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Iraqi forces announced the launch of a major operation on Thursday to flush remaining Islamic State group fighters out of the western desert near the border with Syria. IMAGES
President Francois Hollande has headed to the Place Beauvau crisis center to oversee the ongoing operation, accompanied by the Prime Minister and other senior officials.
Israel has not shared a date for an assault on Gaza's Rafah with the United States, which will keep raising concerns, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the time was set. "No, we do not have any date for an operation, at least one that's been communicated to us by the Israelis," Blinken tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
“They didn’t shoot ‘Jaws’ in a swimming pool.” “Dune” and “Dune: Part Two” director Denis Villeneuve shares he only agreed to do the movies if he could shoot on location in a real desert, and explains the importance of nature and being amongst the elements while filming. #denisvilleneuve #dune #dunemovie #duneparttwo #dune2 #dunepart2 #movies
Palestinians inspect the damage at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City following the withdrawal of Israeli troops. Israeli forces pulled out of Gaza's largest hospital complex after an intensive and deadly two-week military operation, leaving behind a trail of destruction across the sprawling complex. IMAGES
The EU's 27 leaders urge Israel not to launch a major ground offensive in the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah, European Council President Charles Michel says. "We call on the government of Israel not to launch a ground operation because we can imagine what would be the consequences if such an operation would be launched," Michel tells the press at an EU summit in Brussels. SOUNDBITE
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