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The Israeli military said the overnight raid involved tanks and troops and is "part of the preparation for the next stages of war." Meanwhile, the death toll in Gaza has surpassed 7,000.
António Guterres said that he was not "justifying acts of terror by Hamas." His earlier statement that "the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum" pushed Israeli leaders to demand he resign.
Israel and Hamas have put forth dueling explanations about what caused the deadly blast at Gaza's Al Ahli Arab Hospital. Publicly available evidence presents problems for both versions of the story.
The BBC and The New York Times are among the news outlets revisiting their coverage of a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital. They relied on Hamas as an authoritative source of information.
Services across the Holy Land memorialized the Palestinian civilians killed Thursday when an Israeli airstrike hit the Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza City, where some 400 people were sheltering.
A professor of Jewish history at UCLA has tried to stake out some middle ground, where Jews and Palestinians on campus could safely stand and grieve for one another.
Jon Stewart, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett and Michael Stipe are among the more than 60 music and film industry stars to put their names to the letter.
Many more truckloads of aid are waiting in Egypt. Hundreds of trapped Americans had come to the border, hoping the aid delivery could be chance to escape the violence. But none were allowed out.
Congress declined to give the White House $24 billion in aid for Ukraine in late September. Now there's a much bigger request, which also includes money for Israel and other priorities.
The Pentagon said its forces in the Middle East were seeing an 'uptick' in drone activity at a time when the U.S. is on high alert for signs the Israel-Hamas conflict could escalate across the region.
President Biden has said he wants "unprecedented" aid for Israel and enough funding for Ukraine to continue its fight against Russia. But he faces hurdles in the Republican-controlled House.