WHO tells Anadolu that thousands of patients in Gaza still await medical evacuation, with 12,913 patients—including 6,186 children—moved since October 2023 and another 101 patients evacuated Aug. 2–8.

Australian researchers grow human heart valve tissue from stem cells in study published in Cell Stem Cell, offering a new platform to study childhood heart disease.

Researchers at Australia's Murdoch Children's Research Institute have created human heart valve tissues from stem cells, according to a study published in Cell Stem Cell. The lab-grown tissues could advance treatments for childhood heart valve disease and help model inflammatory conditions such as rheumatic heart disease.

Gaza civil defense teams work to rescue 13 Palestinians from a destroyed house in western Gaza City, coordinating with the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Civil Defense teams in Gaza City are working to rescue 13 Palestinians from a destroyed house in western Gaza City, coordinating with the International Committee of the Red Cross amid ongoing search operations following Israeli strikes.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to visit Egypt on Aug. 13-14, meet President el-Sisi and co-chair 2nd Türkiye-Egypt Joint Planning Group with FM Abdelatty.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will visit Egypt on Aug. 13-14, meeting President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and other senior officials, and co-chairing the 2nd Türkiye-Egypt Joint Planning Group meeting with Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty. Talks will cover bilateral ties, trade, energy, defense cooperation and regional developments.

Israel strikes school and religious commemoration site in southern Lebanon, causing injuries; Lebanese media report blasts in Zawtar, Touline Valley, Haddatha, Beit Yahoun. Ceasefire talks ongoing.

Anadolu Agency reports Israel struck a school and a religious commemoration site in southern Lebanon, causing injuries, while Lebanese media reported explosions in Eastern Zawtar, Touline Valley, Haddatha and Beit Yahoun. The agency said the broader Israeli campaign in Lebanon began on March 2 and has killed 4,335 people despite ongoing ceasefire negotiations.