— 🇾🇪/🇺🇸 NEW: Al-Akhbar reports that Yemeni sources say the U.S. is willing to sacrifice its interests in southern Yemen to secure Israel's maritime security after the failure of Operation 'Prosperity Guardian.'

The U.S. reportedly urged the EU to negotiate a one-month ceasefire to tow the 'SOUNION' oil tanker, but Ansarullah only agreed to allow towing while continuing military operations. Recent U.S. airstrikes in Yemen are seen as a response to this failed plan.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸/🇪🇬 NEW: Israeli media Yedioth Ahronoth reports that Israeli military leaders have realized most smuggling operations for ammunition in Gaza occurred above ground with little obstruction, rather than through tunnels in the Philadelphi Corridor.

Hamas reportedly destroyed many of these tunnels themselves, and they were later found to be blocked from the Egyptian side.

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— 🇺🇸/🇷🇴 NEW: The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of 32 F-35 aircraft, engines, and other equipment to Romania in a deal valued at $7.2 billion.

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— 🇵🇸/🇳🇴/🇸🇮/🇮🇪/🇪🇸/🇪🇺 NEW: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa met with the foreign ministers of Norway, Slovenia, Ireland and the European Union in Spain on Friday to discuss recent developments and steps toward implementing a two-state solution.

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: The research satellite 'Chamran-1' was launched by the Qaem-100 satellite carrier rocket and was successfully placed in 550 km orbit this morning.

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Ali Bagheri Kani has been appointed as the Secretary-General of the Iranian Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, replacing Abbas Araghchi.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 WATCH: Israeli settlers poisoned and killed a herd of goats belonging to Palestinians in the village of Al-Ma'arjat, West Bank.

WARNING: The footage may be disturbing to some viewers.

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱/🇦🇪 NEW: Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed wrote on X that the United Arab Emirates "will not support any post-war plans for Gaza without the establishment of a Palestinian state"

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦/🇦🇪 NEW: Russia and Ukraine completed a prisoner exchange deal, with each side releasing 103 prisoners.

Most of the released Russian prisoners were taken captive during the Ukrainian invasion of the Kursk region. The UAE mediated between Kyiv and Moscow.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: The IDF struck a school in ​​Gaza City, claiming Hamas produced explosives there

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— 🇺🇸/🇾🇪 NEW: CENTCOM has stated that it destroyed three drones and one vehicle belonging to Yemen's Ansarallah in the last 24 hours

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: Over one quarter of younger Black men under 50 say they would support Republican candidate Donald Trump in this year's U.S. presidential election, an NAACP poll showed on Friday

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— ❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will embark on a 'broad and powerful' operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon

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— ❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: According to Israeli Channel 13, Netanyahu has officially made the decision to gradually expand offensive operations in the North

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Benny Gantz, former Minister of the War Cabinet and Ex-Minister of Defense:

'The time has come to exercise strength and use force against Hezbollah and return the residents safely to their homes.

The time has come for the North.'

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— ❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 BREAKING: The Israeli War Cabinet will covene on Monday to take a 'major decision' regarding the Northern front

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