Israel Announces Plans to Seize ‘Large Areas’ of Gaza as It Expands Offensive Against Hamas
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Israel Announces Plans to Seize ‘Large Areas’ of Gaza as It Expands Offensive Against Hamas

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that Israel had seized territory in the Gaza Strip hours after his government laid out plans to take over large parts of the enclave. The announcement adds to the growing drumbeat from Israeli officials in recent…

What We Know About Talks for a Renewed Gaza Cease-Fire
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What We Know About Talks for a Renewed Gaza Cease-Fire

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Israel and Hamas both signaled over the weekend that efforts for a renewed cease-fire in Gaza were underway, less than two weeks after the breakdown of a temporary truce and the resumption of Israel’s air and ground campaign against the militant group in…

Netanyahu Names New Israel Spy Chief Despite Showdown With Court
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Netanyahu Names New Israel Spy Chief Despite Showdown With Court

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel named a new chief of the domestic intelligence service on Monday, moving his government closer to a showdown with the Supreme Court, which temporarily suspended the dismissal of the current spy chief earlier this month. Mr. Netanyahu’s…

Opinion | The Fantasy of Annexing Canada Has a Long and Mortifying History
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Opinion | The Fantasy of Annexing Canada Has a Long and Mortifying History

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Franklin, said to be “pitifully unwell,” returned home, accompanied by a Montreal couple who took “such liberties in taunting at our conduct in Canada,” he reported, “that it came almost to a quarrel.” Congress appointed a committee to investigate the Canadian fiasco, producing…

How Trump Is Inspiring Wannabe Authoritarians Everywhere
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How Trump Is Inspiring Wannabe Authoritarians Everywhere

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When President Joseph R. Biden Jr. convened democracy summits at the White House in 2021 and 2023, he pointedly disinvited President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, a man he had once described an “autocrat” who deserved to be driven from office by voters….

Israel’s Internal Conflicts Return as Fighting in Gaza and Lebanon Continues
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Israel’s Internal Conflicts Return as Fighting in Gaza and Lebanon Continues

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Eighteen months ago, in the aftermath of Hamas’s attack on Israel, Israelis suspended their internal conflicts to form a united military front against a shared external threat. Now, that semblance of common cause has been cast aside. Beyond its borders, Israel has resumed…

For Trump and Netanyahu, Similar Strategies With Similar Goals
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For Trump and Netanyahu, Similar Strategies With Similar Goals

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines If it wasn’t obvious that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel believes he has an ally in his battle against the country’s attorney general, its judges and even the head of its domestic security service, he made it clear on Wednesday evening. “In…

Netanyahu Expected to Fire Shin Bet Chief Despite Protests
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Netanyahu Expected to Fire Shin Bet Chief Despite Protests

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Israeli government around midnight on Thursday approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel’s ouster of the head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency, a move that has further roiled a deeply divided country still at war. The cabinet unanimously decided that…

Hamas Fires Rockets at Tel Aviv as Israel Expands Gaza Ground Operations
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Hamas Fires Rockets at Tel Aviv as Israel Expands Gaza Ground Operations

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Hamas fired its first barrage of rockets in months into Israeli territory on Thursday as Israeli troops expanded their ground raids in northern Gaza in what looked increasingly like a slide back into full-scale war. There were no reports of casualties from the…

Why Did Israel Resume Airstrikes on Gaza? What to Know About the Attacks
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Why Did Israel Resume Airstrikes on Gaza? What to Know About the Attacks

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Israeli forces on Tuesday launched the largest and most deadly attacks on Gaza since a cease-fire with Hamas that began roughly two months ago. The air barrage, which shattered the fragile truce in the enclave, killed hundreds of people, according to health authorities…