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    <text>The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy says that safe passage on the Strait of Hormuz will be assured with new procedures and guidelines following the U.S. pause in Operation Project Freedom. </text>
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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>2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries</text>
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      <text>2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait</text>
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      <text>The SNSC announces that negotiations between Iran and the U.S. will start on Friday in Islamabad, Pakistan. </text>
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    <text>The SNSC announces that negotiations between Iran and the U.S. will start on Friday in Islamabad, Pakistan, with the U.S. contingent to be led by vice president JD Vance alongside senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff. </text>
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    <text>British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says that the United Kingdom has agreed to a United States request to use British military bases for &quot;defensive&quot; strikes on Iranian missile sites. </text>
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    <date>2026-02-15</date>
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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>Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants are shot and killed by IDF soldiers during the siege of a house in Tammun, in the occupied West Bank. </text>
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      <text>Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants are shot and killed by Israeli occupation soldiers during the siege of a house in Tammun, in the occupied West Bank. </text>
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      <text>Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants are shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces during the siege of a house in Tammun, in the occupied West Bank. </text>
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    <text>Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants are shot and killed by Israeli soldiers during the siege of a house in Tammun in the occupied West Bank. </text>
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      <text>The Israel Defense Forces confirms that they recovered the body of Israeli hostage Aviv Atzili, who was killed and abducted by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad during the October 7 attacks, in Gaza last Wednesday. </text>
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    <text>The Israel Defense Forces confirms that they recovered the body of Israeli hostage Aviv Atzili, who was abducted by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad during the October 7 attacks, in Gaza last Wednesday. </text>
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      <text>One person is killed and four are injured by U.S. military airstrikes in the Saada Governorate, Yemen. </text>
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    <text>One person is killed and four more are injured by U.S. military airstrikes in the Saada Governorate, Yemen. </text>
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  <slug>/feed/2026/05/17/an-israeli-missile-strike-on-an-apartment-near-baalbek-kills-a-commander-of-palestinian-islamic-jihad-and-his-daughter</slug>
  <sources>
    <name>AFP via ''Arab News</name>
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  <text>An Israeli missile strike on an apartment near Baalbek kills a commander of Palestinian Islamic Jihad and his daughter. </text>
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