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Democrats consider boycotting Netanyahu’s planned speech to Congress
Some Democrats say they don’t want to be part of a “one-way lecture” when the Israeli prime minister addresses Congress next month.
- by Josef Federman and Elena Becatoros
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US spent $345 million on Gaza pier that has operated for only 10 days
The pier that the US military built to rush humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip has largely failed, aid organisations say, and will probably be abandoned soon.
- by Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
At least 550 people die from extreme heat during Muslim pilgrimage
Temperatures have reached as high as 51.8 degrees during the Hajj, an annual pilgrimage that millions of Muslims make to Mecca to perform religious rites.
- by Pesha Magid and Saleh Salem
‘Give us the tools’: Netanyahu claims the US is withholding arms from Israel
Aside from one shipment of bombs, the White House denied any other weapons are being withheld. “We genuinely do not know what he’s talking about,” Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
- by Alisa Odenheimer
Benjamin Netanyahu disbands war cabinet after key partner bolts from government
As protests mount in Israel, tensions with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia across the border with Lebanon were bringing the region close to a wider conflict.
- by James Mackenzie
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Netanyahu claims he didn’t know about plan to pause fighting
Israel has sought to tell the world it is softening its approach in south Gaza while assuring Israelis that the offensive is ongoing. Netanyahu has a mask for all audiences.
- by Isabel Kershner
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Gantz’s exit may reduce Netanyahu’s room to move, but it won’t bring down the government
With the next Israeli election not scheduled until 2026, what happens between now and then depends largely on what Israeli politicians understand “the job” to be.
- by Maher Mughrabi
Israel to hold ‘tactical pauses’ in south Gaza, IDF suffers deadliest attack in months
The IDF has announced daily “pauses” to its offensive in the southern Gaza Strip to allow the deliveries of increased quantities of humanitarian aid.
- by Josef Federman and Jack Jeffery
Israel killed at least a dozen of its own citizens on October 7, UN claims
A report examines both Hamas’ actions when it invaded southern Israel and Israel’s military response in Gaza. It accuses both of committing war crimes.
- by Nicola Smith
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘Close this deal’: Hamas seeks changes to ceasefire plan as Hezbollah launches rocket barrage
Hamas says its “amendments” aim to guarantee a permanent ceasefire while Hezbollah attacked northern Israel, hours after an airstrike killed a senior commander.
- by Bassem Mroue and Jack Jeffery
Key member of Israel’s war cabinet quits, citing frustrations with Netanyahu
Benny Gantz accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of mismanaging the war effort and putting his own “political survival” over Israel’s security needs.
- by Melanie Lidman