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Israel Recovers the Bodies of 3 Hostages in Gaza
[ad_1] The Israeli military said on Friday that it had retrieved the bodies of two soldiers and a civilian who were kidnapped during the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7 and held captive in Gaza. The hostages were identified as Cpl. Nik Beiser, 19; Sgt. Ron Sherman, 19; and Elia Toledano, 28. Medical officials, military rabbis and forensic experts carried out…
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Prince Harry’s Phone Was Hacked by U.K. Tabloid, Judge Rules in Landmark Case
[ad_1] A London court on Friday found in favor of Prince Harry in a lawsuit that he had pursued against a British tabloid publisher, a major victory in the royal’s long-running battle with Britain’s news media over its intrusion into his life. The judge found there was sufficient proof that Mirror Group Newspapers, which owns several publications, had engaged in…
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E.U. Accession Talks Lift Morale in Ukraine
[ad_1] With his soldiers fighting in snowy trenches and his country’s cities under attack from Russian missiles, President Volodymyr Zelensky returned to Ukraine on Friday from a flurry of diplomatic meetings still hoping for major aid packages from the United States and European Union to sustain the war effort. The latest blow came early Friday when European Union leaders in…
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Israel Says It Disciplined Soldiers Who Sang a Jewish Prayer at a Mosque in Jenin
[ad_1] The Israeli military said on Thursday that it had disciplined soldiers who filmed themselves in multiple videos while one of the group sang a Jewish prayer at a mosque in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The incident came after a prolonged Israeli raid in Jenin and amid rising anger in the West Bank over Israel’s war against Hamas…
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Friday Briefing – The New York Times
[ad_1] The U.S. urges Israel to scale down its war in Gaza Biden administration officials want Israel to end its large-scale campaign in the Gaza Strip within weeks and to transition to a more targeted phase in its war against Hamas, American officials said. The new phase would involve smaller groups of elite forces that would move in and out…
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Brazil’s Congress Weakens Protection of Indigenous Lands, Defying Lula
[ad_1] Brazilian officials served up an array of plans and figures at the recent COP28 climate summit in Dubai, presenting itself as a world leader, on track to protect its forests and the people who live there. But on Thursday, Brazil’s Congress approved a law that threatens Indigenous people’s rights to most of the land they inhabit or claim, potentially…
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Stories About Wonder, Fireworks and Vegemite
[ad_1] The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email.This week’s issue is written by Natasha Frost, a reporter in Melbourne. At The New York Times, we call it “counterprogramming”: stories that may provide a breath of fresh air for readers exhausted by tales of hardship, peril and acrimony. These stories…
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Germany Accuses Four Men It Links to Hamas of Plotting Attacks on Jews
[ad_1] Four men who the German authorities say are senior members of Hamas were arrested on Thursday on charges that they were making preparations to attack Jewish institutions in Europe, German officials said. Three of the men were taken into custody in Berlin and another was arrested by Dutch police in the port city of Rotterdam, Marco Buschmann, Germany’s justice…
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At Least 12 Killed in Israeli Raid in West Bank, Palestinians Say
[ad_1] As Israeli troops pulled out after a two-and-a-half-day incursion into the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Thursday that the raid had killed at least 12 people and wounded 34 others. Israeli raids into the West Bank have become much more frequent since the war with Hamas began more than two…
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Satellite Imagery and Video Shows Some Gazan Cemeteries Razed by Israeli Forces
[ad_1] Israeli ground forces have damaged or destroyed at least six cemeteries during their advance into the northern Gaza Strip, most of them in recent weeks, according to an analysis of new satellite imagery and video footage by The New York Times. In Gaza City’s Shajaiye neighborhood, where heavy combat raged in recent days, Israeli forces razed part of the…
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