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Thai officials have seen photos of the hostages who were abducted on Oct. 7 in southern Israel.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned Iran during a weekend of diplomacy in the Middle East. The U.S. military posted a photo of one of its submarines in the region.

For over a year, climate activists in Britain have performed stunts in museums to draw attention to their cause. They’ve often damaged frames, and now appear to have damaged a painting, too.

The Israeli government has not publicly called for large numbers of Gazans to move to Egypt. But in private, diplomats say, it has pushed for just that — augmenting Palestinian fears of a permanent expulsion.

Israeli officials say it is impossible to defeat Hamas without killing innocents, a lesson they argue Americans and their allies should understand.

Ron Dermer sits in Israel’s five-member war cabinet and is a crucial liaison to the Biden administration, including U.S. officials he clashed with when he was ambassador to Washington.

Facing a military campaign with no end in sight, tens of thousands of soldiers in Israel find themselves in a holding pattern.

Since Russian troops were pushed out of the city of Kherson, they have bombed it relentlessly. Closely held river operations could change that.

A military spokesman said Israel had “completed our encirclement,” while the U.S. secretary of state warned Iran against widening the conflict. Gazan health officials said the death toll there had exceeded 10,000.

Israel’s military surrounded Gaza City as the enclave plunged into another communications blackout, sowing panic among relatives fearful of the fate of loved ones who remain there.