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A Home on Qeshm. No Court to Say So.

The NYT confirmed a precision-guided 2,000-pound bomb hit a family home on Qeshm, killing a couple and their two-year-old. No military target was found nearby. Trump confirmed the ICC campaign defends Netanyahu. The court that examines this is being taken apart.