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An Israeli air strike killed two Palestinian journalists in Gaza according to officials there.

Al Jazeera, a media network for which one of the reporters had worked freelance, said the

attack was deliberate.

Meanwhile, six Palestinians and an Israeli police officer were killed during fighting in the West Bank.

This week, Israel's cabinet is expected to approve a wartime budget for the year ahead.

American investigators began looking into why part of a Boeing 737 Max 9 fell out of an aircraft operating by Alaska Airlines.

Earlier the Federal Aviation Administration, the country's airline regulator ordered other planes of the same model

used by American Airlines or in American territories to be grounded while inspections were carried out.

Several defects have been found in Boeing Plains in recent years.

A day before America's House and Senate returned from their break,

Congressional leaders said they had reached a $1.6 trillion deal

to finance the federal government in 2024.

Two deadlines loom. around one fifth of funding, will run out on January 19th,

with the rest expiring on February 2nd.

Before then, recalcitrant House Republicans will need to be one over, no small

feet.

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