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Iran reported that an Israeli attack targeted military sites in the Islamic Republic on Saturday, resulting in the deaths of two soldiers. This strike occurred almost a month after Israel vowed retaliation for a missile barrage that sparked fears of a full-scale Middle East war.

The Israel announced that it conducted “precision targeted strikes”against Iran today in response to an Iranian attack on October 1, primarily targeting missile manufacturing facilities. Tehran, for its part, announced “limited damage.”

Israel launched airstrikes early Saturday targeting what it described as military targets in Iran in retaliation for a ballistic missile assault Oct. 1, officials said.

Mohammed Abu Ataoui, a commander from Hamas’ Nukhba force who led the murder and kidnapping of Israelis from a shelter near Kibbutz Re’im, was killed on Wednesday in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip, announced the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet on Thursday (October 24).

A Hamas hostage shocked the UN as she recounted the torture she endured in Gaza: “I was raped and hung upside down.”
Amit Soussana, a 40-year-old lawyer, delivered a speech at the UN Security Council, vividly describing the horrors she experienced as a hostage of Hamas.

The war between Israel and Hamas has claimed the lives of 770 people in less than three weeks in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian enclave’s Civil Defense Agency said today, and as new talks aimed at reaching a ceasefire are underway.

Muslims in Europe are facing "ever more racism and discrimination," the EU rights agency said on Thursday, noting a "sharp rise" even before the war in Middle East caused "a spike in anti-Muslim hatred."

Vice President Kamala Harris sidestepped a direct question Wednesday on preventing further Palestinian deaths from U.S.-funded bombs in Gaza, instead acknowledging the toll on civilians and emphasizing the need for a two-state solution.

The leaders have made a call for a ceasefire in Gaza, BRICS countries, including Presidents of China’s Xi Jinping, Russia Vladimir Putin, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but, perhaps most importantly, they discussed an alternative, non-Western payment system.

If Joe Biden‘s pick, Kamala Harris, wins the election, she will likely staff her staff with her closest advisers as well as key cabinet members.

Regardless of whether Democrats retain power in the Senate or Republicans take it, 59-year-old Harris will have to figure out which people to keep from the Biden administration.