Eleven Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza on Sunday morning, according to Palestinian civil defense and health officials, as both sides accused each other of breaching a ceasefire agreement. Simultaneously, in other international developments, the UK and its allies have accused Russia of killing opposition leader Alexei Navalny using a poison derived from a dart frog toxin, and Iran signaled a willingness to consider compromises to reach a nuclear deal with the US.
The Israeli strikes in Gaza targeted terror targets, according to the IDF, in response to ceasefire violations by Hamas. The IDF stated that militants were killed after emerging from a tunnel into the area of the strip controlled by the Israeli military. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that a strike on a tent encampment in northern Gaza killed at least six people, while another strike in the south of the strip killed five. Both Israel and Hamas have accused each other of near-daily violations of the ceasefire.
In the UK, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper stated that "only the Russian government had the means, motive and opportunity" to use the poison on Alexei Navalny while he was imprisoned in Russia. The UK and its allies made the accusation two years after Navalny's death in a Siberian penal colony, following analysis of material samples found on his body. Moscow has dismissed the findings as an "information campaign," according to the Tass news agency.
Meanwhile, Iran indicated a potential shift in its stance on the nuclear deal. Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran's deputy foreign minister, told the BBC in Tehran that Iran was ready to consider compromises if the US was willing to discuss lifting sanctions. US officials have repeatedly emphasized that Iran is holding up progress in the protracted negotiating process. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said President Donald Trump preferred a deal but that it was "very hard to do" one with Iran.
In other news, armed assailants on motorbikes killed at least 32 people and burned houses and shops during raids on three villages in north-west Nigeria, according to residents. Insecurity is a pressing concern in Nigeria, and the government is under mounting pressure to restore stability.
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