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Who Are the Druse: The Religious Minority at the Center of Israel and Syria’s Tensions

Par :Euan Ward
Spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, the secretive religious minority has long balanced integration and independence. Now, members are at the heart of the region’s shifting power struggles.

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Clerics praying during a funeral for people killed during clashes between Druse fighters and Bedouin tribes in Sweida, Syria, on Monday.
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Debate Ignites at U.S. School Over Netanyahu’s Hall of Fame Status

Par :Kenneth P. Vogel
Recent comments by the Israeli prime minister and a Fox News commentator about their suburban Philadelphia high school have inflamed a debate.

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Benjamin Netanyahu, known then as Ben, graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1967, and was inducted into its hall of fame in 1999.
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Sol Stern, Lapsed Liberal and Conservative Heretic, Dies at 89

Par :Sam Roberts
A writer, editor and political adviser, he broke with the left over its criticism of Israel and what he saw as its anti-Americanism. But he also became a critic of Donald Trump.

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The writer and editor Sol Stern at his Manhattan apartment in 2008. A liberal turned conservative, he was known for his largely nonideological judgment and his willingness to change his mind.
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Why Israel Attacked Syria

Par :Patrick Kingsley
For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.

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An Israeli airstrike damaged the entrance to Syria’s defense ministry headquarters on Wednesday.
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Israel, Mixing Force With Diplomacy, Takes ‘Discordant’ Approach to Syria

Par :Patrick Kingsley
For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.

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An Israeli airstrike damaged the entrance to Syria’s defense ministry headquarters on Wednesday.
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Syria’s President Condemns Israeli Strikes on Damascus

Par :Christina Goldbaum and Euan Ward
President Ahmed al-Shara said the airstrike on Damascus threatened to escalate sectarian violence, in his sharpest criticism of Israel since he came to power.

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Debris in Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Wednesday, after an Israeli strike.
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Israel Strikes Syria’s Capital, Sending Warning to Government

Par :Euan Ward and Aaron Boxerman
Israel threatened to escalate attacks on Syrian government forces unless they withdrew from Sweida, a southern province dominated by the country’s Druse minority.

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Smoke rising from the Syrian Defense Ministry in the capital, Damascus, on Wednesday.
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Mike Huckabee Visits Netanyahu’s Trial in Israel

Par :Aaron Boxerman
A highly unusual appearance from Mike Huckabee comes as President Trump has called for the long-running legal case to be canceled.

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Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, arrived on Wednesday at the court where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on trial for corruption.
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At Least 20 Killed in Stampede Outside a Gaza Aid Site

Par :Lara Jakes and Nader Ibrahim
There were conflicting accounts from Palestinian and aid officials over what happened at the food distribution hub run by the Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

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Casualties were brought into Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza on Wednesday after a stampede at a food distribution site.
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Huckabee Calls Death of Palestinian-American in West Bank ‘Terrorism’

Par :Ephrat Livni
Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, demanded “accountability for this criminal and terrorist act,” referring to the killing last week of Sayfollah Musallet in the occupied territories.

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Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, urged Israel to “aggressively investigate” the death of a Palestinian-American in a clash in the West Bank.
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Netanyahu’s Ultra-Orthodox Allies Threaten His Coalition Government

Par :Aaron Boxerman
Some of the prime minister’s political allies have quit over a proposal to make religious students serve in military, and more are threatening to do so.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Parliament on Monday. His government is fracturing because of the debate over whether ultra-Orthodox students must serve in the military.
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Israel Stages Rare Attack on Syrian Government Forces

Par :Euan Ward
Israel intervened in sectarian violence in Syria and attacked the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.

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Syrian government forces entered the predominantly Druse city of Sweida on Tuesday. Israel intervened after days of deadly sectarian clashes in the southern Sweida region.
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Plan to Indefinitely Displace Palestinians Threatens to Derail Gaza Truce

Par :Patrick Kingsley and Aaron Boxerman
An Israeli proposal to force much of Gaza’s population into a small enclave is now overshadowing negotiations over a truce.

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A tent camp housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah, southern Gaza, last year.
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Children Among at Least 10 Killed in Israeli Strike in Central Gaza, Officials Say

Par :Aaron Boxerman
Israel’s military said a “technical error” had caused munition to land dozens of meters from its target. The victims were gathered near a water distribution point, health workers said.

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Palestinians mourning a relative killed on Sunday in an Israeli strike in Gaza City.
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Why Trump’s Abraham Accords Have Not Meant Mideast Peace

Par :Vivian Nereim
The 2020 agreements addressed diplomacy and commerce, not conflicts or the Palestinians. Predictions that the deals would produce regional peace were baseless, analysts say.

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President Trump leading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and officials from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates outside the White House to sign the Abraham Accords in 2020.
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Two Palestinians Are Killed in a West Bank Clash With Israeli Settlers

Par :Aaron Boxerman and Fatima AbdulKarim
Palestinian authorities and family members said Israeli settlers beat and killed a Palestinian-American man. Israel said the violence began when Palestinians threw stones at Israeli civilians.

