News Wrap: Israel Expands Gaza Offensive, Ukraine Power Grid Hit, Giuliani Injured

Israel-Hamas Conflict Update

• 🎯 Israeli forces intensified their offensive around Gaza City overnight, destroying homes and displacing more civilians.
• 🏥 The region's largest hospital reported 29 bodies, including ten individuals seeking aid, were brought to its morgue.
• 💥 Israel announced the killing of a longtime spokesman for Hamas's military wing during a targeted operation.
• 🚚 The Israeli military has paused fighting to allow for food deliveries amidst the escalating conflict.

Ukraine Power Infrastructure Targeted

• ⚡ Russia struck power facilities across Ukraine, leaving 60,000 people without electricity.
• 📈 Both sides have increasingly targeted energy and fuel infrastructure as air strikes intensify.
• 🗣️ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed retaliation with strikes deep inside Russia.
• 🇪🇺 European leaders are developing plans for a multinational force to provide post-conflict security guarantees in Ukraine, with President Trump agreeing to provide technological and intelligence support.

Other News Briefs

• 🚗 Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is recovering from serious injuries, including a fractured vertebrae, sustained in a high-speed car crash.
• 🙏 The Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis held its first Sunday Mass since a deadly shooting that killed two children and wounded 20 others, with well-wishers leaving flowers and messages.
• 🕊️ Pope Francis prayed for victims and called for an end to the "pandemic of arms."
• 🖼️ The famed Bayeux Tapestry, depicting the Norman invasion of England in 1066, is on display before its loan to the British Museum, marking its first return to England in nearly 1,000 years, though concerns exist about its fragility.

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