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Israel Requests Precision-guided Bombs from US

Iron Dome missiles intercepting rockets launched by Hamas in the skies of Gaza (AFP)
Iron Dome missiles intercepting rockets launched by Hamas in the skies of Gaza (AFP)
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Israel Requests Precision-guided Bombs from US

Iron Dome missiles intercepting rockets launched by Hamas in the skies of Gaza (AFP)
Iron Dome missiles intercepting rockets launched by Hamas in the skies of Gaza (AFP)

Israel is asking the US for precision-guided bombs and additional interceptors for the Iron Dome from, an Israeli military official and a US defense official told CNN.

The Israeli official also said the Israeli military could request more capabilities and weapons, depending on how Israel’s campaign against Hamas plays out.

Also, a National Security Council spokesperson confirmed Sunday that several US citizens were among those killed in the attacks.

Fighters from the Hamas movement killed 700 Israelis and abducted dozens more as they attacked Israeli towns on Saturday.

In response, Israeli air strikes hit housing blocks, tunnels, a mosque and homes of Hamas officials in Gaza on Sunday, killing more than 400 people, including 20 children, in keeping with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's vow of "mighty vengeance".

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Putin Says Russia Backs Kamala Harris in US Election

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia September 5, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia September 5, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS
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Putin Says Russia Backs Kamala Harris in US Election

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia September 5, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia September 5, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS

Russia wants Kamala Harris to win the US presidential election, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday in an apparently ironic comment, citing her "infectious" laugh as a reason to prefer her over Donald Trump.
Putin was speaking a day after the US Justice Department charged two Russian media executives over an alleged illegal scheme to influence the November election with pro-Russian propaganda.
The Kremlin leader had said earlier this year, before President Joe Biden withdrew from the race - also with apparent irony - that he preferred him over Trump because Biden was a more predictable "old school" politician.
Asked how he viewed the election now, Putin told an economic forum in Russia's far east that it was the choice of the American people.
But he then added that as Biden had recommended his supporters to back Harris, "we will do the same, we will support her,” Reuters reported.
"She laughs so expressively and infectiously that it means that everything is fine with her," Putin said, adding that maybe this meant she would refrain from further sanctions against Russia.
US intelligence agencies believe Russia wants Trump to win because he is less committed to supporting Ukraine in the war against Russia.
But Putin said Trump, as president, had introduced more sanctions against Russia than anyone in the White House before him.