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The president said "Project Freedom" was being put on hold after two days, but a blockade of Iranian ports remains in place.

The U.S. used attack helicopters to blow up the small boats and intercept the drones, according to the commander of U.S. Central Command.

Aws al-Nasaan was gunned down in broad daylight last week at his school, as Palestinians in the West Bank report almost daily attacks by settlers.

Israel's military and Hezbollah kept up their attacks despite a ceasefire in place since April 17.

Israel's police force said it would take a "zero tolerance" approach to anti-Christian violence, but some Christians say targeted attacks are a growing phenomenon.

The governments of Spain and Brazil accused Israel of "kidnapping" its citizens after their Gaza-bound boats were intercepted near Greece, hundreds of miles away from Israel.

Drones killed an Israeli soldier in southern Lebanon and injured at least a dozen others in northern Israel on Thursday, two seriously.

The flotilla was intercepted sailing in international waters near Greece, hundreds of miles from Gaza and Israel.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the latest offer looked "better" than past pitches, but the U.S. showed little sign that it is willing to abandon its naval blockade.

"This is not — and cannot be — legitimate business," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said as Kyiv works to stop the Kremlin funding its war effort.