Mexico’s election will make history. It will be the largest in terms of voters and seats, and the country will elect a female president for the first time.
Samantha Power, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, is the first American official to classify the extreme hunger in parts of Gaza as a famine.
Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the armed group’s political wing, called his sons martyrs and said their deaths would not affect Hamas’s negotiations with Israel.
The volcano, one of Europe’s most active, has been spewing volcanic vortex rings at a rapid pace. But that doesn’t mean a big explosion is on the way, one expert says.
Israel has significantly reduced the number of troops it has on the ground in Gaza over the past several months, and the military said the recent withdrawal was “to recuperate and prepare for future operations.”
Israel’s war with Hamas appears to have reached an impasse, at a time when the Israeli government is under mounting pressure to strike a deal for the release of hostages held in the enclave.