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The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 02, 2026 • 02:41 PM
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The US president has offered to pre-emptively pardon Elon Musk, who has lavished more than $US500 million on Republicans in the midterm elections. Follow live updates.

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Israeli strikes killed at least four Palestinians and wounded several others in the Gaza Strip on Monday, the territory’s health officials said.

Medics said two people were killed and six others wounded in two separate airstrikes in Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave, while a third person was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the town of Al-Mussadar.

The Israeli military said it carried out two strikes in the enclave, targeting Palestinian militants, without giving further information.

Palestinians search through the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Nuseirat, central Gaza in October. AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana

Later on Monday, an Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle in Gaza City’s Tel Al-Hawa neighbourhood, killing one person and wounding some others, medics said, taking Monday’s death toll to at least four. The Israeli military said it struck a militant in the area, without giving further details.

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