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Emergency2026-10-07

Man, about 30, killed in two-vehicle crash on Route 60 near Omer

A collision between two vehicles near Omer in southern Israel left one man dead at the scene and a second man of similar age moderately hurt and taken to Soroka.

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IDF says it killed two Hamas men who left Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza

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PA security officer, 44, killed in olive harvest clash near Nablus

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IDF and Border Police raid West Bank over support for October 7 attack

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