BEIRUT -- One person was killed and seven others were injured on Friday in an Israeli airstrike on a residential apartment in the town of Ahmadieh in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese military sources.

The military sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that an Israeli drone fired two air-to-ground missiles at a residential apartment in a two-story building at the western entrance of Ahmadieh, partially destroying the building. The attack resulted in one death and seven injuries, including four children. (Lebanon-Israeli Airstrike-Death Toll)

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CAIRO -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed on Friday the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli escalation in the West Bank.

During a phone conversation, both sides emphasized the importance of rapidly reaching a ceasefire, delivering humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, and facilitating the tasks of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Egyptian foreign ministry said in a statement. (Egypt-UN-West Bank Escalation)

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TEHRAN -- Three Iranian border guards were killed and one civilian wounded on Thursday evening in a "terrorist" attack by gunmen in southeastern Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported Friday.

The three victims, one officer named Amin Narouei and two conscript soldiers named Parsa Soozani and Amir Ebrahimzadeh, were refueling at a gas station in Mirjaveh county when a group of "unidentified armed individuals" opened fire on them, Mehr quoted Mehdi Shamsabadi, prosecutor of the provincial capital of Zahedan, as saying. (Iran-Terrorist Attack-Death Toll)

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BAGHDAD -- Two army officers were killed and three soldiers wounded on Friday in an attack by the extremist Islamic State (IS) militants in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk, said a local security source.

The attack occurred in the morning when IS militants opened fire on a military patrol near the town of Dibis, northwest of the namesake provincial capital, Kirkuk, some 250 km north of the capital Baghdad, Salam al-Obaidi from Kirkuk police told Xinhua. (Iraq-IS Attack-Death Toll) Enditem

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