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    <text>Iran denies that it agreed to give up its highly enriched uranium. </text>
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    <text>U.S. president Donald Trump announces that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, after his conversations with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese president Joseph Aoun. </text>
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      <text>The Israeli military has confirmed the killing of Mohammad Reza Ashrafi Kahi, the head of trade at the IRGC's oil headquarters, in a targeted airstrike in Tehran. </text>
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    <text>The Israeli military says that it has killed Mohammad Reza Ashrafi Kahi, the head of trade at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's oil headquarters, in an airstrike in Tehran. </text>
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      <text>Iranian deputy foreign minster Kazem Gharibabadi says that Iran and Oman are drafting a protocol to oversee maritime transit through the Strait of Hormuz. </text>
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    <text>Iranian deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi says that Iran and Oman are drafting a protocol to oversee maritime transit through the Strait of Hormuz. </text>
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    <text>One person is killed after a rocket fired from Lebanon struck a vehicle near Israel's northern border, marking the first reported Israeli fatality from cross-border fire since hostilities with Hezbollah resumed earlier in March. </text>
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      <text>At least 88 people are injured, including seven seriously, and nine buildings are damaged in an Iranian ballistic missile attack in Arad, Israel. A mass casualty incident is declared. </text>
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      <date>2026-03-21</date>
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      <text>More than 31 people are injured, including a 10-year-old, in Dimona, Israel, by Iranian ballistic missile attacks. </text>
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      <text>More than 31 people are injured, including a 12-year-old, in Israel by Iranian ballistic missile attacks. </text>
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    <text>At least 78 people are injured, including a 10-year-old, in Dimona, Israel, by Iranian ballistic missile attacks. </text>
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      <text>An Iranian ballistic missile struck the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest US military base in the region </text>
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    <text>An Iranian ballistic missile strikes the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest U.S. military base in the region. </text>
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    <text>Four people are killed in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle targeting Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives in Majdal Anjar, Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon, near the Lebanon–Syria border. </text>
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      <text>Israeli troops enter the southern Lebanese city of Blida and storms the municipal hall, killing an employee while sleeping. In response, Lebanese president Joseph Aoun orders the military to confront any Israeli incursions. </text>
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      <text>Israeli troops enters the southern Lebanese city of Blida and storms the municipal hall, killing an employee while sleeping. In response, President of Lebanon Joseph Aoun orders the army to confront any Israeli incursion. </text>
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    <text>Israeli troops enter the southern Lebanese city of Blida and storm the municipal hall, killing an employee while sleeping. In response, Lebanese president Joseph Aoun orders the military to confront any Israeli incursions. </text>
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      <text>Lebanese military commander Joseph Aoun is elected as President of Lebanon, ending the power vacuum that began in October 2022. </text>
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      <text>Lebanese military commander Joseph Aoun is elected as the President of Lebanon, ending the power vacuum that has lasted over two years. </text>
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    <text>Military commander Joseph Aoun is elected as President of Lebanon, ending the power vacuum that began in October 2022. </text>
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  <text>Lebanese president Joseph Aoun announces that he is appointing a new negotiator for the next talks, former ambassador Simon Karam. </text>
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