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    Israel carries out strike targeting most senior Hamas military leader in Gaza
  • A view shows tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in western Gaza City on May 10, 2026, as reports indicate that Israeli forces have expanded their control over more than half of the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Ahmed Al Arini / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Gaza risks becoming permanently divided, top official warns
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    On the road to Tehran, Iranians on edge as threat of resumption of war looms
  • U.S. sailors signal to an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 213, on the flight deck of the USS Gerald R. Ford, for a mission supporting Operation Epic Fury during the Iran war at an undisclosed location, March 19, 2026. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY
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    Live Updatesa min ago Day 75 of Middle East conflict — Iran ceasefire talks stalled as Trump pushes for a deal with Tehran
  • <p>President Donald Trump said Monday that the monthlong ceasefire between the US and Iran is on “massive life support.”</p>
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    Live Updatesa min ago Day 74 of Middle East conflict — Trump says ‘I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation’
  • US forces disabled M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda, May 8, prior to both vessels entering an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman in violation of the ongoing US blockade.
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  • An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) speed boat equipped with a gun sails along the Persian Gulf during a marine parade to commemorate Persian Gulf National Day on April 29, 2024, near the seaport city of Bushehr, Iran.
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    Iran’s ‘mosquito fleet’ means its battered navy still has bite
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  • Relatives and friends grieve during the funeral of Sergeant Idan Fooks, who was killed in combat in southern Lebanon, in Petah Tikva on April 27, 2026. The Israeli military said on April 26 that a soldier was killed in southern Lebanon, where a ceasefire has been in place since mid-April. Sergeant Idan Fooks, 19, died "during combat" in south Lebanon, while "an officer and three additional soldiers were severely injured. (Photo by Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP via Getty Images) /
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  • US President Donald Trump rejected a previous version of Iran's peace proposal.
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  • Israeli soldiers seen in a Palestinian home.
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  • A Palestinian woman in in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, places her ballot vote for municipal elections on Saturday – the first elections in two decades in Gaza.
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  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a video statement on Thursday, April 16.
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  • Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush sails in the Indian Ocean in the US Central Command area of responsibility, April 23.
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  • Israeli police detained Alex Sinclair for wearing a kippah embroidered with an Israeli and a Palestinian flag.
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    Police in Israel detain Jewish man for kippah showing Israeli, Palestinian flags
  • <p>Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced the Iranian regime’s killing of protesters but stressed that, “as a pastor,” he cannot support the US-Israeli war with Iran.</p>
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  • US forces patrol the Arabian Sea near the Iranian-flagged Touska on April 20, after it attempted to evade a US naval blockade.
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  • Relatives mourn over the bodies of two Palestinians allegedly killed earlier in the day by Israeli settler gunfire the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, at a hospital in Ramallah on April 21, 2026.
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    Palestinian schoolboy among two killed by Israeli settlers, amid spate of attacks on education in the West Bank
  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office after signing an Executive Order April 18, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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    Video Trump says he will extend ceasefire with Iran 5:10
  • Israeli soldiers patrol along the Israel-Lebanon border on April 10, 2026. The Israeli military said on April 10 that it had "dismantled" more than 4,300 Hezbollah sites in Lebanon since fighting with the militant group began last month. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP via Getty Images) /
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    Israel jails two soldiers who damaged and photographed a Jesus statue in Lebanon
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    ‘Blood only brings more blood’: Israelis and Palestinians share grief under veil of secrecy
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