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With tensions in the area already high, the soldiers were “removed from operational activity” because of behavior that stood in “complete opposition” to the Israeli military’s values, it said.

The Russian leader, in his annual news conference, said he was open to peace talks but showed no hint of compromise. “Peace will come when we achieve our goals,” he said.

The Bank of England and European Central Bank both held their benchmark rates steady. Even though inflation has been slowing, they gave no indication of when rates would start to come down.

A trend nobody asked for is here: Terrifying videos of unruly waves.

Tanzania’s foreign minister said that Joshua Mollel, an agricultural student, was “immediately killed after being kidnapped by Hamas.”

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s comments suggested that Israel was not likely to be swayed by concerns over the war’s rising death toll.

The Russian leader suggested that Western support for Ukraine was drying up and also gave his first comments about Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter detained in Russia.

Residents said Israeli military vehicles left the city on Thursday, signaling an end to the operation inside Jenin, a stronghold of Palestinian resistance in the occupied West Bank.

The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, has suggested he will block both financial support and membership talks for Ukraine. There are workarounds on aid, but they are cumbersome.

A team of rivals joined together in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet. But beneath the veneer of unity, there are political differences and old resentments.