The shipment is the first in an operation that American military officials anticipate could scale up to 150 truckloads a day, all while Israel presses in on the southern city of Rafah.
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Israeli military finds bodies of 3 hostages killed by Hamas at Oct. 7 music festival
All three were killed by Hamas at the Nova music festival, an outdoor dance party near the Gaza border.
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Hezbollah introduces new weapons, tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on
The Lebanese militant group has stepped up its attacks on Israel in recent weeks, particularly since the Israeli incursion into the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
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Columbia University president hit with no-confidence vote over protests
While the action has no legal impact, it signals to trustees, who have voiced strong support for Minouche Shafik, that the university leader has lost the support of some professors.
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South Africa urges UN’s top court to order cease-fire in Gaza to shield citizens in Rafah
Israel has portrayed Rafah as the last stronghold of the militant group, brushing off warnings from the United States and other allies that any major operation there would be catastrophic for civilians.
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As Hamas returns to the north, Israel’s Gaza endgame is nowhere in sight
American and Israeli officials are offering increasingly blunt assessments about Hamas’s resilience and Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to plan for postwar Gaza.
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Netanyahu fends off criticism at home and abroad over his lack of a postwar plan for Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has faced increasing pressure from critics at home and allies abroad, especially the United States, to present a plan for governance, security and rebuilding of Gaza.
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Biden advances $1 billion in arms for Israel amid Rafah tensions
The decision underscores that President Biden remains intent on supplying arms to Israel despite pausing a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs last week.
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Palestinians mark 76 years of dispossession as potentially even larger catastrophe unfolds
Some 700,000 Palestinians – a majority of the prewar population – fled or were driven from their homes before and during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that followed Israel’s establishment.
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Misery deepens in Gaza’s Rafah as Israeli troops press operation
The United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees said 360,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah over the past week, out of 1.3 million who were sheltering there before the operation began.