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Israeli soldiers holding back Palestinians trying to get to injured Palestinians after clashes with Israeli settlers in Sinjil in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday.
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Netanyahu Ends Washington Trip Without a Gaza Truce

Par :Patrick Kingsley
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, met several times with President Trump, amid rising hopes of a cease-fire in Gaza, but there are still obstacles to a truce with Hamas.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israeli on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
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Takeaways From the Times Investigation Into Benjamin Netanyahu

Par :Patrick Kingsley · Ronen Bergman and Natan Odenheimer
Prolonging the Gaza war helped the Israeli prime minister forestall a political reckoning.

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Benjamin Netanyahu leaving the King David Hotel in Jerusalem to visit the Western Wall on June 12, shortly before Israel attacked Iran.
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How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power

Par :Patrick Kingsley · Ronen Bergman and Natan Odenheimer
Secret meetings, altered records, ignored intelligence: the inside story of the prime minister’s political calculations since Oct. 7.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 5.
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Four More Rescued in Red Sea, as Houthis Vow to Keep Up Attacks

Par :Ismaeel Naar
A total of 10 crew members have been rescued so far after Yemeni militants sank a Greek-owned cargo ship in the Red Sea.

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This image released by the Houthis’ Ansarullah Media Center on Wednesday shows what the group says is the Eternity C, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier, sinking after it was attacked by the Houthis.
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Some of Iran’s Enriched Uranium Survived Attacks, Israeli Official Says

Par :David E. Sanger
The assessment came as experts are trying to determine how long it would take Iran to rebuild its nuclear program in the aftermath of U.S. and Israeli strikes.

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A uranium processing site in Isfahan, which hosts Iran’s nuclear laboratory, seen in 2005.
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Some of Iran’s Enriched Uranium Survived Attacks, Israeli Official Says

Par :David E. Sanger
The assessment came as experts are trying to determine how long it would take Iran to rebuild its nuclear program in the aftermath of U.S. and Israeli strikes.

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A uranium processing site in Isfahan, which hosts Iran’s nuclear laboratory, seen in 2005.
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Israel Will Allow More Aid Into Gaza, Officials Say

Par :Natan Odenheimer · Jeanna Smialek and Isabel Kershner
The decision followed discussions with the European Union, which has pressed Israel to ease the dire humanitarian conditions for Palestinians in the territory.

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Palestinians waiting in line to receive flour from an aid center in Gaza City in June.
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As Israel and Ukraine Advance Drone Warfare, U.S. Sees Its Own Vulnerabilities

Par :Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
Israel and Ukraine have used drones against their adversaries in audacious ways that have helped the Pentagon see the need for new technology.

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Ukrainian soldiers at an air defense position, where they monitor for, and shoot down armed Russian drones in May.
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As Israel and Ukraine Advance Drone Warfare, U.S. Sees Its Own Vulnerabilities

Par :Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
Israel and Ukraine have used drones against their adversaries in audacious ways that have helped the Pentagon see the need for new technology.

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Ukrainian soldiers at an air defense position, where they monitor for, and shoot down armed Russian drones in May.
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A Lethal Israeli Airstrike Hits Near a Gaza Aid Clinic

Par :Adam Rasgon and Natan Odenheimer
The attack struck near a facility run by an American aid organization as negotiators from Hamas and Israel wrangle over a potential new cease-fire agreement.

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A screen grab from a video shows a wounded child being treated in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the town of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on Thursday.
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U.S. Imposes Sanctions on U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese

Par :Aaron Boxerman · Nick Cumming-Bruce and Francesca Regalado
Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounced Francesca Albanese, a special rapporteur, for calling for international investigations of Americans and Israelis over the war in the enclave.

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Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, in Copenhagen in February.
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A British Surgeon Shares What She Saw in Gaza’s Hospitals

Par :Lizzie Dearden
Dr. Victoria Rose spent 21 days in the territory, treating people who were shot trying to get food and children with life-changing injuries from Israeli bombs.

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Dr. Victoria Rose at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza in May, in a picture distributed by Anadolu Agency, a Turkish state news outlet. “I’ve not seen this volume and this intensity before,” she said of the traumatic injuries she treated.
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Israel Launches New Ground Incursion in Lebanon, Raising Fears for Truce

Par :Euan Ward
Israel has been conducting near-daily strikes against what it says are Hezbollah targets as the Iranian-backed group comes under pressure to disarm amid fears of a renewed war.

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An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon last week. Israel has conducted near-daily strikes in southern Lebanon since it agreed to a cease-fire in November.
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Israel Launches New Ground Operations in Lebanon Despite Truce

Par :Euan Ward
For months, Israel has conducted near-daily strikes against what it says are Hezbollah targets. Hezbollah has not responded militarily since a November truce.

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An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon last week. Israel has conducted near-daily strikes in southern Lebanon since it agreed to a cease-fire in November.
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After Decades as Enemies, Syria and Israel Now Share a Common Foe

Par :Christina Goldbaum · Adam Rasgon and Aaron Boxerman
The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ground: antipathy for Iran.

