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23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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An airstrike killed three children in Yemen and wounded others.
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airstrike → kill → others
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels accused Saudi Arabia of the attack.
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rebels → back → attack
Meanwhile, a journalist underwent surgery after being attacked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
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journalist → undergo → Bank
Airstrike kills three children in Yemen
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels say that airstrikes from Saudi Arabia killed three children in Yemen’s southwestern province of Dhamar.
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airstrikes → kill → Dhamar
The Houthi-run health ministry said Saturday that the strikes a day prior hit houses in al-Ar village in the Dawran Aness district, killing one child aged 8 and two children aged 10 and wounding more than a dozen people.
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strikes → say → people
The Houthis blamed Saudi Arabia for the strike, which comes amid heightened fighting between the group and the kingdom and its Yemeni allies.
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which → blame → group
Saudi Arabia didn’t immediately comment on the strike.
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Arabia → comment → strike
The children are among 124 people the Houthis say have been killed in their territories since fighting resumed in September, according to the ministry.
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fighting → say → ministry
Journalist undergoes surgery, suffers broken vertebrae after Israeli settler attacks
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settler → undergo → vertebrae
Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine is undergoing surgery on her finger Saturday, which was nearly detached from her hand after she was beaten by settlers in the West Bank, her daughter said.
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daughter → undergo → Bank
Ashley Milner told The Associated Press that the finger on her mother’s left hand was cut to the bone and a tendon was visible.
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tendon → tell → bone
She said Levine also has a broken rib and multiple broken vertebrae as well as lacerations across her body.
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Levine → say → body
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages across the occupied West Bank on Friday, setting fire to cars and trees and beating residents as well as Levine in the latest violence to disrupt the territory’s annual olive harvest this month.
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settlers → attack → harvest
Levine said the perpetrators — armed with bottles and slingshots — “were kicking me for like 10 minutes and I was trying to hold onto my cameras and my bag.”
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I → say → cameras
She said her helmet and protective vest, which was marked “PRESS,” likely saved her from more serious injuries.
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which → say → injuries
Settler violence against Palestinians has soared this year and spiked further in the weeks leading up to Israel’s Oct. 27 election.
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violence → soar → election
Israeli authorities have done little to stop the attacks, residents and rights groups say.
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residents → do → attacks
Two ships attacked in the Persian Gulf off of Saudi Arabia
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said Saturday that two vessels transiting through the Persian Gulf off of Saudi Arabia were struck.
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vessels → attack → Arabia
One tanker was fired upon from a small boat with an RPG that damaged part of its rear and the other was struck by an unknown projectile, it said.
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it → fire → projectile
UKMTO, which monitors threats to commercial shipping, did not identify the vessels but said the crews of both were safe.
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crews → monitor → both
No one claimed the strikes, which happened on Friday.
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which → claim → Friday
There has been an uptick in attacks since U.S. President Donald Trump late last month rejected a Tehran proposal to end the war and open the strait, though indirect negotiations have continued.
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negotiations → reject → strait
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This report will be updated throughout the day as new developments emerge.
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developments → update → day
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