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- France's anti-terror prosecutor probes knife attack in southeast town (Reuters)
- One more Palestinian tests positive for coronavirus, bringing total in West Bank to 205 (Haaretz)
- Number of coronavirus intensive care patients in Italy drops for first time (Reuters)
- Israel's Labor Party formally requests to end alliance with Meretz (Haaretz)
- One more Israeli dies of coronavirus, bringing total to 43 (Haaretz)
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