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An Israeli military vehicle driving in March along the buffer zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights.
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Netanyahu Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

Par :Matthew Mpoke Bigg
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel praised President Trump’s role in his country’s establishment of diplomatic relations with some Arab states. But Mr. Trump has supported Israeli actions that have strained those ties.

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President Trump meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel for dinner at the White House on Monday.
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Where Do Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Negotiations Stand?

Par :Adam Rasgon · Natan Odenheimer and Aaron Boxerman
Hamas wants a guarantee that negotiations will lead to a permanent end to the Gaza war.

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Displaced Palestinians at a camp in Gaza City in June.
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What’s at Stake as Netanyahu and Trump Meet in Washington

Par :Aaron Boxerman
With the fighting in Iran over, President Trump is considering whether to pursue a new nuclear agreement with Tehran. He is also urging a new cease-fire deal to end the fighting in Gaza.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel’s Parliament last month. Mr. Netanyahu will meet with President Trump this week in Washington.
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Israel’s Deadly Assault on Iran Prison Incites Fury, Even Among Dissidents

Par :Farnaz Fassihi · Parin Behrooz and Leily Nikounazar
The June 23 airstrikes on Evin prison, including the hospital ward, have turned it from a hated symbol of oppression into a new rallying cry against Israel, even among the Iranian regime’s domestic critics.

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Israel’s Deadly Assault on Iran Prison Incites Fury, Even Among Dissidents

Par :Farnaz Fassihi · Parin Behrooz and Leily Nikounazar
The June 23 airstrikes on Evin prison, including the hospital ward, have turned it from a hated symbol of oppression into a new rallying cry against Israel, even among the Iranian regime’s domestic critics.

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Netanyahu Heads to Washington as Trump Pushes for Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire

Par :Isabel Kershner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is set to meet with President Trump on Monday as attention has turned from Iran to a cease-fire for Gaza.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel visited the site of an Iranian strike in Rehovot, Israel, last month during the 12-day Israel-Iran war.
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Khamenei Appears in Public for First Time Since Israel War Began

Par :Farnaz Fassihi
The long absence of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, from public life had fueled speculation about his health and threats to his life.

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A photograph released by Iran’s state media on Saturday showing Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Israel to Send Delegation to Qatar for Talks on Gaza Truce

Par :Aaron Boxerman · Adam Rasgon and Abu Bakr Bashir
The decision came after Hamas said it had responded positively to an American-backed cease-fire proposal. President Trump says he hopes for a truce as soon as next week.

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A man inspecting damage after an Israeli strike in central Gaza on Friday. The war has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and reduced much of the territory to rubble.
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Iran Looks to BRICS for Allies, Testing a New World Order

Par :Ana Ionova
The alliance of emerging economies hopes to offer a counterweight to the United States and other Western powers. But military strikes on Iran are testing its unity.

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Valiasr Square in Tehran last month. Analysts expect Iran to use the BRICS summit as an opportunity to shore up more explicit support from the group.
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The Cost of Victory: Israel Overpowered Its Foes, but Deepened Its Isolation

Par :Michael D. Shear
It is more secure from threats than at any time since its founding. But the war in Gaza, and attacks on Iran and Lebanon, have undercut Israel’s standing among the world’s democracies.

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Demonstrators outside the headquarters of the governing Likud party in June in Tel Aviv demanding the return of hostages held in Gaza.
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Hamas Says It’s Ready to ‘Immediately” Return to Truce Negotiations

Par :Adam Rasgon and Ephrat Livni
It was not immediately clear whether the group was demanding any significant changes to the plan for a 60-day truce, hostage-for-prisoner swaps and talks on a permanent end to the Gaza war.

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Palestinians in the wreckage of a building in central Gaza after Israeli aircraft bombed a building in Gaza City.
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Trump Welcomes Edan Alexander, Former Hamas Hostage, to White House

Par :Amelia Nierenberg
Mr. Alexander, who was held for nearly 600 days before being released in May, is a dual citizen of Israel and the United States. He was in the Israeli military when he was abducted on Oct. 7, 2023.

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Yael Alexander and Adi Alexander, the parents of Edan Alexander, at home in Tenafly, N.J., last year.
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Trump Says Call with Putin Yields No Progress on Ukraine Cease-Fire

Par :Paul Sonne and Tyler Pager
The apparent impasse came during a roughly hourlong conversation between the leaders on Thursday morning.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow on Wednesday. He discussed Ukraine and Iran with President Trump by phone on Thursday, the Kremlin said.
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Trump Says Call with Putin Yields No Progress on Ukraine Cease-Fire

Par :Paul Sonne and Tyler Pager
The apparent impasse came during a roughly hourlong conversation between the leaders on Thursday morning.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow on Wednesday. He discussed Ukraine and Iran with President Trump by phone on Thursday, the Kremlin said.
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Hamas Has a New Leader in Gaza. His Next Test: Cease-Fire Talks.

Par :Adam Rasgon and Ronen Bergman
The rise of Izz al-Din al-Haddad in the chain of command suggests the group will hold firm to its position demanding a total end to the war before releasing all remaining hostages.

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The primary obstacle to getting a deal between Hamas and Israel has been the permanence of any cease-fire.
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