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 IDF XIsrael's military on Tuesday said it had seized control of the crucial Rafah crossing between southern Gaza and Egypt as part of what it called a "precise counterterrorism operation."
The move came just hours after Hamas said late Monday that it had accepted a ceasefire deal brokered by international mediators. A statement from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Hamas proposal was "far from meeting Israel's core demands" and that the war cabinet had unanimously decided to continue the operation in Rafah to "apply military pressure on Hamas."
The Israel Defense Forces shared images of its tanks on X and said its forces had established "operation control of the Gazan side of the crossing" in eastern Rafah after the military received intelligence that it was being "used for terrorist purposes." It also claimed that mortars fired from the area on Sunday killed four Israeli soldiers.
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"Mr. Trump, it's important to understand that the last thing I want to do is to put you in jail," New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan said at the trial.
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 Caitlin Ochs/ReutersColumbia is canceling its university-wide commencement ceremony later this month and will instead proceed with "smaller-scale, school-based celebrations," officials said Monday, after several weeks of turmoil on campus amid protests around Israel's war in Gaza.
In a statement, the Ivy League school said "Class Days and school-level ceremonies, where students are honored individually alongside their peers," would form the "centerpiece" of commencement activities "rather than the University-wide ceremony that is scheduled for May 15." It added that it would be focusing resources on ensuring that the ceremonies are kept "safe, respectful, and running smoothly."
The decision comes after weeks of tension between pro-Palestinian activists and school officials that have seen demonstrators suspended and even arrested in police crackdowns. The encampment that sprang up at the New York City campus has inspired activists to launch similar protest campaigns at other schools around the U.S. and internationally.
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Republican leaders said they would hold additional hearings with top university administrators and potentially withhold millions of federal dollars from universities that fail to keep Jewish students safe.
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