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The Pakistan Navy assumed command of a multinational task force responsible for maritime security in the Middle East during a change-of-command ceremony at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, July 22.

July 13 marked the completion of the first urban search and rescue exercises in RIMPAC history, illustrating the growing value of the world's largest maritime exercise and the increased range and usefulness of the U.S. Coast Guard.

The United States Air Force's T-1A Jayhawk made its final flight with the 99th Flying Training Squadron on July 15, soaring from Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in Texas to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defiantly defended his country's war against Hamas on Wednesday in an address to the U.S. Congress, vowing to pursue the fight against Palestinian militants until "total victory" and the return of the remaining hostages they are holding.

About 150,000 people fled Khan Younis in a single day on Monday following evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military there, UN humanitarians have said, intensifying pressure on meagre food, water and places to seek shelter.

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Israeli forces carried out new raids in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.S. Congress.

Palestinian civilians in the eastern neighborhoods of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza strip, evacuated their homes on Tuesday as Israeli tanks moved into the area following an evacuation directive from Israel.

Doctors working in the largest hospital in Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis say the medical facility is overwhelmed by wounded people, as Israeli forces continue the savage invasion of the populated area.

Two United Nations agencies say an estimated 150,000 people have fled the southern city of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip since Monday, as the Israeli regime continues its devastating onslaught on the besieged territory.

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"With each passing week, children and families face new horrors in the Gaza Strip. The devastating attacks on schools and internally displaced sites continue, reportedly killing hundreds more Palestinians, many of them women and children, and leaving already overwhelmed hospitals buckling under the strain.

The head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) appealed on Wednesday for an immediate improvement in the security situation in Gaza, where dangerous operating conditions and attacks against humanitarian workers continue to hamper aid delivery to communities in need.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas' representative in Lebanon, while assessing a reconciliation agreement between Palestinian groups in the meeting hosted by China, has said that the decision to put aside their differences carry the message of the unity of the Palestinian nation as a result of the Al-Aqsa storm operation.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says it has targeted the Eilat port (Umm al-Rashrash) in the occupied territories with several drones.

A senior World Health Organization official expressed alarm Tuesday at the high risk of polio spreading within the Gaza Strip because of dire sanitary conditions in the war-wracked enclave, and that the paralytic disease it causes could spill across borders without prompt action to stem the outbreak.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Robert Kaliňák along with President Peter Pellegrini and Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanár attended NATO's 75th Anniversary Summit in Washington, D.C.

The Slovak Defence Ministry has invested €10m in the complete replacement of the manufacturing machinery to make artillery gun barrels in the 100 - 155mm calibre range at ZTS Špeciál.