Headlines for December 26, 2023

Hundreds of Palestinian Civilians Killed as Israel Steps Up Attacks on Gaza Strip, Israel PM Netanyahu Says Gaza Assault “Isn’t Close to Finished”, U.N. Security Council Passes Watered-Down Gaza Aid Resolution Following U.S. Veto Threat, Baghdad Condemns U.S. Strikes on Northern Iraq, Says Civilians Among the Dead, Israel Assassinates Senior Adviser to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria, Pope Calls for Gaza Ceasefire as Palestinians Cancel Christmas Celebrations in Bethlehem, Ukraine Weighs Lowering Age of Conscription as It Seeks Half-Million More Soldiers, Jailed Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Resurfaces in Arctic Penal Colony, Anti-Austerity Protesters Defy Argentine President’s Edict Banning Demonstrations, Pakistan Attempts to Use Artificial Rain to Combat Hazardous Air Pollution, Two Paramedics Found Guilty of Negligent Homicide in Killing of Elijah McClain