It naturally follows that just as all Jews are obligated to make Aliyah they are obligated to fight in Israel’s wars. As an outcome of this, if only the religious Jews remaining in the Diaspora made ...

The Israeli military expanded its ground offensive in Gaza, and killed at least 80 Palestinians in a new wave of strikes ...

and some were rescued in Israeli commando raids. NPR's Anas Baba contributed to this story from Gaza City, Yanal Jabarin from Jerusalem, Itay Stern from Tel Aviv, and Ahmed Abuhamda from Cairo.