— 🇨🇳 Chinese media declared China the winner of the 2024 Olympics, by considering Taiwanese medals as Chinese medals.

Additionally, they divided the US medals in two categories; 'Africans descended from the slave trade' and 'Jews and Anglo-Saxons'.

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— 🇺🇸/🇸🇾 BREAKING: Initial reports of a rocket or drone attack on the U.S. occupation base in Conoco oilfield in Syria

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: A new Haaretz investigation confirms that the Israeli military routinely uses Palestinian civilians as human shields to search tunnels and buildings before IDF soldiers enter them.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: The United States approves the sale of $20 billion worth of military equipment to Israel, with delivery expected to begin in 2026.

The deal includes 50 F-15 fighter jets, 30 AMRAAMs, and tens of thousands of 120mm tank and mortar shells.

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: Dozens of ultra-Orthodox protesters block entrance to military base protesting recruitment to IDF; 14 arrested

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: Hundreds of Israeli October 7 survivors will undergo PTSD treatment using MDMA drugs

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: The IDF says a military aircraft malfunctioned and fell into the sea off the coast of central Israel, the aircraft was collected by the army, and the incident is being investigated

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Iran has been asked to send a delegation to tomorrow's ceasefire negotiations in Doha – Iran reportedly declined, saying it 'does not acknowledge or speak to representatives of the Zionists'

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My dms right now

— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Al-Qassam Brigades target a building housing Israeli soldiers with a TBG shell, West of Rahah.

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— 🇸🇦/🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Politico reports that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman has expressed fears to U.S. lawmakers that he could face assassination in case of normalizing Saudi ties with Israel.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The United States is citing Iran's role in "escalating regional tensions" as justification for seeking new methods to further reduce Iran's oil exports, which reached their highest level in six years in April.

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: Israel's Defense Ministry anticipates 100,000 disabled IDF veterans by 2030.

Since October 7, the ministry's rehabilitation division claims it has treated over 10,000 wounded soldiers, with more than one third sustaining 'physical trauma' to their limbs.

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— 🇵🇸 NEW: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said at the Turkish Parliament on Thursday that he is planning to visit the Gaza Strip together with the Palestinian leadership

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: The Israeli foreign ministry urges Israeli citizens visiting countries bordering with Iran - Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey - to be on high alert and take precaution

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— 🇵🇸 NEW: At least 40,000 Palestinians, out of which nearly 70 percent are women and children, have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the war between Israel and Hamas started – Gaza Health Ministry

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🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- US National Security advisor John Kirby: "Iran is moving ahead to strike Israel directly, this could happen without any warning or with a very short notice."

— 🇮🇱 NEW: Northern Israeli city Kiryat Shmona municipality has asked its residence to stay near bomb shelters until further notice and to avoid crowds, in accordance with the army's orders

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Israel is under immense Iranian pressure to accept a ceasefire deal. There is a good chance it will happen.

Negotiations in Doha will continue tomorrow and positive progress has been made so far.