<article data-history-node-id="430111" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/three-children-wounded-explosion-near-al-shifa-hospital" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/three-children-wounded-explosion-near-al-shifa-hospital" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Three children wounded in explosion near al-Shifa Hospital</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Palestinian officials on Monday reported an explosion near al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza in which three children were wounded.&nbsp;</p> <p>Gaza’s Civil Defence said an object believed to have been left behind by Israeli forces exploded.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="430110" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-heckled-israeli-knesset-security-officials-drag-people-out" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-heckled-israeli-knesset-security-officials-drag-people-out" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Trump heckled in Israeli Knesset as security officials drag people out</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>US President Donald Trump’s speech was briefly interrupted in the Knesset on Monday as security officials dragged people out of the parliament and snatched away banners, Al Jazeera reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>“After two harrowing years, darkness and captivity, 20 courageous hostages are returning to the glorious embrace of their families,” Trump told the lawmakers.</p> <p>“This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East,” he said.&nbsp;</p> <p>Trump's brief visit to Israel includes an address to the Knesset, before departing for Egypt, where he will co-chair an international summit aimed at ending the war in Gaza.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="430098" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/netanyahu-will-not-attend-egypt-summit-prime-ministers-office-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/netanyahu-will-not-attend-egypt-summit-prime-ministers-office-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Netanyahu will not attend Egypt summit, Prime Minister’s office says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli Prime Minister’s office on Monday said that Netanyahu will not attend the summit in Egypt&nbsp;due to the "proximity of the event to the start of the holiday".&nbsp;</p> <p>“Prime Minister Netanyahu was invited by US President Trump to participate in a conference taking place today in Egypt,” a statement by his office on X said.</p> <p>“The Prime Minister thanked President Trump for his invitation but stated that he would not be able to attend due to the proximity of the event to the start of the holiday.”</p> <p>Earlier, the Egyptian presidency had announced that Netanyahu would participate in the Sharm el-Sheikh summit regarding the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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