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Protesters calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war streamed into Grand Central Terminal in midtown Manhattan on Friday, in one of the largest protests the city has seen since the start of the conflict three weeks ago.The demonstration, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, came as Israel ramped up its military operations inside Gaza.Hundreds of protesters filled the train station, chanting “cease-fire now” and “let Gaza live.” Most wore black shirts that read “not in our name.”Banners declaring “Palestinians should be free” and “Israelis demand cease-fire now” were unfurled over the stairwell banisters.“I don’t believe in this war,” said…

The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza has released a list of 6,747 people it said had been killed in Israel’s relentless bombardment of the Palestinian territory in retaliation for the Hamas-led raid on Oct. 7 that killed more than 1,400 people in Israel.The release of the document on Thursday evening served as a sharp retort to President Biden’s comments to reporters at the White House a day earlier, when he said that he had “no confidence in the number that the Palestinians are using.”The list includes the name, age, gender and ID number of each person killed, including those of…

China’s former premier Li Keqiang died early on Friday of a heart attack, an abrupt end to the life of a leader who had served alongside Xi Jinping for a decade and set a milder tone while never appearing to directly challenge Mr. Xi’s hard-line policies.Mr. Li, 68, was visiting Shanghai when he suddenly suffered the heart attack, a report on Chinese state television said. “All efforts to resuscitate him failed,” the report said.Mr. Li was once considered a potential top leader of the ruling Chinese Communist Party. But in the end, he was overtaken by Mr. Xi, and became…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey lashed out at Israel and defended Hamas during a televised address on Wednesday, taking positions likely to increase tensions between his government and those of other NATO members, including the United States.Speaking in Parliament to lawmakers from his Justice and Development Party, Mr. Erdogan accused Israel of deliberately attacking civilians in Gaza and killing large numbers of children, women and older people.“This picture alone is enough to show that the aim here is not self-defense, but savagery to commit the premeditated act of crime against humanity,” he said.Mr. Erdogan also criticized Western countries for…