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Daniel Levy, president of the US/Middle East Project, says that Israel's goal for victory is defeating Hamas and that the "IDF has conspicuously failed" to do so. Levy says that Israel is hiding behind the idea of a Rafah invasion being integral to defeati

NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day in under five minutes. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:17 Israel Rescues 2 Hostages In Gaza 0:55 Egypt Warns Against A Military Operation In Rafah 1:56

The US has temporarily paused funding for UNRWA after allegations that 12 employees may have been involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. “There must be complete accountability for anyone who participated in the heinous attacks of October 7,” a US s

In Gaza, the United Nations says it believes more than a million people are now living in the southern settlement of Rafah on the border with Egypt. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) That's almost half of Gaza's total population, who have been