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“Sometimes I feel critical of the true-crime machine, of the audience with the bottomless appetite for misery. Our need to recreate these horrible human tragedies,” screenwriter Samy Burch says in an essay.
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Israel, which was founded in the aftermath of the Holocaust, has adamantly rejected genocide allegations against it as an antisemitic ‘blood libel.’
Qatar, Egypt and the U.S. have renewed efforts to broker a cease-fire deal in recent days, and mediators have said there appears to be more willingness from both sides.
Palestinian health officials say Israeli airstrikes in central Gaza killed 14 people including children; the bombing of a northern hospital wounded six patients.
Palestinian officials say Fatah and Hamas near a deal to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip.
Israel hit Gaza in multiple strikes, killing at least 33, including children; one attack hit a home, killing eight in one family, Palestinian health officials said.
Qatar signals it may return to mediation if both sides show ‘serious political willingness.’ Meanwhile, at least 16 people are reported killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza.
The strike late Monday hit a home where several displaced families were sheltering in the town of Beit Lahiya, near the border with Israel.
The latest bombardment came as the U.S. said it would not reduce its military support for Israel after a deadline passed for allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza.
Palestinians in north Gaza are rationing out their last supplies of food to survive, with no aid entering the area for a month under Israel’s siege.