BEIRUT -- The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced in a statement on Thursday that five peacekeepers were injured in an Israeli drone attack in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon.

"This afternoon, a UNIFIL convoy carrying newly arrived peacekeepers in Lebanon was passing through Sidon when a drone attack occurred close to it," UNIFIL said in a statement. (Lebanon-Israeli Attack-UN Casualty)

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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli parliament passed a law on Thursday allowing the government to expel relatives of Palestinian attackers to the Gaza Strip or other destinations, even if they hold Israeli citizenship.

The new law grants the interior minister the authority to deport family members of individuals designated by Israeli authorities as "terrorist operatives." Under the legislation, relatives can be expelled from Israel to the Gaza Strip or another location. The law permits deportation if a family member is found to have known about, supported, or encouraged a planned act of terrorism, even if the act was not carried out. (Israel-Expulsion-Palestinian Attackers)

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GAZA -- At least 30 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday as the Israeli army issued additional evacuation warnings for areas north of Gaza City.

Palestinian medical sources and eyewitnesses told Xinhua that Israeli aircraft targeted a house belonging to the Mabhooh family in Jabalia refugee camp, which also led to injuries with varying degrees of severity. Several other residents of the house remained missing under the rubble. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel)

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ADEN, Yemen -- The Houthi group in Yemen said on Thursday that it would continue its military operations in the Red Sea in support of Palestine, regardless of potential policy changes following the U.S. presidential election.

"Our military operations will continue to target ships linked to Israeli, American, and British interests," said Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the group's leader, in a televised speech on the Houthi-operated al-Masirah television channel. (Yemen-Houthis-US Elections) Enditem

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