— 🇺🇸 WATCH: DNC attendees and delegates cover their ears when protestors call out the names of Palestinian children killed by Israel. Twitter users have claimed that the two black men in this video are convicted felons.

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: A recent Gallup survey reveals that half of Generation Z individuals have little trust in the three branches of the U.S. government.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: According to reports in Hebrew media, a 'serious security incident' has occurred in Gaza, resulting in the deaths of at least 3 IDF soldiers and the injury of 6 others.

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— 🇪🇬/🇮🇱 NEW: Egyptian seaports have become vital hubs for cargo and cement shipments to and from Israel

Over the past 3 months, an investigation by 'Arabi Post' tracked 19 ships shuttling between Egyptian and Israeli ports, with no other Arab country's vessels arriving in Israel in the same period.

• Egypt's exports to Israel between October 2023 and July 2024 were $170.1 million, up from $162.8 million in the same period the previous year.

• Egypt's imports from Israel during this period reached $331.6 million, a tripling from the $106.8 million imported in the same months of 2022-2023.

• July 2024 saw the highest monthly values, with $30.6 million in Israeli exports to Egypt and $45.4 million in imports.

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— 🇵🇸 Tulkarem, West Bank, August 21

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— 🇩🇪 NEW: Lufthansa Group announced on Friday that it will extend the cancelation of flights to several destinations in the Middle East through September 2, amid concerns over regional tensions

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: The IDF Spokesperson's Unit reported on Friday that troops located and dismantled a Hamas tunnel over one kilometer long near Rafah.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Reports of another 'difficult incident,' this time in the 'Netzarim' corridor, with an unconfirmed number of dead and wounded IDF troops.

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby calls reports of ceasefire negotiations collapsing 'inaccurate,' says 'progress has been made.'

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— 🇾🇪 Yemen's Ansarullah has targeted a total of 182 ships since October.

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant calls Itamar Ben-Gvir 'irresponsible,' says he 'poses a threat to Israel’s national security.'

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: On Truth Social, Trump has gone as far as blaming Kamala Harris for October 7.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Noa Argamani, former Israeli prisoner who was held by Hamas, said she was not beaten during her captivity, but rather sustained injuries when the building she was in was bombed by the Israeli Air Force.

Argamani accused the Israeli media of taking her words out of context and misrepresenting the situation in an attempt to use it as propaganda.

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— 🇮🇱/🇸🇾 BREAKING: Reports of airstrikes in Homs, Syria, probably the Israeli Air Force

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Al-Qassam Brigades attack IDF gatherings in the 'Netzarim' corridor with a 'Zouari' suicide drone, named after the late Tunisian aerospace engineer who helped Hamas develop drones.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇺🇦 NEW: The Biden administration has appointed Mira Resnick, a Jewish official with deep involvement in weapons transfers to Israel and Ukraine, to a new State Department role.

This move has drawn criticism from former State Department official Annelle Sheline, who resigned from her post in March.

In an interview in October, Resnick stated:

“I've been interested in foreign policy for as long as I can remember. The U.S.-Israel relationship was a private focus in my household because of my Jewish background, but also because we were just a politically aware family.”

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— 🇮🇪/🇮🇱 NEW: The Irish Times reports that Ireland will allow Israeli arms companies to sell weapons to the country. The Irish Defence Forces plan to acquire 14 drones worth $670,000 over the next year.

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— 🇸🇾/🇮🇱 NEW: As a result of the Israeli attack on Homs, 7 civilians were injured. Syrian Air Defense was activated and intercepted some of the missiles.

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