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<article data-history-node-id="447232" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-israeli-attacks-lebanon-climbs-4362-despite-ceasefire" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-israeli-attacks-lebanon-climbs-4362-despite-ceasefire" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon climbs to 4,362 despite ceasefire</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israel has killed 4,362 people and wounded 12,378 in attacks across the country since 2 March.</p> <p>Israel has continued bombing Lebanon and occupying parts of its territory despite a ceasefire that took effect on 17 April and was renewed on 26 June.</p> <p>Before the truce, Israeli troops seized nearly 2,000sq km (770sq miles), equivalent to about one-fifth of Lebanon. A buffer zone still covers approximately six percent of the country.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Freedom Flotilla Coalition says previous arrests, beatings and alleged mistreatment of activists have not deterred its campaign to reach Gaza by sea

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The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.

<article data-history-node-id="447017" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-killed-israeli-bombing-khan-yunis" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-killed-israeli-bombing-khan-yunis" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Palestinian killed in Israeli bombing of Khan Yunis </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>At least one Palestinian has been killed in an Israeli bombing on Wednesday in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip, Wafa news has reported.</p> <p>The Israeli attack targeted a tent sheltering displaced persons in the area, critically injuring a 39-year-old man, who was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Nasser Hospital, according to Wafa.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="446423" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-commission-illegal-israeli-settlements-west-bank-reach-592" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-commission-illegal-israeli-settlements-west-bank-reach-592" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Palestinian commission: Illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank reach 592 by July</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The number of illegal Israeli settlements and outposts in the occupied West Bank has reached 592 by the end of July, according to the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.</p> <p>The sites comprise 192 settlements and 400 outposts, including 231 pastoral outposts.&nbsp;</p> <p>The commission said nearly 780,000 Israeli settlers were living in these settlements: around 333,600 in Jerusalem settlements and 446,400 elsewhere.</p> <p>Israel now controls over about 42 percent of the West Bank, rising to 71 percent of Area C and 91 percent of the Jordan Valley.</p> <p>The foreign ministers of Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE condemned Israel's settlement policies in Palestinian territories and said they categorically rejected the Israeli construction called "E1" in the occupied West Bank.&nbsp;</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="settlements" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="24731301-d031-4cdd-ada1-900c2993a5c3" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images/SettlementsIsrael.9May2014%20%281%29.jpg" width="768" height="512" alt="settlements" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Israel controls 42 percent of the occupied West Bank, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>