BEIRUT -- The death toll from Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon since Oct. 8, 2023, reached 2,672, while injuries increased to 12,468, said the Lebanese Health Ministry on Sunday.

The report added that the total number of deaths from Israeli airstrikes on Saturday was 19, with injuries reported at 108. (Lebanon-Israel-Death Toll)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that the country will give a "fitting response" to Israel's "aggression" against its soil.

He made the remarks at a cabinet meeting in Tehran while reacting to Israel's attack early Saturday against certain military targets in Iran, according to a statement published on the website of his office. (Iran-President-Israeli Attack)

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CAIRO -- Egypt has proposed an initiative for a two-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to exchange four Israeli hostages with some Palestinian prisoners in Israel, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi announced on Sunday.

"During the past few days, Egypt has made a serious effort by proposing an initiative aimed at pushing the situation forward and ceasing fire for two days to exchange four Israeli hostages with some Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons," Sisi said during a joint press conference in Cairo with visiting Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (Egypt-Gaza-Ceasefire)

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JERUSALEM -- A truck veered into a bus stop at the Glilot interchange near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Sunday, injuring 40 people, Israel's MDA rescue service and Israeli police said.

The rescue service added that the injured, some of whom were saved from under the truck, were rushed to six hospitals in central Israel. (Israel-Truck-Attack) Enditem

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