The Intelligence: embedded in Gaza

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Israeli troops are gearing up to enter Gaza city, bracing for the next round of urban warfare. Our correspondent spends some time with a brigade on the front-lines. How prepared are they for the task ahead? The pandemic is over, so why are <a href="https://www.economist.com/fi ...

There is little left, in terms of people or infrastructure, in <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/11/15/the-battle-of-northern-gaza-is-almost-over?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content ...

A tentative aid deal in Gaza is just a sliver of <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/01/10/just-how-bad-is-it-in-gaza?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_ ...

Since the Hamas attacks and the ensuing war in Gaza, debate at America’s top academic institutions has turned sour. Now, the issue has reignited an age-old argument about <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/12/12/american-universities-face-a-reckoning-over-ac ...