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Hundreds of thousands of people remained in the city with hardly anywhere to go. Israel said the ground operation, after nearly two years of war, was needed to keep Hamas militants from regrouping.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke about Gaza ahead of a short Tuesday visit to Qatar, which is angry over an Israeli strike against Hamas leaders on its territory.

Critics question what a risky advance can achieve that nearly two years of war have failed to accomplish.

Some of Israel’s oldest allies criticized its latest military assault in Gaza and warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis.

The case was the first challenge relating to the treaty, which aims to reduce small-boat crossings of the English Channel by migrants, to reach London’s High Court.

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The long-anticipated military assault is aimed, the Israelis said, at routing the militants of Hamas, but it deepened the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians in the city sought shelter in buildings as tanks and ground troops rolled in. Some said they were too terrified to leave.

Heat waves and flooding could cost the European Union $50 billion in damage to buildings and crops as well as a loss of productivity, a new study found.

The man, Shimon Hayut, has been accused of using multiple aliases to swindle women he met on dating apps out of millions of dollars.

After intensified operations over the past week, the military said troops would gradually advance into the city, believing that at least 2,000 Hamas fighters remain there.

The images show Israeli armored vehicles in multiple places along the outskirts of the city on Tuesday morning, after Israel said it had begun its armed offensive into the city.

“I did see some stones that looked a little too perfect,” said the winner of the Stone Skimming World Championships. The offending contestants were disqualified.

The duchess, best known for her role bestowing trophies at the Wimbledon tennis tournament, was the first member of the royal family to convert to Catholicism in centuries.

Critics question what a risky advance can achieve that nearly two years of war have failed to accomplish.

Poland suggested such a zone after a major Russian incursion. But political hesitance and military shortcomings pose clear obstacles.

War crime investigators at Yale discovered a program of re-education and military and police training that was larger than estimated earlier.

There are few places for people in Gaza City to flee to, even as Israel launches its ground offensive.