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Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister, cut short his trip to America.

He attended a meeting of Israel's cabinet on Sunday to discuss how to respond to a rocket strike

that killed 12 young people on a football pitch in the Golan Heights.

Israel's first response to the attack, the deadliest on an area under Israeli control since fighting

between Israel and his blood broke out last October, was to launch strikes overnight to Lebanon.

Mrs. Netanyahu said that Hezbollah, in Iran-backed Lebanon-based militant group, would pay a heavy price.

His blood denied targeting the town.

The presidential campaign of Carmelah Harris raised $200 million since she announced her intention to run last week.

Most of the donations came from people who had not in this election cycle contributed to Joe Biden, who withdrew and endorsed Miss Harris.

She has also had the backing of several billionaires, including Reed Hastings, the co-founder of

Netflix, who was reportedly donated $7 million to a Pro Harris super pack.

During a meeting with Lee Chung, China's Prime Minister, Georgia Maloney, Italy's Prime Minister,

promised to relaunch bilateral cooperation with China.

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