Protests have erupted and Israelis are planning workers’ strikes in the wake of the discovery of the bodies of six hostages murdered by the Hamas terrorist group. Early on Sunday, Israel condemned Hamas for murdering six hostages in an underground tunnel below Rafah amid cease-fire negotiations.

Israelis are planning large-scale protests to push the government to accept a cease-fire deal to return the remaining hostages. The largest of these has been announced by the Histradut, Israel’s largest labor union, who called for a strike to begin at 6 a.m Israel Standard Time. Read the full story here›

The United Nations World Health Organization has formally begun a campaign to mass-vaccinate Palestinian children against polio after the disease reemerged in the war-torn Gaza Strip. Gaza recently reported its first polio case in a quarter century, afflicting a 10-month-old boy whose leg was paralyzed by the disease.

In response, a coalition of local Gaza health authorities and the WHO on Saturday began a campaign that hopes to vaccinate 640,000 children under the age of 10 in Gaza to prevent the disease from spreading. Read the full story here›

Former President Donald Trump posted videos of family members of fallen soldiers responding to Vice President Kamala Harris’s criticism of his recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery. Vice President Kamala Harris wrote a lengthy X post on Aug. 31, accusing the former president for playing politics at the venue. Trump laid wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Aug . 26 to mark the third anniversary of the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan. 

“If there is one thing on which we as Americans can all agree, it is that our veterans, military families, and service members should be honored,” Harris wrote. “The former president disrespected sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stunt.” Read the full story here›

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