The Secrets Hamas Knew About Israel’s Military

Hamas gunmen surged into Israel in a highly organized and meticulously planned operation that suggested a deep understanding of Israel’s weaknesses. Here is how the attacks unfolded.

Poised for Attack, Israel Steps Up Calls for Gaza Residents to Leave ‘Battle Zone’

Nearly one million displaced Gazans are facing shortages of food, clean water and shelter, while Americans remain trapped in the enclave.

Fact or Fiction? In This War, It Is Hard to Tell.

Social media is full of false and misleading posts. The rise in A.I. is making it worse. And the trust in traditional news sources has declined.

Behind a Senator’s Indictments, a Foreign Spy Service Works Washington

The charges against Senator Robert Menendez and his wife highlight how Egypt’s powerful intelligence agency wields influence.

Israel Sticks to Call for Gaza Evacuation and Readies a Possible Invasion

The United Nations and others condemned the call for more than a million people to leave northern Gaza, and Israel softened its initial 24-hour timetable.

For Jewish New Yorkers, Shared Grief Puts Divisions on Hold

Usually lively and often fractious, political conversations are set aside among the large community of Jews in the city.

Thousands Flee Northern Gaza as Israeli Evacuation Order Stirs Panic

Some residents fear a start of another permanent displacement. Gaza authorities said at least 40 people were killed when Israeli airstrikes hit some vehicles heading south.

Across U.S., Chinese Bitcoin Mines Draw National Security Scrutiny

Microsoft reported one site in Wyoming because of its proximity to a data center and nuclear missile base. Records show other cryptocurrency facilities have ties to the Chinese state.

Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Worsens as Israel Prepares a Possible Invasion

As Israel retaliates for the Hamas assault last weekend and plans a potential ground attack, its airstrikes have left Gazans without power, water and medical care.

As Israel Prepares for War in Gaza, Debate Is Over How and How Long

The country’s new unity government agrees that Hamas must be destroyed so it can never attack Israel again, but there is little appetite for a reoccupation.

The Retired Israeli General Who Grabbed His Pistol and Took On Hamas

By rushing to confront the attackers himself, Israel Ziv has become a public symbol of Israel’s former military successes — and its failure this time.

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Closest Friends Become His Foes in Courtroom Clash

The FTX founder’s criminal trial has made clear just how much his inner circle has turned against him.

Israel Forms Unity Government and Bombs Gaza in the Wake of Hamas Attack

Following the deadliest assault on Israel in half a century, the country is vowing to crush Hamas, and both sides are bracing for an escalating war.

How Israel’s Feared Security Services Failed to Stop Hamas’s Attack

Israel’s military and espionage services are considered among the world’s best, but on Saturday, operational and intelligence failures led to the worst breach of Israeli defenses in half a century.

A Texas Community Attracts Migrant Home Buyers, and Republican Ire

The development near Houston offers cheap land and unconventional financing to buyers, many of them undocumented immigrants. Gov. Greg Abbott has called for hearings.

Who Runs the Best U.S. Schools? It May Be the Defense Department.

Schools for children of military members achieve results rarely seen in public education.

Israel Retakes Towns Near Gaza as Its Military Readies Major Offensive

“The next step is to move forward, go on the offense,” an Israeli general said, as the country called up more reservists in response to devastating attacks by Palestinian gunmen who killed more than 900 people.

Washington Rallies Behind Israel, but a Lasting Consensus May Prove Elusive

Democrats and Republicans put aside an increasingly partisan divide over Israel to condemn the Hamas attack. But that support may be harder to maintain as Israel retaliates.

‘It’s Not a War or a Battlefield. It’s a Massacre.’

A Times reporter and photographer visited an Israeli village raided by Palestinian gunmen.

Nowhere to Hide in Gaza as Israeli Onslaught Continues

Residents and health authorities say that mosques, hospitals and schools are being targeted by airstrikes.

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Israel Orders ‘Complete Siege’ of Gaza and Hamas Threatens to Kill Hostages

Israel mobilized 300,000 reservists amid signs that it could be preparing for a major ground invasion of Gaza, and it bombed hundreds of sites, including mosques and a marketplace.

Attack Ends Israel’s Hope That Hamas Might Come to Embrace Stability

Israel had considered Hamas a terrorist organization but one that could play a useful role for Israel in the Gaza Strip, which the group controls. Now, senior Israeli officials say, Hamas must be crushed.

‘I Just Hope That They Are Alive’: How Hamas Abducted 150 Israelis

Palestinian militants kidnapped scores of Israelis in an unprecedented attack that took the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into unknown territory. Their relatives recount how they were captured.

Russia’s Economy Is Increasingly Structured Around Its War in Ukraine

The nation’s finances have proven resilient, despite punishing sanctions, giving it leeway to pump money into its military machine.

Hamas Attack Raises Questions Over an Israeli Intelligence Failure

American and Israeli officials said none of Israel’s intelligence services had specific warning that Hamas was preparing a sophisticated assault.

‘There Were Terrorists Inside’: How Hamas’s Attack on Israel Unfolded

Palestinian militants from Gaza raided Israel on Saturday, killing and abducting hundreds. Survivors have begun to recount the most complex attack on their territory in half a century.

A Shaken Israel Is Forced Back to Its Eternal Dilemma

The attack by Hamas forces Israel once again to confront the conflict that has haunted it since the creation of the modern state.

Fearing Third-Party Spoilers vs. Trump, Biden Allies Try to Squash Them

With Democrats worried that a third-party bid could throw a tight race to Donald Trump, President Biden’s top aides have blessed a broad offensive to starve such efforts of cash and ballot access.