— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: An Israeli security official said amid fears of an Iranian retaliation against Israel that the country 'can launch a preemptive strike against Iran, but it’s a decision lawmakers have to make'

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— 🇷🇺/🇫🇷 NEW: 'The very serious French accusations against Telegram boss Pavel Durov should be viewed as an attempt to restrict freedom of communication unless backed up with serious evidence' – Kremlin

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said senior officials in the Biden administration pressured his social media company to censor COVID-19 content during the pandemic, adding that he would push back if this were to happen again

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Impossible.

— 🇮🇶/🇮🇱 NEW: The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announce that they targeted 'Haifa' with a drone yesterday.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: White House National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby says Iran is still 'postured and poised' to carry out a major attack against Israel

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— 🇺🇸 BREAKING: Former President Donald Trump will debate Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 10th of September on ABC News

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 BREAKING: The Israeli military has launched its largest operation in the West Bank in 22 years, focusing on resistance strongholds such as Jenin, Tulkarm, Nablus, and Tubas.

This large-scale operation involves thousands of IDF soldiers and is expected to last several days. Reports also indicate collaboration between the Palestinian Authority and Israeli forces in abducting and disarming fighters.

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Saraya Al-Quds, Al-Qassam Brigades, and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Jenin and Tulkarm have declared their readiness to confront the Israeli invasion in the West Bank, with clashes currently ongoing.

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— 🇳🇦/🇮🇱 NEW: Namibia has blocked the 'MV Kathrin', a vessel suspected of carrying military cargo intended for Israel, from docking at Walvis Bay, its largest commercial port.

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— 🇮🇱 Israeli newspaper Haaretz has reported that Telegram has posed a 'significant challenge for Israel', just days before CEO Pavel Durov's arrest: “Many tech firms have streamlined mechanisms through which states can reach out to them to censor content, but Telegram is the least cooperative of them all.” They also add that Telegram has failed to remove antisemitic content.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸/🇺🇳 NEW: An investigation by 'Wired' has revealed that Israel is buying Google ads to discredit UNRWA, with reports showing that Israeli ads appeared 44% of the time in searches related to UNRWA, compared to just 34% for UNRWA USA. Despite complaints, Google has allowed these ads to continue running.

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— 🇱🇧/🇮🇱 Lebanese citizens are humorously rating and reviewing Israeli jet sonic booms on a website called 'Jidar Sot,' which is Arabic for 'Sound Barrier.'

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Israeli forces have reportedly closed all roads leading to Jenin and are planning to cut off electricity to the area.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 WATCH: Israeli military 'D9' bulldozers have begun destroying infrastructure in Tulkarm.

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Saraya Al-Quds fighters have detonated explosives targeting Israeli armored vehicles in Jenin.

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— 🇮🇱NEW: Israeli police neutralized an explosive device planted in an underground parking lot in Netanya.

The police officers started the searches upon receiving a report from a citizen about a suspicious person near a building in the south of the city.

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: The fate of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is 'largely a question that is going to be answered' by the leader of the Palestinian group — Deputy CIA Director David Cohen

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