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At least 20-people have died and more than are 450 injured in Lebanon after devices including walkie-talkies, smartphones, and solar energy equipment blew up across the country.
Meanwhile, Israel's Defence minister Yoav Gallant says the country is "opening a new phase in the war", and the "centre of gravity is shifting to the north".The Federal Government has abstained from a United Nations vote calling on Israel to end its "unlawful presence" in the Palestinian Territories.
"We would have preferred to have been in a position where we could support a resolution that reflected the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion, and we worked very hard in New York with other countries to try and get changes to the resolution that would enable us to support it. We voted for two different resolutions over the last few months because we were able to get a set of words that we could support. Unfortunately, this was not the case.
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