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Israel’s Euphoria Over Hostage Rescue May Be Fleeting
The operation conducted by Israel’s military to free four hostages resulted in a high death toll among Palestinians and has not resolved the challenges facing the Israeli government.
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The audacious operation did little to resolve the many challenges facing Israel’s government.
For months, Israelis had heard only about hostages being killed or declared dead in Gaza. The “lucky” families were those whose loved ones’ remains were retrieved by soldiers, at great risk, and brought home to Israel for burial. So the audacious ...
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Here’s How Israel’s Mission to Rescue Four Hostages Unfolded
Palestinians moved through smoke and dust after an operation by the Israeli Special Forces in Nuseirat in the central Gaza on Saturday.Credit...Bashar Taleb/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesThe Israeli military’s mission to rescue four hostages was ...
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A Gazan health official says scores are dead as Israel carries out intense bombardments.
People awaiting treatment at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Saturday.Credit...Bashar Taleb/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesResidents in central Gaza reported intense bombardments as Israel carried out an ...
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A member of Netanyahu’s war cabinet who threatened to quit postpones a planned address.
A key member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli war cabinet who has threatened to depart amid serious differences over the war in Gaza has indefinitely postponed an expected news conference planned for Saturday evening, citing “recent ...
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A Small American Bomb Packing a Lethal Punch in Gaza
The GBU-39 is increasingly the weapon of choice for the Israeli military, and was used in two recent mass-casualty events.
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Israel’s Push in Central Gaza Targets Hamas Fighters
The Israeli military said it killed militants in central Gaza on Friday, a day after a strike on a former school, where Gazan officials say civilians were killed.
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What We Know About Israel’s Deadly Strike on U.N. School Complex in Gaza
A day after Israeli forces bombed a U.N. school complex in central Gaza that had become a shelter for displaced Palestinians, some of the facts remain unclear or under contention. Israel said it struck three classrooms used by 20 to 30 Palestinian ...
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Blinken to Visit Israel and Three Arab States Next Week
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken plans to visit Israel and three Arab states next week, as the U.S. presses for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza. Mr. Blinken is scheduled to travel to Israel, Egypt, Qatar and ...
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A pier for aid shipments, damaged in rough seas, has been restored to the Gaza shore, the U.S. says.
The U.S. military has repaired a temporary pier for humanitarian relief and on Friday reattached it to the Gaza shore, more than a week after it broke apart in high seas, the military said. Army Corps Of Engineers workers completed the work on Friday ...