Iran, Israel in 'war of nerves' as US applies pressure to reach Gaza deal - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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rocket fire — Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defense system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel on Aug. 9, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters. — JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant leaves the State Department after meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the US State Department in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2024. The White House said Monday it was "perplexed" and "disappointed" by the cancelation of an Israeli delegation's planned visit to discuss US concerns over a possible offensive in southern Gaza. Israel scrapped the visit after the United States abstained from a UN Security Council vote demanding an "immediate ceasefire" in Ga

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Protesters attend a rally on the second day of demonstrations demanding a Gaza deal on September 2, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. After the bodies of six Israeli kidnap victims were recovered from tunnels beneath Gaza at the weekend, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum supported protests in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv demanding that Netanyahu justies the delay in signing the ceasefire deal due to the addition of new conditions. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

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