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Propaganda videos recently released by Hamas and analyzed by CNN demonstrate how complicated and elaborate the fighting has quickly become. Here’s what we know about the battle for Gaza City. On Monday, an IDF spokesperson told CNN that the Israeli military was moving toward Gaza City, which he said the Israeli military had encircled since reaching Gaza’s coast on Sunday. “(They) first want to isolate Gaza City from the north and the south and concentrate your forces. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Thursday.

Persons: CNN —, Israel, Yoav Gallant, Gallant, “, ” Gallant, Danny Orbach, ” Orbach, Beit, Ali Jadallah, Mark Hertling, Miri Eisin, –, ” Eisin, Hertling, It’s, ”, Hani Bakhit, Mohammed Salem, ” Volker Türk, ” Israel Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Israel Defense Forces, Global, Israel’s, IDF, Hebrew University, Getty, UN, United Nations, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch Locations: Gaza, Ramallah, Gaza City, ”, Gaza’s, Beit Hanoun, Jerusalem, Shati, Atatra, Anadolu, Miri, Wadi Gaza, Israel

CNN —Israeli ground forces are closing in on Gaza City, the largest and most densely packed population center in the Palestinian enclave, satellite imagery and videos from open and official sources suggest. “IDF forces encircle Gaza from the air, land and sea, surrounding the city of Gaza and its surroundings,” Daniel Hagari, an IDF spokesman, said on Friday. Satellite imagery and footage have also shown Israeli forces on Salah al-Din Road, a highway running the length of the strip, seemingly blocking anyone still in Gaza City from moving south. The urban area encompassing Gaza City is home to nearly 2 million people living in an 88-square-mile expanse, which equates to about 21,000 people per square mile. A man sits on debris as Palestinians conduct a search and rescue operation after the second bombardment to the Jabalya refugee camp in Gaza City, on November 1.

Persons: ” Daniel Hagari, “, Hanoun, Beit Lahiya, –, Salah al, Yousif Al Saifi, Israel, Ali Jadallah, Benjamin Netanyahu, Miri Eisin, ” Eisin, Al, Beit Hanoun, Qassam, Alexi J . Rosenfeld, Israel Ziv, ”, Dr, Abu, Sittah, Tal Al, Katie Polglase, Andrew Carey, Tamar Michaelis, Allegra Goodwin, Mike Pratt Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Hamas, European Space Agency, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Getty, Qassam Brigades, Tanks, Al, Quds Hospital, Palestinian Red Crescent Society Locations: Gaza City, Gaza, Gaza’s, Beit Hanoun, Ramallah, Israel, Anadolu, Wadi Gaza, Miri, Israeli, Al Shati, Beit, Al, Quds, Hawa

☆ Retired Israeli general who rescued his family under siege from Hamas is being compared on social media to Liam Neeson's character in 'Taken'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

On the way, Tibon helped kill Hamas militants and then fought his way onto the kibbutz to save his family. AdvertisementAdvertisementA former Israeli general's rescue of his son's family from Hamas fighters attacking their kibbutz is being compared to Liam Neeson in "Taken" on social media. Noam puts them in his car, and Amir's mother then took the wounded soldiers to the hospital. He's with these soldiers," Amir told his wife. Noam had joined up with a cohort of Israeli soldiers sent to liberate the kibbutz.

Persons: Noam Tibon, Liam Neeson's, Tibon, —, Liam Neeson, Amir Tibon, Noam, Amir, Galia, Saba, Bryan Mills, Mills, Miri, Amir texted, Israel Ziv, It's, Israel Organizations: Service, NBC Nightly, Hamas, New, New Jersey Turnpike, Street Journal Locations: Israeli, Nahal Oz, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Carmel, Sderot, Hamas, New Jersey, Israel

☆ Actors Seeking Stability Turn to Directing at the Toronto Festival
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Soraya Roberts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“Why do we even bother going through this whole dog-and-pony show trying to figure out who else can do this movie? While almost half the actor-director films at Toronto are by women, everyone knows by now the challenges female filmmakers face behind the camera. While some independent films have secured interim agreements if they agree to union demands, this year’s festival has seen few American filmmakers and actors doing promotion. Despite that, “Woman of the Hour” still landed the first major sale of the festival in a reported $11 million deal with Netflix. Considering that the stability of Hollywood itself is in question, it is hard to determine whether directing confers more security than having to hang around waiting for an acting job.

