rand Paul wants to merge the American and Israeli defence establishments. The piece sets out to explain the Kentucky senator's vote on the National Defense Authorization Act.

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On Friday's broadcast of Fox Business Network's "Varney & Co.", host Stuart Varney said it seems Iran is proving to be more resilient than had been thought. He was responding to satellite imagery from Iran and Israeli intelligence reports on Iranian movements.

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According to the New York Times, President Trump met his most senior advisers on 24 July 2026 to consider a major escalation of the US-Israeli war against Iran, which has now run for nearly five months. In parallel, US intelligence agencies assess that Iran's new supreme leader, the son of the leader killed early in the war, is more open to pursuing a nuclear weapon than his father, who had renounced such weapons. The reporting available for this event comes from a single US outlet; there are no Iranian or Israeli statements in the material.

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A new report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification says acute malnutrition in Gaza has fallen since famine was declared in parts of the territory in August last year, helped by increased aid deliveries and reduced fighting after the October 2025 cease-fire. Still, about 1.2 million people — 59 percent of the population — were acutely food insecure between April and June. The IPC warns that shrinking funding and humanitarian access could push that figure above 1.4 million by the end of 2026.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, 28 July, according to an announcement by the Israeli leader's office reported by Folha de S.Paulo. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is also expected, placing the Iran war and the war in Ukraine on the same agenda.

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Authorities said four Palestinians and two Israelis were killed on Friday in a shooting in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, one of the deadliest incidents in months, according to the New York Times and Folha de S.Paulo. Details remain unclear and officials have given differing accounts, while The National reports that houses have been set alight as tensions flare over the killings.

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