— 🇮🇱 NEW: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied reports Israel would agree to security measures on the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border to prevent smuggling of weapons to Hamas

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: Ronen Bar, the head of the Shin Bet security, says 'Jewish terrorism is endangering Israel's existence' in a letter to Netanyahu and his ministers.

“The damage to the State of Israel, especially now and to the vast majority of the settlers, is indescribable: global delegitimization, even among our greatest allies; spreading thin the IDF’s personnel which is already struggling to keep up with all its missions and which wasn’t intended to deal with this; vengeful attacks that are sparking another front in the multi-front war we are in; putting more players into the cycle of terror; a slippery slope to the feeling of a lack of governance; another obstacle to creating local alliances that we need against the Shiite axis; and above all, a massive stain on Judaism and us all.”

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— 🇺🇸/🇺🇦/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: On the final night of the four-day Democratic National Convention, Vice President Kamala Harris pledged to support NATO, Ukraine, and Israel, and said she would take any necessary action to defend U.S. interests against Iran.

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— 🇦🇺 NEW: Australia will take command of the maritime task force in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden from October for 6 months.

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— 🇦🇫/🇮🇷 Reuters reports that many international airlines now consider flying over Afghanistan to be a safer alternative route between Asia and Europe, compared to the option of flying over Iran.

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— 🇸🇦 NEW: Saudi Arabia's oil export revenues have fallen to a three-year low.

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— 🇩🇿/🇱🇧 NEW: An Algerian tanker carrying around 30,000 tons of fuel has been dispatched to Lebanon.

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— 🇷🇺/🇮🇱/🇺🇸 NEW: Russia has detained Israeli-Canadian national Joshua Cartu, who is wanted by the United States for alleged large-scale fraud related to an illegal online stock trading scheme.

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— 🇺🇸 WATCH: DNC attendees and delegates cover their ears when protestors call out the names of Palestinian children killed by Israel. Twitter users have claimed that the two black men in this video are convicted felons.

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: A recent Gallup survey reveals that half of Generation Z individuals have little trust in the three branches of the U.S. government.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: According to reports in Hebrew media, a 'serious security incident' has occurred in Gaza, resulting in the deaths of at least 3 IDF soldiers and the injury of 6 others.

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— 🇪🇬/🇮🇱 NEW: Egyptian seaports have become vital hubs for cargo and cement shipments to and from Israel

Over the past 3 months, an investigation by 'Arabi Post' tracked 19 ships shuttling between Egyptian and Israeli ports, with no other Arab country's vessels arriving in Israel in the same period.

• Egypt's exports to Israel between October 2023 and July 2024 were $170.1 million, up from $162.8 million in the same period the previous year.

• Egypt's imports from Israel during this period reached $331.6 million, a tripling from the $106.8 million imported in the same months of 2022-2023.

• July 2024 saw the highest monthly values, with $30.6 million in Israeli exports to Egypt and $45.4 million in imports.

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— 🇵🇸 Tulkarem, West Bank, August 21

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— 🇩🇪 NEW: Lufthansa Group announced on Friday that it will extend the cancelation of flights to several destinations in the Middle East through September 2, amid concerns over regional tensions

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: The IDF Spokesperson's Unit reported on Friday that troops located and dismantled a Hamas tunnel over one kilometer long near Rafah.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Reports of another 'difficult incident,' this time in the 'Netzarim' corridor, with an unconfirmed number of dead and wounded IDF troops.

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby calls reports of ceasefire negotiations collapsing 'inaccurate,' says 'progress has been made.'

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— 🇾🇪 Yemen's Ansarullah has targeted a total of 182 ships since October.

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant calls Itamar Ben-Gvir 'irresponsible,' says he 'poses a threat to Israel’s national security.'

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