Persons: Yoon —, Kendrick —, Kendrick, “, ”, Yoon, Olivia Wilde, Ian McDonald —, Rodney Alcala, —, ” Yoon, Anna Kendrick, Yoon gestured, Eva Longoria Organizations: SAG, Netflix Locations: Vancouver, Los Angeles, Toronto, Hollywood

☆ Side-by-side images of a whirlpool galaxy show details NASA's James Webb telescope captured but Hubble missed
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Ellie Zolfagharifard | Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The James Webb telescope captured an image of M51, a galaxy 27 million light-years away. An image of M51 – also known as NGC 5194 or the Whirlpool Galaxy – taken by the James Webb Telescope. NASA/ESA/JWSTAstronomers hope the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will shed new light on how stars form in galaxies other than Milky Way. Before Webb came along, the Hubble telescope provided a glimpse of star formation in galaxies such as M51. Dark red regions show the cosmic dust that permeates the M51 galaxy in this zoomed in image from the James Webb telescope.

Persons: James Webb, Webb, JWST, Hubble Organizations: Service, Hubble, NASA, Whirlpool, Webb's, James, James Webb Telescope, ESA, James Webb Space, JWST, European Space Agency Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Colorful Ring Nebula shines in new Webb images
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed colorful new portraits of the iconic Ring Nebula. Webb previously captured a different perspective on the Ring Nebula, as well as the similar-looking Southern Ring Nebula. A longtime favorite of astronomers, the Ring Nebula has been studied for years due to its observability and the insight it can provide into the lifetime of stars. Messier and astronomer Darquier de Pellepoix discovered the Ring Nebula in 1779. As the dying star was throwing off its atmosphere, the companion star shaped the outflow and sculpted it.”

Persons: James Webb, Webb, Charles Messier, Messier, Darquier de Pellepoix, ”, Roger Wesson, Wesson, ” Wesson Organizations: CNN, Cardiff University, NASA, Hubble, ESA, Webb, CSA Locations: MIRI

☆ Romance Novels That Celebrate the Hard Work of Love
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Olivia Waite | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At the start, Miriam is estranged from her absent husband, worried about the rent and sweating from the work of excavating her neighbor Ms. Candice’s hidden cash box. Romance loves a house as a metaphor, and here Miri uses her winnings to renovate the run-down family property her husband, Leo, inherited. In return, Leo promises to sign divorce papers as soon as the repair work is complete. Secretly, he’s hoping to use the time to win Miri back. So he makes every decision about the house with Miri’s tastes in mind: faucets, countertops, a shed for her alone.

Persons: Jodie Slaughter’s, Griffin, Miriam, Leo, he’s Organizations: WIN, Miri Locations: Miri

☆ How hospitals are using A.I. to fight doctor burnout
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Bertha Coombs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Foy and other doctors at Baptist Health have been using the DAX app, powered by artificial intelligence, from Microsoft's Nuance division since last year. The program transcribes doctors' and patients' comments, then creates a clinical physician summary formatted for an electronic health record. Dr. Trachella Johnson CNBCThe app frees doctors from having to type up notes during patient visits, and from having to finish them up at night. The cost of tackling burnoutHarnessing AI programs to put pajama time to rest, and helping doctors and nurses fight burnout, is a top priority for Baptist Health's chief digital and information officer Aaron Miri. "There's new economies of scale ... that healthcare will be able to get into [by] leveraging AI," Miri said.

Persons: Tra'chella Johnson Foy, Foy, Trachella Johnson, Aaron Miri Organizations: Baptist Health, Trachella Johnson CNBC, Baptist, National Bureau of Economic Research Locations: Jacksonville , Florida, Miri

☆ NASA's James Webb telescope captured the spectacular death throes of a star 2,600 light year away
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The James Webb Space Telescope continues to impress with stunning images of the universe. You can see the image in more detail below:The Ring Nebula is a favorite among amateur astronomers. This latest Ring Nebula picture isn't just "aesthetically pleasing," said co-lead scientist Nick Cox of space observation firm ACRI-ST, France. As part of the space telescope's first series of images, scientists released stunning new photos of the Southern Ring Nebula, in July 2022. The two stars can be seen on the MIRI cam picture of the Southern Ring Nebula.

