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Why Many Israelis Oppose Netanyahu’s Offensive Into Gaza City

Par :Isabel Kershner
Critics question what a risky advance can achieve that nearly two years of war have failed to accomplish.

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Protesters in Jerusalem on Tuesday demanded the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas, as Israel launched a new ground offensive in Gaza City.
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Why Many Israelis Oppose Netanyahu’s Push Into Gaza City

Par :Isabel Kershner
Critics question what a risky advance can achieve that nearly two years of war have failed to accomplish.

© Mahmoud Illean/Associated Press

Protesters in Jerusalem on Tuesday demanded the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas, as Israel launched a new ground offensive in Gaza City.
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Israel Launches Gaza City Ground Offensive, Officials Say

Par :Isabel Kershner and Lara Jakes
The long-planned take over of the city began early Tuesday, according to officials, despite hundreds of thousands of people still sheltering there.

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Smoke rises above Gaza on Tuesday.
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Israel’s Ground Offensive in Gaza City Capped Months of Strikes and Threats

Par :Aaron Boxerman and Natan Odenheimer
After intensified operations over the past week, the military said troops would gradually advance into the city, believing that at least 2,000 Hamas fighters remain there.

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Israeli military vehicles near the Israel-Gaza border on Tuesday.
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Israel Launches Gaza City Ground Offensive, Officials Say

Par :Isabel Kershner and Lara Jakes
The long-planned take over of the city began early Tuesday, according to officials, despite hundreds of thousands of people still sheltering there.

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Smoke rises above Gaza on Tuesday.
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Starvation and Bombs in Besieged Sudanese City As Residents Cry for Help

Par :Declan Walsh
At least 260,000 civilians trapped in El Fasher face a dire choice: risk being starved or bombed if they stay, and raped or killed if they flee.

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Residents waited for free meals in El Fasher, Sudan, last month. The city has been besieged by paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April 2024.
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U.S. Joins U.N. Security Council’s Criticism of Israeli Strike in Qatar

Par :Farnaz Fassihi
The United States, ordinarily a protector of Israel at the United Nations, signed on to a statement condemning its attack on Hamas in the Qatari capital.

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“How can we host Israeli representatives when they have committed this attack?” the prime minister of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, asked the Security Council.
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What Drove Israel’s Brazen Attack on Hamas in Qatar?

Par :Adam Rasgon and Isabel Kershner
Israeli officials and analysts say that revenge for the Hamas-led 2023 attack on Israel, and frustration over moribund Gaza truce negotiations, informed the decision to strike in Doha.

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A photo posted on social media showing an explosion in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday.
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Russia’s Strategy Against the West: Escalate Slowly and See if It Responds

Par :Andrew E. Kramer
Ukrainian and European officials say President Vladimir V. Putin has become emboldened by a lack of Western pushback.

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The police inspected the damage to a house caused by debris from a shot-down Russian drone in the village of Wyryki-Wola, eastern Poland on Wednesday.
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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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Houthi Drone Hits Israeli Airport After Warning System Failure

Par :Ephrat Livni
The strike by the Yemeni militants followed the Israeli killing of several of their top leaders a week ago.

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The terminal of the Ramon International Airport in 2019. A Houthi drone hit the airport on Sunday.
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As Syria Tries to Move Away From Dictatorship, Signs of Authoritarianism Linger

Par :Raja Abdulrahim
The ex-rebels now in control of Syria say they are ending rule by fear, overhauling the security and prison systems, and holding elections. But concerns over sectarianism and inclusivity remain.

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A training session on Saturday ahead of the choosing of a new Syrian Parliament in Damascus.
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A World War II Dispute Between Ukraine and Poland Is Put to Rest

Par :Andrew E. Kramer and Yurii Shyvala
The remains of people killed and left in mass graves in the waning days of the war are being given dignified burials.

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A priest conducting a mass burial ceremony of people killed during World War II in the now-abandoned, formerly ethnic Polish village of Puzhnyky, Ukraine, on Saturday.
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Israel Targets More Buildings in Gaza City and Warns Residents to Flee

Par :Liam Stack
The Israeli military issued evacuation orders for residents in the high-rise towers and urged Palestinians to move to the south of Gaza, as it intensifies its offensive on the city.

