RAMALLAH -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that the Palestinian Authority will reconsider bilateral relations with the United States "in light of its unyielding support for Israel," the official news agency WAFA reported Saturday.

He made the remarks in an interview with WAFA after the U.S. vetoed a draft United Nations resolution advocating for full membership for Palestine in the organization. (Palestine-US-Ties)

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ISTANBUL -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met on Saturday with Head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in Türkiye's largest city, Istanbul.

The meeting, which commenced at 2:30 p.m. local time (1130 GMT), was held behind closed doors at the Dolmabahce presidential working office, as reported by the NTV broadcaster. (Erdogan-Hamas-Meeting)

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GAZA -- At least nine Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Friday night on a residential building in the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah, Palestinian medical sources said on Saturday.

The sources told Xinhua that six of the dead were children, and rescue workers were searching for people still buried in rubble. (Israeli Strike-Rafah-Casualties)

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RAMALLAH -- At least 14 Palestinians have been killed during an ongoing Israeli military operation for the third consecutive day in the city of Tulkarm and the refugee camp in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Saturday.

The ministry said in a press statement sent to Xinhua that the bodies of the 14 Palestinian killed were transferred to Tulkarm Hospital from the Nour Shams Palestinian refugee camp east of the city. (Israel-Gaza-Operations) Enditem

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