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      <text>An oil tanker is reportedly attacked by Iranian &quot;gunboats&quot; while in the strait. </text>
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    <text>A tanker is reportedly attacked by Iranian &quot;gunboats&quot; while in the strait. </text>
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      <text>U.S. defense secretary Pete Hegseth says that the U.S. is prepared to resume combat operations if Iran does not agree to a permanent deal. </text>
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      <text>U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that the U.S. is prepared to resume the war if Iran does not agree to a permanent deal. </text>
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    <text>United States defense secretary Pete Hegseth says that the U.S. is prepared to resume combat operations if Iran does not agree to a permanent deal. </text>
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      <text>A Lebanese soldier is killed by an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon. </text>
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    <text>Five people are killed in an Israeli airstrike on Kfar Hatta, South Governorate, Lebanon. </text>
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    <text>Kosovo approves the deployment of troops to Gaza as part of an international peacekeeping force. </text>
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    <text>One person is killed and 11 are injured by Hezbollah rocket fire in Nahariya, Israel. </text>
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    <text>The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims responsibility for targeting 27 American military bases in Iraq and across the region over the past 24 hours. One police officer is killed in a drone strike on the headquarters of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service in Baghdad. </text>
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      <text>The Saudi Ministry of Defense announces the interception of two missiles and the destruction of seven drones. </text>
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    <text>The Saudi defense ministry announces the interception of two missiles and the destruction of seven drones. </text>
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    <text>The U.S. military says it has struck IRGC Navy drone carrier IRIS &quot;Shahid Bagheri&quot;. </text>
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      <text>Vanguard Tech claims several Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy gunboats attempt to stop and seize a U.S. tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The tanker ignored the demands to stop and continued on its journey towards the Arabian Sea under escort of a United States Navy warship. </text>
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    <text>Several Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy gunboats attempt to stop and seize a U.S. tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The tanker ignored the demands to stop and continued on its journey towards the Arabian Sea under escort of a United States Navy warship. </text>
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    <text>Gaza Strip famine</text>
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  <text>The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command announces that it stopped and boarded a stateless tanker, M-T &quot;Tifani&quot;, which it says is connected to Iran. </text>
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