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How Starmer, Macron and Merz Tried to Halt the War in Gaza
ByMichael D. Shear, Steven Erlanger and Roger Cohen August 10, 2025August 10, 2025

Images of starving children and Israel’s planned expansion of settlements spurred Britain, France and Germany to a tougher stance. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undeterred.

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Netanyahu’s Plan for Gaza City Has Skeptics in Israeli Military
ByAdam Rasgon August 8, 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’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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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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On the Hunt for Spies, Iran Executes a Nuclear Scientist
ByFarnaz Fassihi August 6, 2025

After the war with Israel, Iranian authorities have swept up hundreds of people deemed suspected infiltrators. But the arrest and hanging of the nuclear scientist Roozbeh Vadi was a rare move.

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On the Hunt for Spies, Iran Executes a Nuclear Scientist
ByFarnaz Fassihi August 6, 2025

After the war with Israel, Iranian authorities have swept up hundreds of people deemed suspected infiltrators. But the arrest and hanging of the nuclear scientist Roozbeh Vadi was a rare move.

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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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Sykes-Picot, the 109-Year-Old Pact That Looms Over French and British Moves to Recognize a Palestinian State
ByMark Landler August 3, 2025August 3, 2025

The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a secret treaty Britain and France signed more than a century ago. Many consider it to have seeded a legacy of strife in the Middle East.

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