“Israel’s military said on Monday that its troops had encircled Gaza City, effectively splitting the Gaza Strip in half as the U.S. secretary of state finished sweeping through the Middle East in another intense push by the Biden administration to prevent a wider regional war,” the New York Times reports.
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