US-based space transportation company SpaceX launched Falcon Heavy, the world’s most powerful operational rocket, for the first time since 2019. With the rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, a microsatellite belonging to the US Space Force and a classified spacecraft were sent into space as part of the USSF-44 mission.
After launch, Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters returned to Earth and successfully landed at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida.
Egyptian media reports that ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israel in Gaza, mediated by Qatar and Egypt, are set to resume next week. Israel is awaiting Hamas’s response to the ceasefire offer.
Israeli and US delegations, who were in Doha for negotiations, have returned home for consultations. The current agreement being discussed includes the exchange of hostages and prisoners, with plans for further talks on a permanent ceasefire and the release of additional hostages.
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