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The Israel Defence Forces said they had rescued four hostages from Central Gaza. The Shortly after the IDF announcement, Benny Gantz, a member of Israel's war cabinet and former

defense minister, postponed a press conference scheduled for Saturday evening, at which he had been

expected to announce his resignation.

Hamah said that at least 210 people had been killed by Israeli bombing,

during an attack on the area from where the hostages were rescued.

Ahead of a Tesla shareholder vote next week,

Norway's sovereign wealth fund said it would vote against a 56 billion dollar pay package for Elon Musk.

The fund, Tesla's eighth biggest shareholder, said it had concerns over the size of the award. Shareholders approved the record pay package in 2018, but in January it was voided by a judge who called it an unfathomable sum and said

it was unfair to shareholders.

Congolese officials said that 38 people had been killed in overnight attacks in eastern villages.

The government has not named the perpetrators, but locals blame the Allied Democratic Forces,

a Ugandan jihadist group allied to Islamic State.

Earlier this year, another rebel group, the Rwanda-backed M23,

intensified attacks in the east of Congo, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes.

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