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Killing of Hostages Leads Israelis to Question How Army Conducts Battle
[ad_1] The news that three Israeli hostages were mistakenly shot and killed last month in Gaza by soldiers meant to save them outraged many in Israel, who have since demanded answers about how the army conducts itself on the battlefield and safeguards civilians. The three male hostages, captured by Hamas terrorists near the Gaza border on Oct. 7, were killed…
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Princess Mary of Denmark, Australia’s Homegrown Heroine
[ad_1] It was a classic Australian love story, set in a Sydney pub: Girl meets boy. Girl marries boy. Girl lives happily ever after. But when Mary Donaldson, then a 28-year-old from Tasmania working in real estate, met “Fred” — also known as Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark — at the Slip Inn in September 2000, she was suddenly plunged…
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Russia and Ukraine Exchange Record Number of P.O.W.s
[ad_1] Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday announced a mutual release of hundreds of prisoners of war, the biggest exchange between the two countries since the start of the conflict nearly two years ago and the first one in months. Both Russian and Ukrainian authorities said the deal had been made possible through mediation by the United Arab Emirates, which has…
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Thursday Briefing – The New York Times
[ad_1] A bombing in Iran killed over 100 Two explosions at a memorial for Iran’s former top general, Qassim Suleimani, killed at least 103 people and wounded an additional 211, according to Iranian officials, sowing fear in a country where domestic unrest and the prospect of a spiraling regional war have left many on edge. The attack came at a…
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A Swedish Teenager Was on Japan Airlines Flight 516. Here’s His Story.
[ad_1] Anton Deibe, 17, a high school student from Stockholm, was on a trip with his family to Japan to celebrate his father’s 50th birthday. They were among the passengers on Japan Airlines Flight 516 when it collided with a Coast Guard plane on Tuesday. All the passengers and crew on Anton’s plane made it off alive. Because the seating…
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Israelis Fear Assassination of Hamas Deputy May Disrupt Hostage Talks
[ad_1] “Of all the possible reactions Hamas may take, the most disconcerting is with regard to the hostages,” wrote the columnist, Nahum Barnea. “The argument that the assassination will soften Sinwar’s position is just a story we tell ourselves,” he wrote, referring to Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s leader in Gaza. Instead, he wrote, the killing is more likely to “delay, or…
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Order and Calm Eased Evacuation from Burning Japan Airlines Jet
[ad_1] As smoke filled the cabin of Japan Airlines Flight 516 after its fiery landing in Tokyo on Tuesday, the sound of a child’s voice rose above the din of confusion onboard. “Please, let us off quickly!” the child pleaded, using a polite form of Japanese despite the fear washing over the passengers as flight attendants began shouting instructions. In…
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Israel-Hamas Live News: Killing of Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut Carries Risks for Israel
[ad_1] Many Israelis welcomed the assassination of a top Hamas official in Beirut as a necessary, even inevitable, step in the campaign to destroy Hamas that Israel has been waging since the terror group’s brutal Oct. 7 attacks. But some analysts said the killing of the official, Saleh al-Arouri, on Tuesday carries risks for Israel, and the benefits are unclear.…
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Attacks Heighten Fears of a Wider War for the Middle East and U.S.
[ad_1] American, Israeli and Lebanese officials insist that few parties want Israel’s war in Gaza to become a wider conflict that engulfs the Middle East. But the assassination of a top leader of Hamas in Lebanon on Tuesday, and the deaths of scores of people in mysterious twin explosions in Iran on Wednesday, threatened to bring the Middle East —…
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Mexico Officials Rescue 31 Migrants Abducted Near U.S. Border
[ad_1] Mexican authorities said on Wednesday that all 31 migrants seized over the weekend in a mass kidnapping near the border with the United States had been rescued. The announcement followed days of frantic searching for the migrants, involving Army and National Guard troops, police forces, search-and-rescue dogs and the tracing of mobile phone signals. The abduction, which took place…
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