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Egyptian intelligence chief meets with Netanyahu for Gaza talks

Egypt's intelligence head Hassan Rashad met Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Tuesday for talks aimed at reinforcing a fragile US-backed ceasefire in Gaza.

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Israel identifies hostage remains as Hamas says committed to ending war

Israel said on Tuesday it had identified the body of a hostage that was released by Palestinian militants overnight, while the militant group's chief negotiator said Hamas is determined to implement the ceasefire agreement with Israel.

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UN says international staff held by Houthis 'free to move' in compound

The United Nations said Monday that its international staff held by Yemen's Houthi rebels after a raid on its Sanaa compound were now free to move inside and all five national staff released.

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EU says Israel sanctions still on table despite ceasefire

The European Union is leaving the door open to sanctioning Israel to maintain leverage to ensure the Gaza ceasefire deal is fully implemented, the bloc's foreign policy chief said Monday.

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Louvre says did not tap Israeli firm in theft probe

The management of the Louvre museum denied on Monday having contacted a private Israeli intel firm to investigate the weekend's audacious jewel heist at the iconic French institution.

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Hamas armed wing says to hand over another hostage body

Hamas's armed wing said it would return on Monday the body of a hostage recovered the day before as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel.

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US envoys arrive in Israel to shore up Gaza ceasefire after major flareup

Special envoy Steve Witkoff and the U.S. president's son-in-law Jared Kushner were in Israel Monday to shore up the tenuous ceasefire that's holding in Gaza, a day after the fragile deal faced its first major flareup with Israel threatening to halt aid transfers after it said Hamas militants had killed two soldiers.

The U.S. Embassy said the two envoys had landed in Tel Aviv. The Israeli military later said it resumed enforcing the ceasefire, and the official confirmed that aid deliveries would resume Monday.

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Israel still fires on Lebanon almost a year after truce. Some predict same for Gaza

As a tenuous ceasefire took hold in Gaza this month, Israel launched more airstrikes on southern Lebanon — 11 months into a ceasefire there.

The bombardment of a construction equipment business killed a Syrian passerby, wounded seven people including two women, and destroyed millions of dollars worth of bulldozers and excavators.

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Israel receives bodies of two more hostages returned by Hamas

The Israeli government said on Sunday that Hamas has handed over more hostage remains, as delays in finding bodies buried under the rubble of Gaza threatened the fragile ceasefire.

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Airstrikes and clashes with Israeli forces in Gaza's Rafah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday left a cabinet meeting to hold security consultations about a security incident in Gaza's Rafah.

Israeli media is reporting clashes between Hamas fighters and the Israeli military in Rafah. There are also reports about a detonation of an IED that caused damage and injured soldiers in Rafah.

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