GAZA -- A Palestinian woman was killed and several others were wounded Tuesday evening in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City that Israel said targeted a senior Hamas commander, Palestinian medical sources and Israeli officials said.
Eyewitnesses and local sources told Xinhua that Israeli warplanes fired three missiles at a multi-story residential building in the Al-Rimal neighborhood west of Gaza City, triggering large explosions and fires. (Gaza-Israeli Strike-Senior Hamas Figure)
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BEIRUT -- Israeli strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 20 others on Tuesday, according to Lebanon's official sources, as Israel intensified its bombardment campaign across southern Lebanon.
Lebanon's National News Agency reported that Israel launched about 33 airstrikes on southern Lebanon within an hour on Tuesday. (Lebanon-Israeli Strikes-Casualties)
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that large Israeli ground forces were "deepening" their operation in Lebanon, and seizing "dominating areas."
In a video statement at the beginning of his Security Cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said the expanded operation aims to fortify what he described as a "buffer zone" in southern Lebanon, along Israel's northern border. (Israel-Lebanon-Operation)
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TEHRAN -- Iran has demanded the release of its frozen assets worth 24 billion U.S. dollars during the negotiations with the United States on ending the war, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday.
Citing an informed source close to Iran's negotiating team, Tasnim said that according to the text of a potential 14-point memorandum of understanding being finalized between Tehran and Washington, Iran's frozen assets must be released during peace talks. (Iran-US-Frozen Assets) Enditem
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