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  • Pro-Iranian Hezbollah militants parade during a ceremony in Lebanon, Beirut, on April 5, 2024.
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  • Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather at the site where several people were killed by an Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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  • A US flag flies at the US embassy complex in Jerusalem on September 27, 2023. The United States said on September 27 it would start letting Israelis visit without visas, after what it said were successful efforts by its ally to address concerns it discriminates against Arab Americans, an assessment contested by some lawmakers. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
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