CAIRO -- A meeting to discuss the implementation of the recent Gaza ceasefire agreement concluded in Cairo on a positive atmosphere, Egypt's Al-Qahera News TV channel reported Friday.

All necessary arrangements were agreed upon to ensure the successful implementation of the agreement, the channel quoted a well-informed official source as saying. (Egypt-Gaza Ceasefire-Implementation Meeting)

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DAMASCUS -- A car bomb exploded on Friday in a contested city in the eastern countryside of the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, a war monitor reported.

The explosive-laden vehicle went off in the center of the city of Manbij. (Syria-Bomb-Injuries)

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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group said on Friday that it launched multiple rocket and drone attacks at three Israeli cities and also conducted a fresh attack against U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea.

"In response to the recent massacres against our brothers in Gaza, we carried out a military operation targeting vital targets in the Israeli southern port city of Eilat, using four cruise missiles," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. (Yemen-Houthis-Attacks)

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JERUSALEM -- Israel's security cabinet voted on Friday in favor of the Gaza ceasefire-for-hostage agreement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced in a statement.

The office noted that the full cabinet is expected to convene later Friday for final approval of the agreement, which Qatar first announced on Wednesday. Israel's acceptance of the agreement would become official only after the full cabinet vote. (Israel-Gaza-Ceasefire) Enditem

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