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Israel launched a wave of air attacks across Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 30 people,

Gaza health officials said. The strikes hit a Hamas-run police site, as well as apartments in tents,

sheltering displaced civilians. Israel said the raids followed an incident in which its troops spotted Hamas

gunmen emerging from a tunnel in southern Gaza, which it called a violation of the ceasefire.

Iran's president, Masoud Pasekian, accused America, Israel, and Europe of exploiting his country's economic woes to stoke

unrest. Earlier, Mr. Trump said that Iran want to make a deal rather than face an American attack.

The president has sent a naval armada to the Middle East and has threatened force if Iran does not abandon its nuclear program.

Then as well as acting president, Delci Rodriguez said she would impose an amnesty law

covering the period since 1999 when Hugo Chavez, self-styled leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, came to power.

Miss Rodriguez also announced the closure of El Helicoede Prison, where political prisoners

have been tortured.

Her government has released around 300 political prisoners since American forces seized Nikolaas Maduro,

Chavez's successor, this month. But most remain behind bars.

The Beloch Liberation Army, an insurgent group, said it carried out attacks across

Balochistan, a southwestern province of Pakistan,

bordering Iran and Afghanistan. The BLA said it killed 84 Pakistani security personnel.

Pakistani officials disputed that figure, telling Reuters that 10 security personnel

and 11 civilians were killed,

while forces killed at least 67 militants in the clashes.

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