— 🇬🇧/🇮🇷/🇮🇱 NEW: BBC News says that Iran will not attack Israel within the next 48 hours, and that the reports of the Pentagon saying this are falsely attributed

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris: “I'm unequivocal and unwavering in my commitment to Israel's defense and its ability to defend itself. And that's not gonna change.”

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: A light aircraft crash in northern Israel resulted in one death and one moderate injury near 'Kfar Glikson.'

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 In the same CNN interview, Kamala Harris responded "No" when asked if she would consider withholding weapons from Israel.

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— 🇮🇷/🇸🇦/🇦🇪/🇰🇼/🇶🇦/🇧🇭/🇴🇲 NEW: The Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary General Jasem Al-Budaiwi informed Iranian Foreign Minister that the council member states are eager to strengthen relations with Iran.

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— 🇺🇳/🇵🇸/🇮🇱/🇺🇸 NEW: Israel has admitted to the shooting of a World Food Program vehicle in Gaza, citing a 'communication error' between its military forces.

Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Robert Wood stated, “We have urged them to immediately rectify the issues within their system. Israel must not only take ownership of its mistakes but also take concrete actions to ensure the IDF does not fire on U.N. personnel again.”

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— 🇪🇺/🇮🇱 NEW: European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced that he has urged the bloc's members to consider sanctions against Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: California's San Francisco State University has started divesting from four companies supplying weapons to Israel: Palantir, Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar, and Leonardo.

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— 🇱🇧 NEW: Bloomberg reports that tourist arrivals in Lebanon increased by over 100% in June compared to the same month last year, despite the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: The U.S. branch of Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems has ended its lease in Central Square and will move out, following months of pro-Palestinian protests against the company in Cambridge.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Haaretz reports that Israeli soldiers are increasingly sexually harassing Palestinian women at checkpoints in Hebron, West Bank.

This aligns with a UN report in June, which found that Israeli authorities systematically subject Palestinian women and girls to sexual violence, including forced nudity, public stripping, and harassment.

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: The Economist reports that Ukraine's line in the Donbas is crumbling as its Kursk offensive faces challenges. Despite initial advances, stronger Russian defenses are slowing Ukraine's progress and reshaping the front line.

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— 🇱🇾 NEW: Libya's crude oil production has fallen by 700,000 barrels per day amid rising internal conflicts. Current production is below 600,000 bpd, down from 1.18 million bpd last month.

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: The IDF has claimed that they have successfully assassinated an Al-Qassam Jenin Brigades leader, Wissam Hazem in Jenin, amidst clashes in the city.

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— 🇷🇸/🇫🇷 NEW: Serbia to buy 12 Rafale fighter jets from France's Dassault Aviation for $2.99 billion.

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— 🇮🇱/🇪🇬 NEW: The IDF has paved a road along the entire Philadelphi Axis, on the border with Egypt inside the Gaza Strip, to retain a permanent Israeli presence there

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