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Yesterday's key developments:

Around 1,500 ships are trapped in the Gulf due to the conflict inIran, said the secretary general of theUN'sInternationalMaritimeOrganization.

At least 12 people, including two children and a paramedic, have been killed in a series of Israeliairstrikes, theLebanesehealth ministry reported.

Israeland Lebanon are set to hold talks inWashingtonnext week.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)

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