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Israeli president pardons combat medic who shot dead wounded Palestinian attacker

Elor Azaria’s conviction in 2017 for manslaughter of man who stabbed soldier continues to divide countryIsrael’s president has pardoned a combat medic who shot dead a badly wounded Palestinian attacker who had stabbed a soldier in the occupied West Bank, in a case that divided the country a decade ago.Elor Azaria’s conviction in 2017 for manslaughter and his release after serving two-thirds of his 18-month sentence drew enormous attention in Israel, where military service is compulsory for most Jewish men. Continue reading...

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Bated breath as Trump receives offer to end Iran war: report

The White House received a renewed offer from Iran for ending the war, a senior Iranian official told Al Jazeera on Saturday, putting the next move on President Donald Trump in a conflict that has sent global oil prices soaring.Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, told Al Jazeera in an exclusive interview that Tehran had communicated to the Trump administration via Qatari mediators its conditions for ending the war “on all fronts.”“A response from President Trump is awaited,” Al Jazeera’s report reads.As paraphrased by Al Jazeera, Tehran presented Trump with three conditions to end the conflict: a halt to hostilities “across the region,” an unfreezing of Iranian assets, and an end to the U.S. naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz.Should Trump and his administration refuse Iran’s conditions, Rezaei warned, Tehran was well prepared for an extended conflict.“It is in Washington’s interest to accept Iran’s conditions for exiting the war, [Rezaei] said. Trump’s threats will yield no results, and Iran is prepared for a decisive war. He said the US president’s assessments and calculations regarding Iran were flawed, and that the war was instigated by [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu,” Al Jazeera’s report reads.“Iran knows the US military’s vulnerabilities and is more prepared than ever to counter its air strikes, he said, adding that it recently tested an anti-ship missile near a US aircraft carrier. Iran is serious about defense, Rezaei said, and if attacked, will strike US bases and Washington’s interests in the region with greater force.”Gas prices in the United States have reached unprecedented heights in recent weeks due to Trump’s deeply unpopular war against Iran, with “the worst still to come,” per The Washington Post.

Israel's president pardons a combat medic whose shooting of a Palestinian attacker caused debate

Israel's president on Saturday pardoned the combat medic who shot dead at close range a badly wounded Palestinian attacker who had stabbed a soldier in the occupied West Bank, a case that divided the country a decade ago.

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Congo begins Ebola vaccinations for health workers in outbreak epicenter

This has been the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history.

Congo begins Ebola vaccinations for health workers in the epicenter of the outbreak

Congo on Saturday began vaccinating healthcare staff against Ebola in Bunia, the epicenter of the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history as they are "particularly exposed and deeply involved in the response," the provincial governor said.