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…

‘I’m Here! Can You Hear Me?’: One Family’s Story of Death in Gaza
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‘I’m Here! Can You Hear Me?’: One Family’s Story of Death in Gaza

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines There were times, before Israeli airstrikes on Gaza shattered the two-month-old cease-fire on March 18, when Huda Abu Teir and her family could almost believe things might go back to normal. After fleeing from their home to a shelter for displaced people, and…

Trump’s Use of Immigration Law Appears to Conflict With Limits Imposed by Congress
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Trump’s Use of Immigration Law Appears to Conflict With Limits Imposed by Congress

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration is asserting that it has broad power under a 1952 law to kick out foreign students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests. That statute says the secretary of state can deem noncitizens deportable for foreign policy reasons, and the secretary, Marco…

Israel’s Military Says It Struck Beirut’s Suburbs
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Israel’s Military Says It Struck Beirut’s Suburbs

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Israeli military said early Tuesday that it had conducted a strike on the southern outskirts of Beirut, the second attack near Lebanon’s capital in less than a week. Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a cease-fire in November, raising hopes that Lebanon’s deadliest…

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…

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 Orders Residents in Neighborhood Near Beirut to Evacuate
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Israel Orders Residents in Neighborhood Near Beirut to Evacuate

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Israeli military ordered residents near the Lebanese capital of Beirut to evacuate on Friday for the first time since a U.S.-brokered cease-fire went into effect months ago after rockets were fired on northern Israel. Avichay Adraee, a spokesman for the Israeli military,…

Gazans Demand End to 18 Years of Hamas Rule
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Gazans Demand End to 18 Years of Hamas Rule

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When an Israeli airstrike ripped through a building in central Beit Lahia on Monday night, the farming community in the northernmost part of Gaza was already on edge over an Israeli evacuation order hours earlier. The events shook the town’s residents and reminded…

Israeli Police Release Palestinian Director Hamdan Ballal After West Bank Incident
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Israeli Police Release Palestinian Director Hamdan Ballal After West Bank Incident

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Israeli authorities on Tuesday released a Palestinian director of an Oscar-winning documentary who was detained overnight after what he and witnesses said was an attack by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. The police said that the filmmaker, Hamdan Ballal, one of…