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Australian intelligence officials estimate that the father and son who carried out Sunday's massacre at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, were in contact with ISIS operatives in the country, according to a report by ABC Australia. Australia’s Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) believes that Sajid Akram, 50, who was killed at the scene, and Naveed Akram, 24, who was wounded while being subdued, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.

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Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan on Wednesday described the recent wave of recognitions of a Palestinian state as "a step in the right direction, even if it came very late." In an interview with Al-Mayadeen channel, Hamdan attributed the recognitions to "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood" (Hamas’ term for the Oct. 7 attack). “These recognitions are only a small step, as we expect practical measures, foremost among them an end to the war in Gaza,” Hamdan said.