Israel pushes deeper into Gaza and frees Hamas captive

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into Gaza on Monday, advancing in tanks and other armored vehicles on the territory’s main city and freeing a soldier held captive by Hamas militants. The Israeli prime minister rejected calls for a cease-fire, even as airstrikes landed near hospitals where thousands of Palestinians are sheltering beside the wounded. The...

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Top Marine general hospitalized

Gen. Eric Smith, the top leader of the Marine Corps, was hospitalized Sunday evening after experiencing a medical emergency, the service announced on Monday. No details were immediately available about Smith’s condition, the nature of the emergency, or when he was expected to be released. "Out of respect for the expressed wishes of the family, we will not provide any further...

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Israeli President Herzog endorses French plan for a coalition to fight Hamas

French president’s suggestion ‘was innovative, original, it makes sense.’ from Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories https://ift.tt/ugV4iG5 via IFT...

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Crowd storms Russian airport to protest flight from Israel

MOSCOW — Hundreds of people on Sunday stormed into the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region and onto the landing field to protest the arrival of an airliner from Israel, Russian news agencies and social media reported. Authorities closed the airport in Makhachkala, the capital of the predominantly Muslim region, and police converged on the facility. There were no immediate...

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Gaza receives largest aid shipment so far as deaths top 8,000

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Nearly three dozen trucks entered Gaza on Sunday in the largest aid convoy since the war between Israel and Hamas began, but humanitarian workers said the assistance still fell desperately short of needs after thousands of people broke into warehouses to take flour and basic hygiene products. The Gaza Health Ministry said the death toll among Palestinians...

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DeSantis offers to boost security after multiple people killed or wounded in Tampa shooting

MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis offered state resources to local police officers following a shooting in Tampa Saturday night that left two dead and almost 20 people wounded. The Tampa shooting, which sparked criticism from state Democrats over Florida’s less-restrictive gun laws, comes just days after a 40-year-old gunman killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, in the deadliest mass...

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Residents of Maine gather to pray and reflect, days after mass shooting left 18 people dead

LEWISTON, Maine — Church bells rang Sunday as Maine residents gathered at somber and sometimes joyful services to pray and support one another following a traumatic week in which a fellow Mainer gunned down 18 people in the worst mass killing in state history. The Rev. Daniel Greenleaf began services at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston with a moment of silence....

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