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Palestinians fleeing Gaza City after the Israeli military intensified its attacks on the area this week.
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Inside Iran After the 12-Day War

Par :Declan Walsh · Gelareh Kiazand · Nanna Heitmann · Jon Hazell and Christina Thornell
Following a 12-day war with Israel in July, which resulted in the deaths of over 1,000 civilians and many of Iran’s top nuclear scientists and officials, a New York Times team was granted access to Tehran. Declan Walsh, a Times international correspondent, explains how the conflict has created a widespread sense of uncertainty and flux in the Iranian capital.

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Assad and Aides Are Wanted in France for Deadly Strike on Journalists

Par :Marlise Simons
Judges issued arrest warrants for Bashar al-Assad and six officials of his regime in Syria for an attack that killed two journalists, including Marie Colvin.

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A damaged plaque with an image of former President Bashar al-Assad of Syria outside an abandoned base in Quneitra Governorate, Syria, in August. Mr. al-Assad and his family fled to Russia last December.
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Putin and Xi Invoke Wartime Unity as They Hail Ties in Beijing

Par :Lily Kuo and Anton Troianovski
The Russian and Chinese leaders drew on a shared view of their countries’ roles in World War II to cast their modern-day partnership as a challenge to the West.

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Xi Jinping, China’s leader, meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Beijing on Tuesday.
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Xi’s Parade to Showcase China’s Military Might and Circle of Autocrats

Par :David Pierson and Berry Wang
China will mark Japan’s defeat in World War II with a parade of missiles, soldiers and leaders like Kim Jong-un of North Korea and Vladimir Putin of Russia.

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Security in Beijing is tight, including around Tiananmen Square, ahead of a military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory over Japan and the end of World War II.
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Mexico’s Cartels Are Using Military Weapons

Par :Paulina Villegas · Leila Medina · Melanie Bencosme and David Jouppi
Recent attacks on villages in Mexico’s western state of Michoacán reveal the cartels’ growing paramilitary-style power, using drones, I.E.D.s and other weapons of war. Paulina Villegas examines the aftermath of these assaults.
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In Syria, a City Shattered by War Asks for Its Sacrifice to Be Repaid

Par :Neil MacFarquhar and Sergey Ponomarev
Millions of Syrians from destroyed places like Daraya feel they did everything possible to overthrow the Assad government, but they still await reconstruction aid.
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Houthis Say Prime Minister Was Killed in Israeli Attack

Par :Aaron Boxerman and Ismaeel Naar
Ahmed al-Rahawi had led the Houthi cabinet in Yemen since 2024. His killing is unlikely to halt the Iranian-backed group’s missile attacks on Israel.

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Ahmed al-Rahawi was the prime minister of the Houthi-controlled government in Yemen. He was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Thursday in the capital, Sana.
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Trump Officials Move to Fire Most Voice of America Journalists

Par :Minho Kim
The layoffs set up a potential battle with a federal judge who blocked previous efforts by Kari Lake, a fierce Trump ally, to restructure the agency.

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A Voice of America studio in Washington.
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Trump Officials Move to Fire Most Voice of America Journalists

Par :Minho Kim
The layoffs set up a potential battle with a federal judge who blocked previous efforts by Kari Lake, a fierce Trump ally, to restructure the agency.

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A Voice of America studio in Washington.
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U.N. Votes to Withdraw Peacekeepers From Lebanon Over Next Two Years

Par :Pranav Baskar
With the decades-old peacekeeping mission set to expire, the U.N. Security Council chose to extend it through 2026, then gradually withdraw the forces the following year.

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A U.N. peacekeeper, center, talking with a soldier at a Lebanese army checkpoint in March.
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Gérard Chaliand, Intrepid Authority on Geopolitics, Dies at 91

Par :Adam Nossiter
His considerable influence in the French-speaking world was based on an unusual attribute: He had actually been to the revolutions he wrote about.

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Gérard Chaliand in 1992. His lectures on geopolitics routinely drew top-level diplomats and officers.
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Trump Hosts a Meeting on Gaza. How Close Is an Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire?

Par :Aaron Boxerman
The president’s Middle East envoy signaled that the war would be settled before the end of the year, but seemed to rule out a temporary truce.

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Palestinian families fleeing their homes north of Gaza City on Monday, after Israeli military officials announced plans for a full-scale assault on the city.
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U.S. Envoy Talks Peace in Lebanon, but Stirs Anger With ‘Act Civilized’ Remark

Par :Euan Ward
At a delicate moment in Lebanese politics, the envoy, Thomas J. Barrack Jr., provoked outrage by warning journalists at a news conference there not to be “animalistic.”

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Thomas Barrack and another U.S. envoy, Morgan Ortagus, after meeting with President Joseph Aoun of Lebanon on Tuesday.
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