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(AP) – The U.S. military denied that Iran<\/a> struck an uncrewed American military vessel in the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, calling the claim a \u201ctotal lie.\u201d A top Iranian official said Tehran plans to announce an \u201cexclusion zone\u201d outside the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> aimed at vessels it believes are attempting to transit the waterway.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon<\/a> killed seven people and leveled a vacant hospital, according to Lebanese authorities, near an area that has become a flash point in fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

Iran says it hit a US boat in the strait<\/p>\n

State-run media in Tehran said the U.S. vessel was trying to enter an area that Iran says is restricted in the Strait of Hormuz, but Capt. Tim Hawkins, spokesperson for the U.S. Central Command, called it \u201ca total lie.\u201d<\/p>\n

The claim came a day after the U.S. said it struck Iranian oil tankers in retaliation for Iran launching ballistic missiles at Navy warships. Attacks resumed last week after roughly a month of quiet.<\/p>\n

The war began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran on Feb. 28. But negotiations have collapsed after a ceasefire agreement was announced in June, and on-and-off fighting<\/a> has persisted with both sides trying to inflict military and economic pain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s parliament speaker and chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, said the era of \u201cproportionate responses\u201d is over and Iran\u2019s retaliation will be \u201cfaster, heavier and more painful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran official says Tehran to set up exclusion zone outside strait<\/p>\n

The new head of Iran\u2019s<\/a> Supreme National Security Council said Tehran plans to announce an \u201cexclusion zone\u201d outside the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> aimed at vessels it believes are attempting to transit the waterway.<\/p>\n

Mohsen Rezaei\u2019s comments to Iran\u2019s state broadcaster came with few details, a day after the U.S. struck three Iranian oil tankers<\/a> in response to Tehran launching ballistic missiles at U.S. warships. Experts called the launches a dangerous escalation after Iran\u2019s previous attacks at sea targeted commercial shipping.<\/p>\n

The new zone should be announced in the coming days and weeks and \u201cwill begin from the line of the U.S. naval blockade, extend toward the Strait of Hormuz, and from this side continue into the Persian Gulf,\u201d Rezaei said.<\/p>\n

Israeli strikes kill 7 in Lebanon<\/p>\n

Israeli strikes killed at least seven people in southern Lebanon and leveled an empty hospital, Lebanon\u2019s Health Ministry said.<\/p>\n

Strikes on the village of Arabsalim killed two, the ministry said. Two others were killed in Nabatiyeh al-Fawqa, near a strategic hill<\/a> that Israel said its forces gained control over Thursday. And three people were killed in the village of Nabatiyeh al-Tahta after an Israeli drone struck a parking lot. At least 20 others were wounded in strikes, the ministry said, among them three children and five women.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s military said its latest strikes came in response to a drone attack launched earlier Sunday by Hezbollah on troops in southern Lebanon. It said Hezbollah had used the empty hospital as a command center.<\/p>\n

Since a ceasefire<\/a> went into effect between Israel and Hezbollah more than two months ago, low-level skirmishes and Israeli strikes continue in the south.<\/p>\n

Mass funeral in Gaza for over 110 Palestinians found in rubble<\/p>\n

Dozens of Palestinians gathered in Gaza City to mourn over 110 people, including at least 70 children, after their remains were recovered.<\/p>\n

Rescue crews have been digging out the bodies from the Zeitoun neighborhood. They said the dead came from three families whose houses were flattened by Israeli strikes earlier in the war.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are witnessing a painful, heartbreaking scene,\u201d said Mustafa Quzghat, a relative.<\/p>\n

The bodies were wrapped in white shrouds and draped with Palestinian flags. Some shrouds bore images of the deceased, according to Associated Press footage. They were laid out in rows on the ground.<\/p>\n

Over 73,650 Palestinians have been killed since the war in Gaza began, according to Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry. The ministry, part of the Hamas-run government, maintains detailed records viewed as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and international organizations. It doesn\u2019t give a breakdown of civilians and militants.<\/p>\n

Kushner says Gaza has long been \u2018dystopian\u2019<\/p>\n

Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law, defended the lack of progress in talks about next steps in the fragile Gaza ceasefire, saying that \u201cit\u2019s been a dystopian place for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking at a news conference in Ukraine, Kushner defended his work with Trump\u2019s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, saying the militarization by the Hamas militant group in the Palestinian territory was \u201cbeyond our comprehension, so demilitarizing it is not going to be easy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we\u2019re very determined, and we\u2019re working through these things,\u201d Kushner said.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWe\u2019re working through some political issues in Israel. I think we agree with them on the end state. They just have a crazy election, and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards.\u201d Israel\u2019s election<\/a> is set for Oct. 27.<\/p>\n

Israeli strike in Gaza kills a father and daughter<\/p>\n

An Israeli strike on a civilian vehicle in western Gaza City killed a father and his daughter and wounded at least six others, according to health officials at Shifa Hospital, where the casualties were taken.<\/p>\n

The Israeli military said it struck a \u201cterrorist\u201d in Gaza City.<\/p>\n

Israeli strikes have killed at least 1,344 Palestinians in Gaza since a ceasefire agreement was reached with the Hamas militant group in October, according to Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry. Israel says it is targeting Hamas and other militants who pose a threat, and in response to ceasefire violations, including occasional attacks.<\/p>\n

The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 others hostage.<\/p>\n

Muslim nations condemn Israeli proposal to empty Gaza<\/p>\n

Any Israeli plan or action to remove Palestinians from Gaza would violate international law and undermine the U.S.-backed plan for drawing down the war, the foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and five other governments said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, last week published a plan to encourage Palestinian migration from Gaza. Israel\u2019s defense minister, Israel Katz, has said Israel is prepared to facilitate the removal of Palestinians by sea, air or other means, and that plans remain under discussion.<\/p>\n

The governments called the statements \u201cinflammatory\u201d and said they threatened the \u201clegitimate and inalienable rights\u201d of Palestinians and the future establishment of a Palestinian state. ___<\/p>\n

This report will be updated throughout the day as new developments emerge.<\/p>\n

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