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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇳 NEW: IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi says he hopes to hold talks with new Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian by November at the latest, on improving Iran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency

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🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "If we do not reach an agreement within days or weeks, we have to start a war in Lebanon." -Benny Gantz, Israeli opposition leader

— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: The Israeli police arrested a 49-year-old imam of a mosque in the city of Qalqily in the West Bank on suspicion of incitement and supporting acts of 'terrorism'

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— 🇮🇱/🇪🇬 NEW: Netanyahu says Israel does not see Egypt as an enemy or a threat, and peace between Israel & Egypt is not at risk

However, Prime Minister Netanyahu also says he considers it absolutely necessary for Israel to control the Philadelphi Axis, Netzarim Corridor and the Salahuddeen Road in Gaza, which Egypt says is unacceptable – Israeli Channel 13

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— Hussain Muhammad Shokr, together with his uncle, Fouad Shokr.

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— 🇵🇸/🇺🇳/🇮🇱 NEW: IDF detained a UN convoy in the northern Strip after receiving intelligence indicating Palestinian suspects were inside some of the vehicles, the convoy has been held back to question the suspects

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— 🇵🇸/🇹🇷/🇮🇱 NEW: Erdogan urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to convene an emergency summit to discuss the war in Gaza

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— 🇪🇬/🇮🇱 BREAKING: Two IDF soldiers were wounded in a vehicle ramming attack at the border with Egypt.

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Over the weekend, one of Israel’s most politically influential (within Likud) and top Sephardic Rabbis (Israel’s most popular rite) personally blessed the IDF rapists of Sde Teiman.

When he was told (falsely) that the men did not actually rape any Palestinian, he insisted that even if they had, it would have been their right to do so, as it is simply them “hurting the enemy.”

— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Approximately two hours ago, the Israeli Air Force conducted a strike on tents housing displaced individuals in Al-Mawasi, near Khan Younis, in a new massacre.

The attack resulted in at least 40 civilian deaths and many injuries, with bombs creating craters as deep as 9 meters in the designated 'humanitarian zone.' The IDF claimed they targeted a Hamas 'command and control center.'

WARNING: The footage may be disturbing to some viewers.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Hebrew media outlet Yedioth Ahronoth reports that the recently circulating 'leaked Hamas documents' are forged and have been used by the UK's Jewish Chronicle and Germany's Bild to influence public opinion in Israel against reaching a deal and in favor of maintaining a presence in the Philadelphi Corridor.

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— 🇮🇱/🇺🇸/🇿🇦 NEW: Axios reports that Israel is lobbying U.S. Congress members to pressure South Africa to drop its legal proceedings against Israel in the International Court of Justice, and to communicate that there will be 'consequences' for continuing the case.

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was rushed to a hospital from a New York City prison on Sunday and underwent heart surgery on Monday

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— 🇰🇵 BREAKING: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says the country is implementing a nuclear force construction policy to increase the number of nuclear weapons exponentially

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: Thousands of people, including former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, have joined a Telegram group promising to release a "full copy" of the film "Bibi Files," set to premiere tonight in Toronto

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— 🇺🇸/🇸🇦 NEW: President Joe Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, spoke with Mohammed bin Salman on Monday, a U.S. official said

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— 🇩🇪 NEW: Germany has announced plans to impose tighter controls at all of its land borders in what they called an attempt to tackle irregular migration and protect the public from threats such as Islamist extremism

The controls will start on Sept. 16 and initially last for six months, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Monday.

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