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Ukraine's army chief says battlefield situation 'difficult'

Ukraine's army chief said Wednesday the situation on the battlefield was "difficult" and that Russian forces could be poised to strike deep into Ukrainian lines in the eastern Donetsk region.

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Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians at West Bank hospital

Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian men at a hospital in the West Bank on Wednesday, an official said, the latest in a spate of killings in the occupied territory since the war in Gaza began.

The killings before dawn took place on the compound of the government hospital in Jenin, in the north of the West Bank, the hospital's director, Wissam Bakr, told AFP.

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UN aid warehouse 'hit' in Gaza's Rafah, scores injured

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said one of its aid warehouses in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip was "hit" on Wednesday, wounding scores of people.

"We can confirm that an UNRWA warehouse/distribution centre in Rafah (southern Gaza) has been hit," agency spokeswoman Juliette Touma told AFP, adding there were "scores injured".

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One dead, 22 injured in north China gas explosion

One person was killed and 22 were injured in a suspected gas explosion in northern China's Hebei province Wednesday, state media reported.

The explosion was suspected to have been caused by a gas leak at a fried chicken shop in the city of Sanhe just before 8 am (0000 GMT), state broadcaster CCTV reported.

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Trump, Biden win enough delegates to clinch US presidential nominations

Joe Biden and rival Donald Trump have won enough delegates to clinch their party nominations in the 2024 presidential race, networks projected, all but assuring a rematch and setting up one of the longest general election campaigns in U.S. history.

The results in Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington state were essentially a foregone conclusion as President Biden and opponent Trump had already disposed of all primary challengers, and winning the Tuesday votes pushed them both over the threshold of delegates needed to become their parties' nominees in the November election.

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Israeli forces kill Jordanian in West Bank

A Jordanian citizen has died after being shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian authorities said Tuesday, with the military accusing the man of aiding a militant.

Tawfiq Aed Fawaz Hussein, 25, was shot at Zeita junction north of the West Bank city of Tulkarm on Monday, the Palestinian foreign ministry said.

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Israel army says about 4,500 Hezbollah targets hit in five months

The Israeli army said Tuesday it hit about 4,500 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon and Syria over the past five months, killing 300 of the group's fighters and wounding more than 750.

The targets were hit from the air and from the ground, the army said in a statement, and included "weapons storage facilities, military structures intended for Hezbollah's offensive activity and operational command and control centres".

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Body of Israel soldier killed in Hamas attack held in Gaza, army says

The Israeli military said Tuesday a soldier believed to be held captive in Gaza had been killed in the October 7 attack and his body taken to the Palestinian territory.

Sergeant Itay Hen, 19, "fell on October 7 and was then kidnapped" to the Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants, the military said in a statement.

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One dead, 10 wounded in Israel strikes near Baalbek

Israeli strikes on eastern Lebanon killed one person Tuesday, a security source said, in an escalation of cross-border fire with the powerful Hezbollah movement that has raised fears of spiralling violence.

Since the day after the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October, Hamas ally Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged near-daily fire across Lebanon's southern frontier, but several Israeli strikes have recently hit Hezbollah positions further north.

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At the gates of Gaza, Egypt's perilous balancing act

Since the Gaza war broke out in October, Egypt has faced a difficult dilemma, seeking both to show solidarity with the Palestinians and to preserve its relations with neighboring Israel.

The Rafah crossing point between Egypt and Gaza is in theory the besieged territory's only opening to the world that is not under direct Israeli control.

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