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An Israeli airstrike hit two schools in Gaza City on Sunday, killing at least 30 people, Palestinian officials said, while the Israeli military said it struck a Hamas military compound embedded in the schools.

The U.S. women powered to a dominant lead early in the 4-by-100 meter medley relay on Sunday. The only real question was whether the swimmers would shatter the world record set by another U.S. American team in 2019.

They never relented, winning gold and beating the record by nearly a second with a time of 3:49.63. The Americans finished more than three seconds ahead of the Australian team that took silver. Chinese women won bronze.

The U.S. team was made up by Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske. The race capped a star-making performance in these Games for Huske, who won three gold and two silver medals.

The victory for the U.S. at the La Defense arena Sunday in the Paris suburbs capped a two-day streak of powerful performances by the American swim team after a slow start here.

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The world record of 23.56 meters and the Olympic record of 23.30 meters — both his own — stand.

A downpour affected the performances. Some of his opponents slipped, slid, or fell on the 7-foot rain-soaked circle, while Crouser took more cautious if less graceful spins.

The 31-year-old, whose best throw of the final was a seasonal best of 22.90, has dealt with a series of injuries this year, including his throwing elbow.

“This year hasn’t been easy,” he said. “A lot of self-doubt as to whether I would get back. It’s made it all the more special to be out there tonight. There were a lot of times I thought I might not be."

TVNL Comment: Kudos, Ryan, you're amazing!!!

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An American-Israeli man deployed in Gaza with a combat engineering unit of Israel’s armed forces posted videos online that show indiscriminate fire at a destroyed building and the detonation of homes and a mosque.

One video posted by the man, Bram Settenbrino, and filmed from the shooter’s viewpoint, shows dozens of rounds being fired into the ruins of a building. Another video shows what appears to be an armored vehicle’s fire-control system trained on a mosque before it is razed to the ground. Others depict the detonation of several homes as soldiers cheer.

It is not clear whether Settenbrino personally filmed the videos or was involved in the acts depicted in them, but the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Settenbrino did not dispute the videos’ authenticity. The videos recently went viral on X, drawing accusations that they showed “war crimes”. Settenbrino wrote in a message to the Guardian that the videos were “taken out of context” but declined to elaborate. “I have not committed any war crimes whatsoever,” he added.

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If you want to understand the complicated situation in the Middle East, you need to start with two basic sets of facts, which are the foundation for everything else.

The first is that Israelis are civilized people, just like westerners. You should believe whatever the Israeli government says, because they are obviously not going to lie. If an Israeli soldier or settler commits a terrible act, they’re not considered a reflection on the state as a whole; they’re a bad apple who will be held accountable. Even if the data shows they are rarely held accountable. The bottom line: Israelis are good people who want peace; any violence they commit is justified because they have an absolute right to self-defense.

Palestinians, meanwhile, and Arabs more generally, are seen as barbarians. Barely human. Not even mammals: more like wasps, caterpillars and spiders – to borrow an analogy from the celebrated New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. You can’t trust a word they say. If a Palestinian does something terrible they are not a “bad apple”, they’re an example of how all Palestinians are rotten to the core. One shouldn’t think of any Palestinian as an innocent civilian – they are all terrorists, even the children. The bottom line: Palestinians are bad people who want war; nothing they do can be justified because they have no right to self-defense.

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• The Ukrainian first lady, Olena Zelenska, has attended in Turkey the launch of the Hetman Ivan Vyhovskyi, an anti-submarine warship newly built for Ukraine.

• Ukraine’s defence minister, Rustem Umerov, said: “Corvettes Hetman Ivan Vyhovskyi and [previously launched] Hetman Ivan Mazepa, which were built in Turkey due to Russian aggression, are equipped with cutting-edge weapons and will become a significant addition to our fleet … Ukraine has already broken the dominance of the Russian fleet at sea, destroying dozens of shipse are actively expanding the capabilities of the Ukrainian navy in the Black and Azov seas.” It is unclear when either warship will be able to reach Ukraine, because the Montreux convention generally prohibits warring parties’ battleships from entering or exiting the Black Sea via the Bosphorus, which Turkey controls.

• Russian-occupied Crimea came under attack from missiles and drones on Friday morning, according to reports. The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said debris fell on the city. Explosions were heard in Saki where there is an airbase and in Yevpatoria, according to news sources including Crimean Wind, a Telegram channel that reliably reports on military activities on the peninsula. Kursk oblast inside Russia also came under air attack, said the governor, Alexey Smirno.

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