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Egyptian authorities say 28 people have been rescued after their tourist boat sank in the Red Sea.
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Staff Writers

Sixteen missing at sea as tourist yacht sinks

Officials say at least 16 people are missing while 28 others have been rescued after a tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea.

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Lebanese officials have expressed cautious optimism about a truce despite Israeli strikes on Beirut. (AP PHOTO)
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Maayan Lubell and Laila Bassam

Biden, Macron 'set to announce Israel-Hezbollah truce'

Lebanese sources say a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah is in the works, expected to be announced by US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron.

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Ari Krauss, a reservist in Israel’s elite Golani Brigade, at home this month in Tel Aviv. MUST CREDIT: Ofir Berman for The Washington Post
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The Washington Post

War fatigue deepens in Israel as deaths mount, fights expand

THE WASHINGTON POST: The Hamas-led rampage across southern Israel, in which about 1,200 people were killed and some 250 taken hostage, thrust Israel into the longest conflict in its history.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned the killing.
Middle East
Alexander Cornwell and Crispian Balmer

Suspects arrested over ‘heinous’ killing of Israeli rabbi

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have arrested three people over the killing of a rabbi which Israel has labelled a 'heinous anti-Semitic terrorist act'.

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A rocket fired from Lebanon hit a residential neighbourhood in Petah Tikva, central Israel.
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Staff Writers

Heavy Hezbollah rocket fire hammers Tel Aviv

Hezbollah has retaliated to a deadly hit on Beirut with heavy rocket fire barrages landing in central Israel.

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Israeli authorities fear only half of about 100 hostages held in the Gaza Strip remain alive. (AP PHOTO)
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Staff Writers

Hamas says hostage killed in Israeli Gaza Strip attack

Hamas militants say a woman who was kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Strip has died in an Israeli attack in the north of the enclave.

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Urban warfare expert John Spencer says a ceasefire will cement Hamas’ grip on power in Gaza.
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Latika M Bourke

Albo and Wong’s ceasefire call ‘hands Hamas victory’

One of the world’s leading military strategists says the call by Western governments including Australia for a ceasefire in Gaza now is handing Hamas victory.

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An arrest warrant issued for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been met with outrage in Israel.
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Staff Writers

Arrest warrant issued for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a former defence minister and a Hamas military leader.

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Mourners walk with a coffin during a funeral for four people killed in the pager attack, in Beirut, on Wednesday, September 18, 2024.
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The New York Times

Is something holding Israel and Iran back from a bigger war?

It has been nearly a month since Israel sent more than 100 jets and drones to strike Iranian military bases, and the world is still waiting to see how Iran will respond.

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Israeli authorities say Hezbollah strikes have killed 43 civilians in the country's north.
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Staff Writers

‘Bring this to a close’: US envoy heads to Israel to secure ceasefire

A US representative says talks on a ceasefire agreement to end the war between Israel and Hezbollah have made further progress.

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An attack on the historical city of Palmyra in Syria has reportedly killed 36 people.
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Staff Writers

Israeli attack on Palmyra kills 36, causes mass casualties

Syrian media reports say an Israeli attack on residential buildings in Palmyra has killed 36 people and wounded more than 50.

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US envoy Amos Hochstein says he has held constructive talks in Lebanon's capital Beirut.
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US envoy says Israel-Hezbollah truce 'within our grasp'

A United States envoy visiting Lebanon says he sees ‘a real opportunity’ to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

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Lebanese authorities say at least four people were killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut.
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Staff Writers

Israeli strikes hammer Beirut, as 98 Gaza aid trucks looted

An Israeli strike has reportedly hit a neighbourhood in central Beirut as Hezbollah returned fire with rockets amid the violent looting of a convoy of aid trucks with food for stricken Palestinians.

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Civil defence workers extinguish a fire at the site of an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut.
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FADI TAWIL, BASSEM MROUE and WAFAA SHURAFA

Hezbollah spokesman killed in Beirut as 30 more die in Gaza

Mohammed Afif al-Naboulsi was killed in a strike on the Arab socialist Baath party’s office in Beirut, Hezbollah confirmed in a statement as more strikes kill in Gaza.

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Tehran says it has no plans to sabotage peace talks between Lebanon and Israel.
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Staff Writers

Iran has no desire to 'sabotage' Lebanon Israeli peace

Iran says it fully supports Lebanon and any decision it makes in ceasefire talks with Israel, adding it has no desire to "sabotage" a peace plan.

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