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    <text>Thailand confirms the three crewmen on a vessel that was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz in March have died. </text>
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      <text>Hezbollah claims its fighters struck an Israeli military vessel of the coast of Lebanon. </text>
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    <text>Hezbollah claims its fighters struck an Israeli military vessel off the coast of Lebanon. </text>
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      <text>Iraq in the 2026 Iran war</text>
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    <text>Evacuations during the 2026 Iran war</text>
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      <text>Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz states that the Israeli Defense Forces will control a &quot;security zone&quot; up to the Litani River in Southern Lebanon until the threat of Hezbollah is removed. </text>
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    <text>Israeli defense minister Israel Katz states that the military will control a &quot;security zone&quot; up to the Litani River in southern Lebanon until &quot;the threat of Hezbollah&quot; is removed, while also suggesting that Israel will remain in control of the area after the conflict is resolved. </text>
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    <text>Two Israeli soldiers are killed in overnight clashes with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. </text>
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    <text>A security officer is killed and another is injured in an attack by the Islamic State in Raghib, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. </text>
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      <text>The Israeli military says that they killed Ra'ad Sa'ad, a senior Hamas military commander, in an apparent violation of the ceasefire. </text>
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      <text>The Israeli military says that they killed Ra'ad Sa'ad, a senior Hamas commander, in an apparent violation of the ceasefire. </text>
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    <text>The Israeli military kills Ra'ad Sa'ad, a senior Hamas military commander, in an airstrike against a vehicle in Gaza City, in violation of the ceasefire. Four other people were also killed in the attack, and 25 more injured. </text>
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      <text>The Israeli Defense Forces issues an evacuation order for the entirety of Gaza City. </text>
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    <text>The Israeli Defense Forces issues an evacuation order for the entirety of Gaza City amidst its renewed offensive. </text>
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    <text>Naim Qassem is elected as secretary-general of Hezbollah following the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah. </text>
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      <text>Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian policeman are killed in an exchange of fire near the Egyptian-Israeli border. The incident is the first deadly exchange between the two countries in more than a decade. </text>
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    <text>Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian policeman are killed in an exchange of fire near the Egyptian-Israeli border. It is the first fatal incident between the two countries in more than a decade. </text>
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  <text>The Israeli military says that it has killed Lebanese Resistance Brigades commanders Maher Qassem Hamdan and Ali Yusuf Harshi, personal secretary and nephew of Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem. </text>
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