Israel and Hamas agreed to have three separate, three-day pauses in fighting in specific areas of the Gaza Strip. This is to allow over half a million children to get vaccinated against polio. No hostages will be released during these pauses. Meanwhile, Israeli forces have killed five terrorists during a major operation in the West Bank, including a commander of the Islamic Jihad.

Russia launched its third aerial attack on Ukraine in four days using drones and missiles. Ukraine reported its first loss of an F-16 fighter jet donated from the west during an earlier attack.

The CDC reported that nine people have now died due to the listeria outbreak linked to Boar's Head deli meat products. At least 57 people have been infected in 18 states.

Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz will sit down Thursday night for their first joint television interview. This takes place as the duo travels in southeast Georgia on a bus tour. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump held a rally in Potterville, Michigan, near the state capital of Lansing, and will be holding a town hall Thursday night in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He is ramping up battleground state travel into the traditional Labor Day turn toward the November election.