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As thousands of people are killed in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the United Nations is warning of even more deaths from dehydration and waterborne diseases. WSJ explains Gaza’s water crisis. Photo: Hatem Ali/Associated PressWASHINGTON—The U.S. is pressing Israel to modify its plans for the next phase of its campaign in Gaza to better protect civilians and rebut criticism that the White House has given Israeli forces carte blanche to wage its war with Hamas. The U.S. push to have Israel fight a more targeted war signals a shift away from President Biden’s full-throated support at the outset for the campaign to oust Hamas, and is the focus of intensive consultations between Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on how to handle the conflict—one that Washington has worked with Arab allies to prevent from broadening beyond Gaza.

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RAMALLAH, West Bank—As Western and Arab leaders look beyond Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip, most agree they want some form of Palestinian government running the enclave, but they can’t agree on who it should include. One emerging point of consensus is that the Palestinian Authority—as it now operates and oversees the West Bank—isn’t up to the job. But there is no easy alternative.

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The Israeli military said its forces carried out a targeted operation inside Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital. Israel and the U.S. allege Hamas has a command center under the hospital, a claim Hamas denies. Photo: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—Israeli forces carried out a targeted operation against Hamas “in a specified area” of Gaza’s largest hospital, hours after the White House backed Israeli assertions that Palestinian militants are running military operations from the enclave’s hospitals. The Israeli military said that it launched “a precise and targeted operation” in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The White House had earlier cautioned Israel not to carry out airstrikes against the hospital.

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☆ White House Says Militant Groups Operating Out of Gaza’s Hospitals
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Ken Thomas | William Mauldin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden was welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon arrival on a visit to Israel in October. Photo: Avi Ohayon/Israel Gpo/Zuma PressThe White House said Tuesday that Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad are using hospitals in Gaza, including Al-Shifa, for their operations but the U.S. remains opposed to Israel conducting airstrikes against the besieged hospital. John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, told reporters traveling aboard Air Force One that Hamas and Islamic Jihad “use some hospitals in the Gaza Strip, including Al-Shifa and tunnels underneath them, to conceal and to support their military operations and to hold hostages.” Kirby’s comments represented the first time the U.S. has said that Hamas is operating out of the hospitals.

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☆ U.S. Sees Limits for Israel’s Place in Gaza Future
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( William Mauldin | Vivian Salama | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has left widespread devastation in the Palestinian enclave. Photo: amir cohen/ReutersTOKYO—The U.S. on Wednesday outlined its expectations for the postwar rule in Gaza, including Palestinian sovereignty over the territory, days after Israel said it intended to play a security role there after its overthrow of Hamas. Senior officials called for the Palestinian people to be at the center of governance in Gaza—unified with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority. Secretary of State Antony Blinken described a vision for rebuilding Gaza and a path toward Israelis living side by side “in space of their own with equal measures of security, freedom, opportunity and dignity.”

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☆ U.S. Seeks Help From Arab States to Plan Gaza Governance After War
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( William Mauldin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his deputies are speaking with their counterparts in Arab states about plans for governing Gaza after Israel finishes its main military operations there, according to people familiar with the early stage conversations. Officials involved in the brainstorming sessions say it is too early to discuss specifics, and outside analysts don’t see a precise blueprint for administering Gaza as feasible at the moment, but the issue is expected to come up during Blinken’s coming visit to the region.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed to the Middle East for a series of visits aimed at easing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and is expected to raise the issue of a pause in fighting among other measures, U.S. officials said. The U.S.’s chief diplomat will be visiting Israel on Friday for meetings with members of the Israeli government, followed by a stop in Jordan. Before he departed, he said he would discuss with Israeli officials “concrete steps that can and should be taken” to protect civilians in Gaza, as international concern grows over the intense fighting in the enclave and Israeli forces move to encircle Gaza City.

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☆ Biden Backs Israel Over Gaza Hospital Blast
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( William Mauldin | Jared Malsin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV—President Biden, reaffirming U.S. support for its longtime ally in the war with Hamas, said he believed Israel wasn’t responsible for a deadly blast at a hospital compound in Gaza that has demonstrated the volatility of the conflict and heightened fears of escalation. “I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion of the hospital in Gaza yesterday, and based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team—not you,” Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before departing Israel on Wednesday evening.

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☆ U.S. Seeks to Isolate Hamas as it Works With Qatar, Egypt on Hostages, Evacuees
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( William Mauldin | Vivian Salama | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Watch: Israel Drops Leaflets Over Gaza City Telling Residents to Leave
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israel's demand that Gaza residents immediately evacuate to the south of the enclave wasn’t discussed in meetings with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, said a U.S. official. WSJ's William Mauldin reports. Photo: Mohammed Talatene/Zuma Press

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☆ Russia Seeks Seat on U.N. Human Rights Panel After Ejection Over Ukraine War
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( William Mauldin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ After Hamas Attacks Israel, Biden’s Top Foreign-Policy Goals Hit Turbulence
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( William Mauldin | Catherine Lucey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ U.S. Funding Cutoff Threatens Ukraine’s Economic Stability
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( William Mauldin | Marcus Walker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Biden, Zelensky Urge U.N. Members to Stand Up Against Russian Aggression
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( William Mauldin | Ken Thomas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ What to Watch at the U.N. General Assembly
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( William Mauldin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ To Build Ships That Break Ice, U.S. Must Relearn to Cut Steel
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( William Mauldin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Biden Administration Takes Steps to Free Up $6 Billion in Iranian Funds in Prisoner-Swap Deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( William Mauldin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Blinken Focuses on Mine Clearing in Ukraine as U.S. Lays Groundwork for Life After War
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( William Mauldin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Blinken Visits Kyiv at Key Moment for War, Ukraine Ties
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( William Mauldin | James Marson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Blinken Pledges More Than $1 Billion in Aid on Trip to Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( William Mauldin | James Marson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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