Israeli and Lebanese technical teams will meet in Rome from August 4 to 6 to expand a southern Lebanon pilot zone after the IDF completed its first troop withdrawal last week.
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Iran Signals Attack Halt as US Pauses 13-Day Strike Campaign
After thirteen consecutive days of US air and naval strikes, Washington paused military operations against Iran on July 26 and Tehran indicated it would reciprocate, opening the first serious diplomatic space since the conflict began.
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Iran Rejects Trump Ceasefire Offer as Bombing Campaign Enters Thirteenth Night
Iran’s foreign minister called Washington’s stance ‘illogical, greedy, and controlling’ after rejecting a ceasefire proposal delivered by Iraq’s prime minister, as US airstrikes continued for a thirteenth consecutive night.
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Israel Strikes Bureij and Jabalia After Issuing Displacement Orders
Israeli airstrikes on Thursday hit four locations across Gaza, killing at least two Palestinians hours after the military issued displacement orders for the targeted areas.
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Gaza Funeral Strike Kills Seven as Post-Ceasefire Death Toll Passes 1,100
An Israeli drone struck a funeral procession in Nuseirat refugee camp on July 18, killing seven Palestinians and wounding 22, as the total killed since October’s ceasefire rose to 1,123.
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Trump declares the Iran ceasefire over as US launches a second day of strikes
President Trump declared the three-week memorandum of understanding with Iran ‘over’ on July 8 after US forces struck more than 80 Iranian targets and Tehran fired missiles at US military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.
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Ukraine rejects Russia’s Kostiantynivka ceasefire bid as Trump calls both leaders
Russia claimed on Friday it had captured Kostiantynivka in Donetsk; Ukraine rejected both the claim and a subsequent six-hour ceasefire proposal as Trump spoke separately with Putin and Zelenskyy.
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US envoy Witkoff heads to Qatar as Iran denies new ceasefire talks are confirmed
Steve Witkoff flew to Doha for Iran talks on June 29 after weekend US-Iran strikes, but Tehran’s deputy FM publicly denied any meeting had been arranged, deepening diplomatic uncertainty.
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Iran fires missiles at US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain as Hormuz ceasefire unravels
Iran’s IRGC launched ballistic missiles and drones at US military facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain on June 28, threatening to collapse a ceasefire signed only 11 days earlier.
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Colombia’s ELN declares ceasefire for Sunday’s presidential runoff
Colombia’s ELN declared a four-day ceasefire around Sunday’s presidential runoff, with voter coercion claims casting a shadow over the polarized contest between De la Espriella and Cepeda.