Persons: James Webb Space, NASA's James Webb, Jan Cami, James Webb, Nick Cox, Mike Barlow, JWST Organizations: Service, NASA's James Webb Space, University of Western, Imaging, University College London, NASA, ESA, CSA Locations: Wall, Silicon, University of Western Ontario, Canada, France

“I’m looking at a road that’s open now, whereas for this last four and a half years there hasn’t been a path,” she said. “We, too, didn’t know a lot of the details that the prosecution knew,” said Amy Mallinger, whose grandmother was killed in the shooting. It was real, and it’s hard to do.”Many survivors said that the trial was an important part of a tragic story. “Had we not had this trial, the deeds of this criminal would have been glossed over in the annals of history. One, Miri Rabinowitz, whose husband was killed, said executing the gunman would be a “bitter irony” because her husband had been devoted to “the sanctity of life.”

Persons: “, hasn’t, “ It’s, ” Ms, ”, Amy Mallinger, Audrey Glickman, Miri Rabinowitz

The pews were full at a Shabbat service at the Sixth & I synagogue in Washington in November 2018, held in memory of the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. Over the nearly five years since 11 people were murdered in a Pittsburgh synagogue, the deadliest antisemitic attack in the country’s history, the question of justice has loomed, unresolved. Soon, the jury in the federal trial will make a decision that is central to that question of justice: whether Robert Bowers, the man who carried out the attack, should be condemned to death. Talmudic jurisprudence is strongly averse to the death penalty, Rabbi Kalmanofsky said, but Jewish citizens should understand that this is ultimately a decision in the hands of a secular justice system. And while rabbinical tradition holds that the death penalty should be extremely rare, he said, it acknowledges “that sometimes there are incredibly exigent circumstances.”

Persons: Robert Bowers, Jonathan Perlman, ” Miri Rabinowitz, Jerry Rabinowitz, Jeremy Kalmanofsky, Rabbi Kalmanofsky, ” Organizations: The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, New, U.S, Attorney, Conservative Locations: Washington, Pittsburgh, The Pittsburgh

☆ Webb telescope captures galaxy 20 million light-years away
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The James Webb Space Telescope set its sights on a galaxy 20 million light-years away, capturing a dazzling star-forming galaxy in images streaked with the signature of passing asteroids. A bright band in the upper left corner of the images shows the bright, bar-shaped center of the galaxy, according to a NASA news release. The NGC 5068 galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy, the same type as our home Milky Way. These new snapshots of NGC 5068 add to a growing repository of data on areas of the observable universe where stars are born. This image shows the NGC 5068 galaxy as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI instrument.

Persons: James Webb, Webb Organizations: CNN, NASA, Hubble, ESA, CSA, Phantom, European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency Locations: Webb, Chile, MIRI

☆ Israelis protest planned judicial overhaul ahead of 75th independence day
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TEL AVIV, April 22 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Israelis joined protests on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to tighten controls on the Supreme Court, ahead of Israel's independence day marking 75 years since establishment of the Jewish state. The plans were paused last month in the face of a wave of strikes and mass demonstrations. The latest protests against them come as Israelis are set to mark both Israeli independence day and Israeli memorial day, which commemorates those killed in Israel's wars and in terror attacks. Additionally, 60% of Israelis said the government does not represent them and 48% believe the situation in the country will continue to get worse. They were waving the blue and white Israeli flags that have become a hallmark of the protests over the past three months.

☆ Mass protests against Israeli judicial overhaul enter 10th week
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] People hold Israeli flags during a demonstration as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's nationalist coalition government presses on with its contentious judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 11, 2023. "It's not a judicial reform. The protests were mostly peaceful, though Reuters witnessed some injuries and arrests among protesters when police moved in against attempts to block traffic. Netanyahu, who returned to office for a sixth term in late December, says the demonstrations are aimed at toppling him. "I am here to protest against the reform in the law, and to protest our prime minister, who we call 'Crime Minister'," said demonstrator Miri Lahat, 63.

☆ Check out Landing, a 'Pinterest for Gen Z', where users make vision boards on everything from their dream wedding with Harry Styles to the first day of school
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Landing, a vision board site similar to Pinterest, is becoming popular with Gen Z.Gen Z users told Insider they make several vision boards a week on the site. Scroll through Landing and you'll see playful, irreverent, and even otherworldly vision boards from users showcasing everything from New Year's resolutions to their dream wedding with musician Harry Styles. The founders said the velocity with which Gen Z makes vision boards is unlike anything they expected. Creating a vision board is akin to making a list of goals, journaling, or writing oneself an encouraging note. Vega's 2023 vision board.

