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Live Updates: Airstrikes Kills Dozens More in Gaza, and U.N. Security Council Meets An Israeli attack overnight appeared to be the deadliest of the current hostilities. As the conflict with Hamas stretched into its seventh day, international pressure to find a diplomatic solution was building. Here’s what you need to know: The search for survivors on Sunday in a building in Gaza City that was destroyed in an overnight air strike.Credit...Samar Abu Elouf International pressure to bring an end ...

A Press Corps Deceived, and the Gaza Invasion That Wasn’t A spokesman led the international media to believe that Israeli forces had entered Gaza. They hadn’t. But the army wanted Hamas to think they had. Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the border with Gaza on Friday.Credit...Dan Balilty for The New York Times May 14, 2021Updated 7:36 p.m. ET The Israeli military abruptly announced after midnight on Friday that its ground forces had begun “attacking in the Gaza Strip,â€...

Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Early Friday, it was widely, incorrectly reported that Israeli ground forces had advanced into Gaza. Some observers blame the confusion on a military ploy to lure militants into the tunnels under Gaza. More than 150 Israeli jets went on to intensely bombard the tunnel system, known as "the metro." Reports in the international media that Israel had entered Gaza to battle militants are being viewed by some as the resul...

Israeli Media Says Military Planted False Story About Gaza Invasion But a military spokesman says it was an honest mistake Rosemary Rossi | May 14, 2021 @ 7:47 PM Getty The Israeli military retracted statements on Friday that its troops had entered the Gaza Strip, but Israeli news outlets reported the initial incorrect announcement was done to purposely deceive Hamas fighters. Early Friday morning, the Israeli military issued an apocalyptic statement to the international media, saying that an I...

Israel accused of tricking major news outlets into reporting a fake Gaza invasion to lure Hamas fighters into tunnels that were targeted for massive airstrikes jkossoff@businessinsider.com (Julian Kossoff) © Provided by Business Insider Fire billowed from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Gaza, on Tuesday. Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Early Friday, it was widely, incorrectly reported that Israeli ground forces had advanced into Gaza. Some observers blame th...

A Gaza invasion that wasn’t The Israeli military abruptly announces after midnight on Friday that its ground forces had begun attacking in the Gaza Strip The Israeli military abruptly announced after midnight on Friday that its ground forces had begun “attacking in the Gaza Strip”, saying it on Twitter, in text messages to journalists, and in on-the-record confirmations by an English-speaking a...

Early Friday, just after midnight, the Israeli military put out an ominous statement to the media.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Conflict in Israel has escalated from civil unrest to something that looks like war. Israeli warplanes struck Gaza yesterday, killing Palestinians. Israel says it conducted the strikes because militant groups in the Gaza Strip fired rockets into Israel. And the attacks back and forth have continued today. Israel now says two Israelis were killed when a rocket hit their building. NPRs Daniel Estrin is covering this story from Jerusalem. Hi, Daniel. DANIEL ESTRIN, BYLINE: Hi,...

Listen • 3:47 Israel unleashed new deadly airstrikes on Gaza early Tuesday as Hamas and other armed groups fired dozens of rockets toward Jerusalem. The escalation was sparked by weeks of tensions. Host Tonya Mosley speaks with NPR’s

In NPR\'s skewed coverage, only Israelis are \'ultranationalists.\' Palestinian ultranationalists clamoring for terror attacks? They\'re just breaking the Ramadan fast.