Israel-Gaza war live updates: Netanyahu rejects Hamas’s terms for release of hostages
Gaza’s Health Ministry said the Gaza death toll passed 25,000. Netanyahu rejected what he said were Hamas’s terms for the release, including the end of the war and withdrawal of Israeli forces.
By Niha MasihThey were ready to give up on Israel. Now they’re all in.
The Hamas attack of Oct. 7 has spurred many liberal Israelis to reassess their relationship with the state.
By Steve Hendrix and Itay SternModi’s consecration of controversial Hindu temple caps years-long campaign
The destruction of a mosque on the site in Ayodhya, India, triggered deadly religious riots.
By Gerry Shih and Karishma MehrotraWhat Netanyahu sees from the river to the sea
The original party platform of Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party insists that “between the Sea and the Jordan there will be only Israeli sovereignty.”
By Ishaan TharoorSearch ends for Navy SEALs lost at sea on mission to seize Iranian arms
After an exhaustive search scouring 21,000 square miles off the coast of Somalia, two Navy SEALs reported missing during the boarding of a ship carrying Iranian weapons to Houthi fighters were declared dead by the Pentagon.
By Alex HortonGaza Health Ministry says 25,000 dead; U.S. prepares for military campaign against Houthis
The Biden administration is planning a sustained military campaign targeting the Houthis in Yemen, administration officials told The Washington Post.
By Niha Masih, Leo Sands and Nick ParkerShelling in eastern Ukraine kills 27, Russian-backed authorities say
Officials in the city of Donetsk said the shells landed in a busy shopping area and blamed the strikes on Ukraine’s military.
By Mary IlyushinaIranian-linked militants strike Iraqi base housing U.S. troops
The attack against Ain al-Asad Air Base injured at least one Iraqi service member, Centcom said. Some U.S. personnel were evaluated for traumatic brain injuries.
By Justine McDaniel, Annabelle Timsit, Louisa Loveluck and Mustafa SalimGrowing Oct. 7 ‘truther’ groups say Hamas massacre was a false flag
Denial of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel is spreading. The untrue narrative seeded on social media from TikTok to Reddit is bleeding into the real world.
By Elizabeth DwoskinAmerican teen killed in West Bank, leaving mosque ‘devastated’ back home
Tawfic Hafeth Abdel Jabbar, a 17-year-old who grew up in the New Orleans area, was killed Friday in the West Bank, according to a relative.
By Heidi Pérez-Moreno, Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Sufian TahaIran accuses Israel of deadly Syria strike
Most of the missiles fired at al-Assad Air Base in Iraq were intercepted by air defenses, while others landed on the base, according to U.S. officials.
By Andrew Jeong, Kelsey Ables, Victoria Bisset, Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Justine McDanielWar in Gaza is making childbirth a nightmare
Doctors and aid workers say infant and maternal mortality have spiked.
By Louisa Loveluck, Heba Farouk Mahfouz and Hajar HarbAs Houthis vow to fight on, U.S. prepares for sustained campaign
U.S. officials say they don’t expect operations in Yemen to last years, but they acknowledge it’s unclear when the Houthis’ military capability will be eroded.
By Missy Ryan, John Hudson and Abigail HauslohnerHow Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea threaten Israel’s economy
In just a few months, Yemen’s Houthis have taken an outsize bite out of global shipping — and have begun to threaten economically their stated target, Israel.
By Bryan PietschA kitchen table amputation without anesthetic in Gaza is one of many
The gruesome procedure highlights the daily horrors facing Gazans amid the collapse in their health-care system.
By Heba Farouk Mahfouz and Loveday MorrisA Belgian port seized tons of cocaine. Criminals tried to take it back.
Belgian customs officers seized three times as much cocaine in the port of Antwerp last year as U.S. customs and border officials seized in all of the United States.
By Gerrit De Vynck‘Succession’ creator Jesse Armstrong says there’ll be no spinoffs
Armstrong also told the BBC that while “Succession” characters did “reprehensible” things, he didn’t “think of them as irredeemable.”
By Adela SulimanBreaking protection pledge, Russian regions reinstate animal kill shelters
The dog-loving Russian leader changed the constitution to keep himself in power and added an animal protection provision. But now regions have new authority to kill strays.
By Mary IlyushinaZvi Zamir, Israeli spy chief amid war and tragedy, dies at 98
Mr. Zamir directed Mossad operations against Palestinian militants after 11 Israeli Olympic team members were killed at the 1972 Games in Munich.
By Brian MurphyU.S. launches more strikes on Houthis; communications restored in Gaza after week-long outage
U.S. strikes in Yemen Friday targeted “Houthi missile launchers that were ready to launch attacks,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters.
By Kelsey Ables, Victoria Bisset, Itay Stern, Adam Taylor and Karen DeYoung