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News After the assassinations: Does Iran retaliate? Can Hamas fight on? And what about the hostages?
Scholars and analysts share their takes on what could follow the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
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News In Majdal Shams, families mourn children killed in rocket attack — and feel the embrace of their Jewish neighbors
Though Golan Druze have a complicated relationship with Israel, Israelis have collectively grieved the dead youths and spoken of the strike as an Israeli national tragedy
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News Israel’s assassination of Ismail Haniyeh was a blow to Hamas — and who else?
A rare unambiguous “mission accomplished” moment in the fight against Hamas could make things harder for some Israelis
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Opinion The Israeli far-right just committed their own Jan. 6
Israeli extremists rejected laws, accountability and democracy in their efforts to break into IDF bases
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Opinion Two big questions after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
The Hamas leader’s death adds uncertainty to instability
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Opinion Far-right extremists stormed an IDF base. Their understanding of patriotism is dead wrong.
The extremist vigilantes breaking into army bases are destroying Israel from the inside
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News Right-wing Israelis stormed army bases. What happened, and why does it matter?
The protesters were trying to free soldiers accused of abusing a Palestinian prisoner
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News Will Israel go to war in Lebanon? Saturday’s attack and what might come next, explained
While Israel has signaled that its response will be limited, the sides are edging toward a war that could put vast swaths of Lebanon as well as Israel — including the Israeli airport and its power plants — under rocket fire
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