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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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Gaza civil defense says 9 killed when Israeli forces fired at bus

Gaza's civil defense agency said that Israeli forces killed nine people in an attack on a bus Friday, while the military stated it had fired at a vehicle that crossed the so-called "yellow line".

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Turkish experts await Israeli go ahead to help recover bodies in Gaza

A team of Turkish disaster response specialists is stationed at the Egyptian border, awaiting Israeli authorization to enter Gaza and help in search and recovery operations, a Turkish official told AFP on Friday.

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Family says Israeli forces kill 11-year-old Palestinian in West Bank

Israeli forces shot dead an 11-year-old boy in the occupied West Bank, his family and health officials said Friday, while the army said its troops opened fire at rock throwers.

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Hamas says committed to Gaza truce and returning hostage remains

Hamas insisted it was committed to returning all the hostage remains still unaccounted for under Gaza's ruins, as a Turkish official said specialists dispatched to help find bodies were awaiting Israel's authorization to enter.

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