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4 days ago | 
straitstimes.com | Patrick Kingsley |Ronen Bergman |Natan Odenheimer |Aaron Boxerman
The Trump administration is working with the Israeli government on a plan to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and end Israel’s two-month blockade on food and fuel deliveries, according to the State Department. Aid workers have raised serious doubts about the approach.
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5 days ago | 
kentucky.com | Patrick Kingsley |Ronen Bergman |Natan Odenheimer |Aaron Boxerman |Maggie Haberman
The Trump administration is working with the Israeli government on a plan to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and end Israel’s two-month blockade on food and fuel deliveries, according to the State Department. Aid workers have raised serious doubts about the approach.
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5 days ago | 
nytimes.com | Patrick Kingsley |Ronen Bergman |Natan Odenheimer |Aaron Boxerman |Maggie Haberman |Saher Alghorra
Two months after Israel blocked all aid to Gaza, U.S. and Israeli officials are considering a new food distribution plan. The U.N. says it is unworkable. Food distribution in Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, last month. Two months after Israel blocked all aid to Gaza, U.S. and Israeli officials are considering a new food distribution plan. The U.N. says it is unworkable. Food distribution in Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, last month. Credit...
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6 days ago | 
nytimes.com | Patrick Kingsley
After Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in the West Bank in 2022, the Israeli military never revealed the identity of the soldier who fired at her. A documentary said it had confirmed his name. When Shireen Abu Akleh, a renowned Palestinian American broadcaster, was shot and killed in 2022 in the northern West Bank, Israeli officials initially suggested that she may have been hit by a Palestinian militant.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Patrick Kingsley
No one was killed but the attack the Ahli Arab Hospital, a mainstay of Gaza's decimated health care system. Separately, Israel said its troops had expanded their occupation of southern Gaza. The Israeli military struck and destroyed part of a hospital in northern Gaza early on Sunday morning, shortly after telling patients and staff to evacuate the site.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Patrick Kingsley |Johnatan Reiss |Ronen Bergman
Mr. Urich and Mr. Feldstein were arrested on Monday and a judge extended their detention by three days on Tuesday. Lawyers for both men declined to comment. Mr. Urich is a former media officer for the Israeli military who has become one of Mr. Netanyahu's most trusted strategists. He helped mastermind the prime minister's communications strategy through several recent elections.
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1 month ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Lara Jakes |Patrick Kingsley
A spending plan approved by Israel’s parliament hands Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a big political victory and devotes a significant chunk to military spending, signaling that Israel expects to stay on a war footing for the longer term. The $206 billion budget was approved Tuesday with broad enough support — a vote of 66-52 — to shore up Netanyahu’s power after more than a year of public backlash over Israeli hostages, sharp political opposition, and legal challenges.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Lara Jakes |Patrick Kingsley
A spending plan approved by Israel's Parliament hands Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a big political victory and devotes a significant chunk to military spending, signaling that Israel expects to stay on a war footing for the longer term. The $206 billion budget was approved on Tuesday with broad enough support - 66 votes to 52 - to shore up Mr. Netanyahu's power after more than a year of public backlash over Israeli hostages, sharp political opposition and legal challenges.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Patrick Kingsley
Last week, the Israeli Air Force restarted intense strikes on the Gaza Strip, ending a two-month cease-fire that some had hoped would evolve into a more stable truce. Israeli troops have slowly begun to recapture ground just inside Gaza's borders. In today's newsletter, I'll explain how the cease-fire collapsed and what might happen next. It's mainly because Israel and Hamas have incompatible visions of how this war ends.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Patrick Kingsley
Eighteen months ago, in the aftermath of Hamas's attack on Israel, Israelis suspended their internal conflicts to form a united military front against a shared external threat. Now, that semblance of common cause has been cast aside. Beyond its borders, Israel has resumed fighting on four fronts - in Gaza, Lebanon, the occupied West Bank and Yemen. And internally, Israel's citizens have returned to the bitter domestic feuds that once again, pose existential questions about their country'sfuture.