CNN —A man is reported to have been killed by security forces in northern Iran during public celebrations by anti-government protesters following the national football team’s defeat against the United States on Tuesday. Norway-based rights group Iran Human Rights (IHR) said Mehran Samak was shot in the head by security personnel when he was out celebrating in Bandar Anzali Tuesday night. Based on existing evidence, he had been shot by a hunting rifle,” Bandar Anzali police chief Colonel Jafar Javanmardi said according to Tasnim. Footage obtained by CNN from pro-reform news outlet IranWire shows Samak's funeral in Bandar Anzali. Several videos were posted on social media Tuesday night showing people in cities across Iran, including in the capital Tehran, celebrating inside their homes and residential buildings after the US defeated Iran 1-0 in the World Cup.

☆ Elizabeth Banks Thinks This Interview Is Dangerous for Her
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +21 min

I don’t know where, but people are seeing it. I don’t know what they thought that movie was meant to be marketing-wise, but it was a little gem for us. He basically said, Pay me or I’m going to tell your wife. Let’s do another one.” Ray said, “OK, what do you want me to do differently?” The director said: “I don’t know. I don’t know that there’s any way to communicate that to you.

☆ Webb telescope's new photo of the Tarantula Nebula caught thousands of never-before-seen baby stars
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-06 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Astronomers took a new image of the Tarantula Nebula with the James Webb Space Telescope. Webb's instruments captured thousands of never-before-seen young stars, shrouded in cosmic dust. The space around the young stars is where gas has been cleared out by the stars' intense radiation and stellar winds. A side-by-side display of the same region of the Tarantula Nebula shows the difference between Webb's Near-Infrared Camera, left, and Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument, right. Astronomers believe the Tarantula Nebula belongs to our universe's distant past.

☆ Două femei au convins 19 bărbați să se căsătorească cu ele și au câștigat o avere, în doar 2 ani. Descoperirea făcută de unul dintre soți
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-04 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Anchetatorii au descoperit o schemă elaborată de escrocherie, care a implicat încheierea a 19 căsătorii, din câte se știe până acum, relatează South China Morning Post, citează digi24.ro. Astfel, 2 femei îndeplineau rolulurile de soții și alte trei persoane, de rude apropiate. În mai puțin de 2 ani, cele două femeie au convins 19 bărbați să se căsătorească cu ele. Cei 19 bărbați au fost convinși să amâne înregistrarea legală a căsătoriei sub diverse pretexte. Primele căsătorii au fost încheiate în 2019 și, între timp, cele două s-au căsătorit în tptal cu 19 bărbați.

Persons: . Organizations: South China Morning Post Locations: China, Mongolia Interioară, South China, Gansu

☆ India: Căsătorie în avion pentru a evita restricţiile anti-COVID-19 (VIDEO)
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-25 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Un cuplu indian a închiriat un avion pentru a se căsători printre nori în faţa a 161 de invitaţi, încălcând astfel restricţiile anti-COVID-19, a informat presa luni, potrivit AFP, citat de agerpres.ro. Autoritatea de aviaţie civilă din India a dispus o anchetă şi a suspendat echipajul aeronavei, au precizat surse oficiale. Majoritatea statelor din India - care a depăşit luni pragul de 300.000 de decese asociate COVID-19 - permit un număr maxim de 50 de invitaţi la o nuntă. Potrivit presei, Direcţia Generală a Aviaţiei Civile a cerut SpiceJet să ia măsuri împotriva proaspeţilor miri şi a invitaţilor acestora. "În pofida solicitărilor şi atenţionărilor repetate, pasagerii nu au respectat directivele, iar compania va lua măsurile corespunzătoare în conformitate cu regulile", a adăugat el.

Persons: îşi Organizations: SpiceJet Locations: India, Bangalore, Tamil Nadu

☆ sondaj / Șor din nou primul pe listă. Va fi Parlamentul mai curat?
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-20 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +4 min

În 2019, penalul Ilan Șor, condamnat în 2017 la 7 ani și 6 luni pentru implicare în furtul miliardului, ajunge deputat. Sper, doresc o mare schimbare după 11 iulie, dar pentru asta trebuie să răsturnăm, cu votul nostru, acest Parlament de hoți și de tâlhari și să punem unul mai curat. Dacă se va reuși o campanie bună de informare, posibil ca și acest partid să rămână în afara pragului electoral. Alexandru Arseni, doctor în dreptFaptul că Partidul Șor a ajuns din nou pe lista concurenților electorali, cu Șor primul pe listă, e grav. Dați să alegem un Parlament cu o majoritate euro-unionistă și atunci o să le cerem să-l scoată în afara legii.

