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IDF strikes Iran's largest petrochemical plant, fire reported • Fourth casualty confirmed in Haifa collapsed building • US, Iran studying Pakistani ceasefire proposal

Iran said to reject temporary ceasefire proposal, demands permanent end to US war

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