Middle East

Israeli and American officials will meet in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the aftermath of war in Gaza, despite no sign that the conflict is nearing its end.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will give final approval for takeover of Gaza City while also restarting negotiations with Hamas.

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The U.N. secretary general has issued a stinging rebuke of Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, describing it as an act that has opened the “floodgates of horror” and condemning it as a violation of international law.

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Israel said headway was being made in U.S.-mediated efforts to achieve a cease-fire in Lebanon, but that it still needed guarantees on resuming military operations if there are any infractions by Hezbollah.

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The FBI announced Tuesday that it is investigating an alleged leak of highly classified U.S. intelligence documents, days after assessments containing information about Israel’s potential plans for a retaliatory attack on Iran were published on an Iran-linked Telegram account.

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The United States has provided Israel with billions of dollars’ worth of security assistance and weapons over the past year since it began retaliating for Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack. In addition, the Biden administration has deployed the U.S. military in direct support of Israel.

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Israel’s apparent ability to infiltrate global supply chains has sent ripples of fear through Iran’s network of armed groups across the Middle East.

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Ramped-up assassinations serve to boost the morale of an Israeli public still angry and traumatized by the Oct. 7 attack — which killed more Jews in any single day than any time since the Holocaust. Yet some analysts say many times assassinations backfire by rejuvenating militant groups or ushering in more radical leaders.

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Several U.S. and coalition personnel suffered minor injuries in a drone attack Friday in Syria as more American forces move into the Middle East in anticipation of strikes by Iran and its proxy militias, the Pentagon said.