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Israel intensified strikes on Gaza city's outskirts.

Tanks and warplane shelled homes and roads in Zayatun, Shajaya and Jabalya.

Israel Katz, Israel's defense minister, vowed to press ahead with a takeover of the city,

Hamas's last stronghold.

On Friday, he warned that it would be raised unless Hamas surrendered. A UN-backed monitor has officially declared that

there is famine in Gaza City and nearby areas. Mark Carney, Canada's Prime Minister, pledged

more than $1 billion Canadian dollars, $723 billion, in military aid to Ukraine

during Independence Day celebrations in Kiev. Donald Trump's envoy, Keith Kellogg, also attended

and received a state honor. Meanwhile, Ukraine attacked a nuclear power plant in Russia's Kursk region,

causing a fire that was extinguished,

according to Russian officials. Radiation levels were normal, and there were no casualties.

America's Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth fired the head of the Pentagon's intelligence agency,

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