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More artists drop out of Ed Sheeran's tour in solidarity with rapper Macklemore

By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

Irish acts Aaron Rowe and Beoga, Denmark's Lukas Graham, and Finneas posted separately on social media that they would withdraw from the tour.

Netanyahu faces pressure after report alleges he brushed off warnings ahead of Oct. 7

By Ali Rogin, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi

New reporting in Israel reveals that Prime Minister Netanyahu was warned that Hamas was planning a major attack, but he did not order any kind of action to prevent the Oct. 7 attack that killed over 1000. Netanyahu denied the…

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UK government bans trade with Israeli settlements and accuses settlers of 'ethnic cleansing'

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

In response, Israel said it would close the British consulate in Jerusalem.

Inside southern Lebanon's villages where Israeli occupation has upended daily life

By Simona Foltyn, Adrian Hartrick

As part of its occupation of southern Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces have systematically destroyed dozens of villages, many of them home to Shia Muslims. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn and videographer Adrian Hartrick traveled to two Christian villages and one…

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The Iranian school struck in the war's earliest attacks is now a memorial for children

By Amir Vahdat, Associated Press

The Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran, is now a memorial for children and others killed in the Feb. 28 attacks that sparked the war with the United States and Israel.

Israeli airstrikes on a village in southern Lebanon kill 12 people, including 2 children

By Ahmad Mantash, Associated Press

Monday’s strikes came amid a new round of escalation between Israel and the militant Hezbollah group despite a truce reached more than two months ago.

Months after ceasefire, Israel and Hezbollah battle over a strategic hill in Lebanon

By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press

In recent weeks, Ali Taher hill has been the scene of daily shelling and airstrikes by Israel’s military. Hezbollah has repeatedly attacked Israeli forces in the area with drones.

UN food agency halves West Bank aid from 400,000 to 200,000 people because of funding shortages

By Giada Zampano, Silvia Stellacci, Associated Press

The agency warns further cuts are unavoidable without new funding.

Vance will address Republican Jewish Coalition amid lingering tension over Israel and antisemitism

By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press

The appearance, which was to be closed to the news media, comes at an extraordinarily sensitive time for Jewish Americans and the U.S. relationship with Israel.

Trump cannot deport students for criticizing Israel, judge rules

By Associated Press

Judge Noël Wise, in a ruling Friday, delivered a victory for the student newspaper at Stanford University, which has said some international students were afraid to speak out because of the deportation threat.