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The operation will continue “in every place that Hamas is, and it is in the south of the strip,” a spokesman for the military said.

Italy’s Culture Ministry has opened a curious show dedicated to the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien — and perhaps a new front in the culture wars. It’s “beautiful.” Just ask the prime minister.

The chief military spokesman said Israeli forces were prepared to expand their offensive in Gaza “in every place that Hamas is, and it is in the south of the strip.”

The discovery at Al-Shifa Hospital did not seem to settle the question of whether Hamas has been using the complex to hide weapons and command centers, as Israel has said.

The military showed Times journalists a shaft that it said was evidence of a Hamas facility under Al-Shifa Hospital, though it was unclear where it led or how deep it was.

Military experts say it could take days, weeks or months for Israel to make a definitive case. Or it might never come.

Sally Abed, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, and Alon-Lee Green, a Jewish Israeli, found polarization in America over the war in Gaza. They also found longing for a new approach.

As the country prepares for a possible volcanic eruption, it’s working to protect a power plant that serves 30,000 people.

Israeli officials say the hospital complex hosts major Hamas facilities, some in underground bunkers, a claim that Hamas and hospital officials reject.

The move is an apparent violation of a recent agreement that says citizens from the United States and Israel can travel to the other nation without a visa.