Reuters

(Reuters) - One Israeli male hostage was killed by his guard and two women captives were seriously wounded in two separate incidents in Gaza, the spokesperson for Hamas' armed al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, said on Monday.

Hamas armed wing says one Israeli hostage killed, two women captives 'seriously wounded'

The Associated Press

Israel said Tuesday it had rescued a hostage from an underground tunnel in Gaza on Tuesday, freeing one of the scores of people abducted during the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that ignited the war in Gaza. The rescue brought a rare moment of joy to Israelis after 10 months of war but also served as a painful reminder that dozens of hostages are still in captivity as international mediators try to broker a cease-fire in which they would be released. JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces rescued a hostage found alone underground in Gaza on Tuesday, freeing a living captive from Hamas’ vast tunnel network for the first time since the Oct. 7 attack that ignited the war. The 52-year-old Israeli man was taken to a hospital in Israel, where members of his large Bedouin Arab family gathered around his bedside in a joyful reunion. The rescue brought a rare moment of relief to Israelis after 10 months of war but also served as a painful reminder that dozens of hostages are still in captivity as international mediators try to broker a cease-fire in which they would be released.

A hostage in Gaza is rescued by Israel after 326 days of captivity

DOHA, Qatar — Hamas is willing to concede on governing the Gaza Strip after the war, but will not lay down arms against Israel, one of the group’s leaders says. Basem Naim, a leader in Hamas’ politburo, met with NPR in Qatar for a wide-ranging interview about the war with Israel, prospects for a cease-fire deal and how the Palestinian group now views its Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

A Hamas leader says they will give up governing Gaza, but won’t lay down arms

NBC News

It was supposed to be a joyful affirmation of new life in Gaza’s ruins. Instead, as Mohamed Abu Al-Qomasan waited to collect the birth certificates of his days-old twins, he learned the newborns and his wife had been killed in what local officials and witnesses said was an Israeli strike.

Newborn twins killed in Israel's offensive in Gaza as their dad went to get their birth certificates

CBS News

Ultra-right-wing Israeli nationalists stormed two military facilities late Monday, protesting the detention and questioning of nine Israel Defense Forces reservists suspected of raping and abusing a Palestinian prisoner whose injuries were so bad he had to be hospitalized. Social media videos show guards at the Sde Teiman military base and prison, near Beersheba in southern Israel, shouting at and pushing military police who'd arrived to question the reservists, seemingly in defense of the suspects.The Sde Teiman facility is known to hold Palestinians arrested in Gaza since Israel launched its war on the territory's Hamas rulers, in response to the group's...

Alleged rape of Palestinian prisoner reveals stark divisions in Israel

Illinois State

I can remember vividly watching the Democratic National Convention in July of 2004 and seeing Illinois state Sen. Barack Obama for the first time — well, I knew about him, but seeing him speak for the first time. The Democratic presidential nominee at the time pegged Obama to give the keynote. Many said, “Who?” But when he appeared and spoke, it was spellbinding.

After 20 years, and after tonight, Obama will no longer be the Democrats' top star

OK Magazine

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were stripped of their security privileges when they left the royal fold, but experts wonder if the Duchess of Sussex will return to the region for the 2027 Invictus Games. It was announced the sporting event will return to the U.K. in 2027, but the Sussexes have ongoing safety concerns about the duke's native nation that could cause Harry to travel alone."Meghan has said she's only prepared to return to England if she and Harry have a place of their own and the security they both feel is essential," biographer Tom Quinn told an outlet."Meghan...

Meghan Markle Is 'Only Prepared to Return to England' If She Is Given 'Essential' Security

Business Insider

Ukraine said Russia fired 28 Kalibr cruise missiles from surface and underwater carriers in the eastern part of the Black Sea on Monday.

Russia's largest attack on Ukraine just showed that its Black Sea Fleet is still dangerous despite its heavy losses

CBS Sacramento

A young Israeli woman who became emblematic of the hostages seized by Hamas on October 7 said Wednesday she thought every night in captivity could be her last. "Every night I was falling asleep and thinking, 'This may be the last night of my life,'" Noa Argamani said in Japan on a visit with her father. "And until the moment I was (rescued) ... I just did not believe that I'm still surviving," the 26-year-old said as she met with senior diplomats from G7 countries in Tokyo. "And in this moment that I'm still sitting with you, it's a miracle...

