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Netanyahu’s Plan for Gaza City Has Skeptics in Israeli Military
ByAdam Rasgon August 8, 2025August 9, 2025

The military leadership has said it prefers a new cease-fire instead of renewed fighting, and the military’s chief of staff previously raised concerns about troop exhaustion.

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Netanyahu Broadly Criticized at Home and Abroad After New Gaza Plan
ByAdam Rasgon August 8, 2025August 9, 2025

International allies and families of hostages condemned Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to take control of Gaza City, with the British prime minister calling it “wrong.”

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Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Military Takeover of Gaza
ByAdam Rasgon and Natan Odenheimer August 7, 2025August 8, 2025

The announcement appeared to stop short of saying explicitly that Israel would take full control of the Gaza Strip, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said was his intention earlier.

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Huckabee Says U.S.-Backed Aid Sites in Gaza Will ‘Scale Up’
ByEphrat Livni August 6, 2025

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation will soon operate 16 distribution sites instead of four, said Mike Huckabee, the United States ambassador to Israel.

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Huckabee Says U.S.-Backed Aid Sites in Gaza Will ‘Scale Up’
ByEphrat Livni August 6, 2025

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation will soon operate 16 distribution sites instead of four, said Mike Huckabee, the United States ambassador to Israel.

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A Weakened Hezbollah Resists Pressure to Give Up Its Weapons
ByNeil MacFarquhar and Hwaida Saad August 4, 2025

The Lebanese militant group has lost much of its power since the recent war with Israel. But it is balking at demands to surrender whatever is left of its once formidable arsenal.

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A Weakened Hezbollah Resists Pressure to Give Up Its Weapons
ByNeil MacFarquhar and Hwaida Saad August 4, 2025August 6, 2025

The Lebanese militant group has lost much of its power since the recent war with Israel. But it is balking at demands to surrender whatever is left of its once formidable arsenal.

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Trump Envoy Witkoff Visits Gaza as Aid Crisis Deepens
ByAdam Rasgon August 1, 2025August 1, 2025

Steve Witkoff went to the Palestinian enclave amid growing pressure on Israel to ease a deepening hunger crisis there. Hamas derided the visit as a “propaganda show.”

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Trump Envoy Witkoff Is Set to Visit Gaza as Aid Crisis Deepens
ByAdam Rasgon August 1, 2025

Steve Witkoff is set to visit the enclave on Friday amid growing pressure on Israel to ease the hunger crisis. Hamas said the trip would be a “propaganda show.”

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Anger Over Starvation in Gaza Leaves Israel Increasingly Isolated
BySteven Erlanger July 31, 2025August 1, 2025

Global outrage at the Netanyahu government’s actions has grown since the war began, and the suffering of children in the enclave has accelerated the disdain.

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