Author: THE NEW YORK TIMES

After thousands of Israeli workers walked off the job on Monday, angry over the deaths of hostages in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a news conference that the war would only end when Israel had eliminated Hamas.

Demonstrators lashed out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of torpedoing efforts to secure a cease-fire in exchange for the hostages’ release. The country’s largest labor union said it would go on strike on Monday.

The Israeli military and a U.S. aid organization gave differing, murky accounts of the attack, which targeted people who were not originally part of the convoy.

An early look at a remote treatment center where children and adults suffer with mpox, recently declared a global health emergency.

Israel has emphasized the move is not the first step to a cease-fire, but that there would be limited pauses in specific areas to allow for the vaccinations.

Hundreds of troops entered cities in the occupied territory, targeting Palestinian militants. It was a significant escalation after months of raids that have unfolded alongside the war in Gaza.

The Israeli military said it had found a 52-year-old Israeli Arab in a tunnel in southern Gaza. He is the eighth hostage to be rescued alive of the approximately 250 abducted 10 months ago.

The first confirmed case of polio in the enclave in 25 years prompted UNICEF to send 1.2 million doses of the vaccine to Gaza, but distributing them during a war is expected to be challenging.

The Israeli military said it had destroyed rocket launchers aimed at Israel. Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group, later said it had fired hundreds of rockets, but both sides appeared to signal they did not intend to escalate further.