Rescued Israeli hostage says she thought every night might be her last

Mediaite

The New York Times reported on Wednesday that the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ordered a direct strike on Israel following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. The Times reported, according to three sources, “Mr. Khamenei gave the order at an emergency meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on Wednesday […]
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Iranian Leader Orders Direct Strike On Israel Following Hamas Chief’s Killing, Per Report

Mary Trump made her co-host choke laughing with her description of former President Donald Trump's RNC as compared to VP Kamala Harris's DNC.
The post Mary Trump Makes Co-Host Choke On Her Coffee By Saying RNC Was ‘White People Funeral’ Compared To DNC first appeared on Mediaite.

Mary Trump Makes Co-Host Choke On Her Coffee By Saying RNC Was ‘White People Funeral’ Compared To DNC

The bodies of six hostages being held by Hamas have been retrieved from an "underground tunnel route" inside the Gaza Strip, Israel's military has said. A statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the bodies of Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Chaim Peri and British-Israeli Nadav Popplewell were recovered from the Khan Younis area on Monday.

Six hostages' bodies retrieved from Gaza tunnels, says IDF

Months of feverish negotiations, in different cities and at multiple levels, have gotten Israel and Hamas closer to striking a ceasefire deal. But even if an agreement is reached – still far from certain – it could end up only lasting only weeks before it collapses and the war in Gaza resumes.

Even if a Gaza ceasefire is agreed, Israel has made clear it reserves the right to resume the war with Hamas

It seems like this has been the air travel summer from hell. The Microsoft outage, weather delays, and overall airport chaos have made going on summer vacation far more of an ordeal than it usually is. Every other day someone goes viral on TikTok for showcasing the ridiculous long lines at airports, or for exposing how long they’ve been sitting on the tarmac. Everyone you know has probably had some sort of airport horror story from this past summer.

‘This is my nightmare’: Entire plane full of passengers are abandoned by American Airlines without the ability to leave the terminal

NewsNation

The girl's cousin spoke to police and broke down that the abuse allegedly came from inside the home.

‘Hot food poured on her, glued her mouth,’ details after seven-year-olds death

Incident Raises Questions About Hospital Protocols and Patient Safety. In a shocking incident at Graz University Hospital in Austria, a 13-year-old girl was allegedly allowed to drill a hole in a patient’s skull during emergency surgery. The patient, a 33-year-old man, had been airlifted to the hospital in southeastern Austria after suffering severe head injuries in a forestry accident in January.

Austrian surgeon under investigation after allowing 13-year-old daughter to drill patient’s skull during emergency surgery

The Independent

 Barron Trump, the youngest of Donald Trump’s children, is embarking on one of the first big adventures of adulthood this fall: moving away to college.The 18-year-old, having just graduated from Florida’s prestigious Oxbridge Academy, will study in New York, his father revealed this week. The exact university remains unknown but NYU, Columbia and Cornell are all possible contenders. Barron will now join a long line of young adults to attend school with the weight of their parents’ presidential legacies on their shoulders — and Secret Service agents watching their every move. Paul Eckloff, a former Secret Service agent who protected...

Barron Trump starts college this fall—and he’s bringing his secret service detail along

Cleveland, OH

 An Ohio mom and her boyfriend have been arrested after her 6-year-old son was attacked by a pit bull while being restrained with handcuffs as a form of “corporal punishment,” police said. Angelina Williams, 27, of Cleveland and her boyfriend, Taylor Marvin-Brown, have been arrested on separate charges of endangering children and obstructing justice, after police responded to a 911 call in the early evening of August 17 that a pit bull had “bitten a 6-year-old child on the neck and ear.” Upon arrival, officials found the child in “serious condition,” and he was quickly flown to the hospital....

Mom, boyfriend handcuffed 6-year-old boy as ‘corporal punishment’ before he was attacked by pit bull, cops say

The New Republic

He may not be in office, but Donald Trump has been speaking with the powers that be about Israel’s war on Gaza—but it’s not in an effort to end the genocide.Instead, Trump has allegedly been talking with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to avert a cease-fire deal, fearing that doing so could help Vice President Kamala Harris win in November, according to PBS.“The reporting is that former President Trump is on the phone with the Prime Minister of Israel, urging him not to cut a deal right now, because it’s believed that would help the Harris campaign,” said PBS’s Judy Woodruff...

Trump’s Latest Scheme to Beat Harris May Have Crossed Legal Lines

Arizona State

Former President Donald Trump was whisked away from a NewsNation interview when he was told that things were not safe.

‘We’re in danger here’: Trump whisked away from NewsNation interview

NewsBreak

Hostage rescued from tunnel in Gaza; Bedouin father of 11 was a security guard on Oct. 7

Israeli troops have rescued an Israeli hostage from southern Gaza, the military announced Tuesday, the eighth captive held by Hamas to be brought back alive by...

Hostage rescued from tunnel in Gaza; Bedouin father of 11 was a security guard on Oct. 7

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