Persons: Șor, V . Plahotniuc, Denis Ulanov, Octavian, Ion, Lucian Blaga, Dodon, Voronin, Greceanîi, Sîrbu, Cornelia, Lilian Carp, Alexandru Arseni, Valeriu Dulgheru Organizations: Partidului, Tauber, CEC, alde Locations: penalul, Reghina, Tiraspol, Legislativ

☆ Pe banii noștri: Scrisoare către Consiliul Europei și zelionkă pentru un vicepreședinte de raion — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-11 | by ( Ștefan Grigorița | Marta Sterpu | ) www.moldova.org time to read: +6 min

Potrivit acesteia, președinta Maia Sandu vrea să uzurpeze puterea în stat și a creat blocaje instituționale „cu consecințe imprevizibile pentru democrație și statul de drept”. Acțiunea făcută „oficial”, cu transmisiune live, a fost motivată de faptul că Tutunaru s-a vaccinat contra COVID sărind peste rând. Deputatul PUN Octavian Țîcu s-a adresat la Curtea Constituțională pentru anularea stării de urgență, motivând că solicitarea de instituire a acesteia a fost făcută neregulamentar. Ca să nu rămână în urmă, și deputații PAS s-au adresat cu o cerere similară câteva zile mai târziu. Anunțul a fost făcut vineri, 9 aprilie, de către Centrul pentru Achiziții Publice Centralizate în Sănătate (CAPCS).

Persons: Zinaida Greceanîi, Maia Sandu, Greceanîi, PSRM, Igor Dodon, ., Tudor, Octavian Țîcu, Ceaus, Aureliu Ciocoi, Nicolae Ceaus, Gațcan, Dumitru Diacov Organizations: Europei, Parlamentul, interimar, . Miercuri, Constituțională Locations: Moldova, Moldovei, Sîngerei, Tudor Tutunaru, PLDM, Chișinău

☆ Dragoste în zona roşie. Un doctor de la terapie intensivă i-a pus iubitei inelul pe deget peste costumul de protecție (VIDEO)
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-07 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Un chirurg din Krasnoiarsk şi-a cerut iubita de soţie, echipat în costum de protecţie. Igor Anohin în vârstă de 26 de ani a decis să-și surprindă iubita. Acesta a îngenuncheat în fața ei și a cerut-o de nevastă sub privirile colegilor. Încurajat de aplauze, doctorul i-a pus inelul pe deget chiar peste costumul de protecție. Aleasa inimii sale, Ekaterina Vnukova are 24 de ani şi lucrează anesteziolog în secția de terapie intensivă.

Persons: Igor Anohin, Ekaterina Vnukova, RIA Locations: Krasnoiarsk

☆ Ce-a trimis Bojica. Salată caldă din topinambur, portocale și brânză de oi — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-24 | by ( Nata Albot | Diana Preașcă | ) www.moldova.org time to read: +4 min

Dar eu propun, să-l surprindem pe Bojica și să gătim ceva local, de sezon, gustos și mai ales sănătos. Acesta seamănă și cu cartoful, și cu ghimbirul, dar vine din aceeași familie cu floarea soarelui. În bucatarie, topinamburul a fost destul de popular pe vremuri și era să rămână așa, dacă nu apărea cartoful. Între timp, curăța o altă portocală (eu am folosit portocale roșii, dar se potrivesc și cele obișnuite), elimină coaja albă și păstrează doar pulpa. Scoate topinamburul și lasă-l să se răcorească puțin.

Persons: !, Crăciun, Samuel de Champlain, topinamburul Locations: Jerusalem Artichoke, Lumea Nouă, Quebecului, Franța, bucatarie, America de Nord

☆ Cum și-au organizat doi tineri o nuntă cu 10.000 de invitați ocolind restricțiile și distanțarea socială
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-21 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Mirele Tengku Muhammed Hafiz și mireasa Oceane Alagia nu sunt niște tineri obișnuiți. „Sunt informat că există mai mult de 10.000 de mașini aici”, a scris pe Facebook mândrul tată, care a și postat mai multe fotografii. Vă mulțumim tuturor pentru că ați înțeles și ați respectat toate procedurile și nu ați ieșit din mașină." A durat trei ore până când toți cei 10.000 de „participanți” la nuntă i-au salutat pe miri. Toți invitații și-au ridicat meniul de nuntă, atent ambalat, prin geamul mașinii, după care au plecat la casele lor să-l savureze.

Persons: Muhammed, El, Tengku Adnan, Facebook, miri . Locations: Pandemia, Malaezia, Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, malaezian

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