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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Palestinians to 'act with unity' amid Israel's war in Gaza following hours-long talks with Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul on Saturday, his office said. Earlier in the day, an explosion at an Iraqi military base south of Baghdad killed a member of an Iran-backed paramilitary group, Iraq said. The US military said its forces had not conducted air strikes in Iraq on Saturday. Read our liveblog for the latest developments in the Middle East.