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But the 20-truck shipment of food, water and medical supplies is only a fraction of what is needed to head off a catastrophe, officials say.

Hamas released two American hostages on Friday, but concern is rising about the hundreds still held in Gaza, especially the injured and ill.

Egypt, Israel, the United States and the United Nations were still negotiating over thorny issues, including who would inspect the shipments for weapons, officials said.

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The deportation of migrants who had entered the U.S. illegally came as the Biden administration lifted some sanctions against Venezuela.

The families are torn between wanting their loved ones returned safely at any cost and concern about more loss of life.

The families are torn between wanting their loved ones returned safely at any cost and concern about more loss of life.

The fighting between Israel and Hamas has raised fears that the violence will spill into Lebanon as a wider conflict with Hezbollah. Such a war would be dangerous for all involved.

Another attack at a school, three years after the beheading of a teacher, has heightened anxiety about a new wave of terrorism in an already scarred country.

The administration has grown increasingly anxious that Israel’s enemies may seek to widen the war with Hamas and has both sent diplomatic messages and deployed military assets to prevent it.