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The U.S. sent its top military commander for the Middle East to Israel to discuss a widely expected retaliatory attack from Iran<\/a>, officials said.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s leaders have repeatedly vowed to punish Israel for an April 1 strike<\/a> in Syria that killed several senior Iranian commanders. Israel has put its military on alert, and President Biden said that Iran was threatening a \u201csignificant\u201d attack. Gen. Michael Kurilla, the American commander, will also discuss the war in Gaza and humanitarian aid operations there.<\/p>\n Biden, who has become increasingly critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s conduct of the Gaza war, said that American support for Israel in the face of danger from Iran was \u201cironclad.\u201d<\/p>\n Netanyahu said that his country was prepared for other challenges. \u201cWe have determined a simple rule: Whoever harms us, we will harm them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Hostages: <\/strong>A senior Hamas official said that the group did not have 40 living hostages<\/a> who met the criteria for a proposed exchange with Israel, raising fears that more hostages could be dead than previously believed.<\/p>\n Famine: <\/strong>The director of the United States Agency for International Development, Samantha Power, said this week that a famine is underway in northern Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n O.J. Simpson ran to fame on the football field, made fortunes as an all-American in movies, television and advertising, and, in a 1995 trial that mesmerized the U.S., was acquitted of killing his former wife and her friend. He died yesterday at 76<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n His trial, for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, lasted nine months and became an inflection point on race in America. A civil suit in 1997 found Simpson liable for the deaths and left him owing $33.5 million in damages, and he later served years in prison on charges related to the 2007 theft of a trove of sports memorabilia.<\/p>\n The story of O.J. Simpson generated a tide of tell-all books, movies, studies and debate over questions of justice, race relations and celebrity in a nation that adores its heroes but has never been comfortable with its deeper contradictions.<\/p>\n For more,<\/strong> here\u2019s a critic\u2019s notebook<\/a> about Simpson\u2019s place at the center of the American media; what his case meant for L.A.<\/a>; and a timeline of his life<\/a>.<\/p>\n The carefully crafted law imposes new penalties on men who try to evade service and offers a mix of financial incentives for those taking up arms.<\/p>\n But it lacks a timeline for when conscripts will be demobilized, something that soldiers and their families had been demanding after more than two brutal years of war.<\/p>\n Draft:<\/strong> Many younger Ukrainians were unsettled<\/a> when President Volodymyr Zelensky lowered Ukraine\u2019s draft age to 25 from 27.<\/p>\n Demographics: <\/strong>Ukraine needs more soliders, but it has very few young men<\/a>.<\/p>\n Before his death in prison<\/a> in February, Aleksei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, wrote a memoir about his life and activism.<\/p>\n \u201cThis book is a testament not only to Aleksei\u2019s life, but to his unwavering commitment to the fight against dictatorship \u2014 a fight he gave everything for, including his life,\u201d said his wife, Yulia Navalnaya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n That\u2019s all for this week. Thank you for reading, and have a relaxing weekend. \u2014 Dan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n You can reach Dan and the team at <\/em>briefing@nytimes.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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