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Israel launched a ground offensive in Gaza City. Following weeks of heavy bombardment and calls for civilians to evacuate, Israel began its ground incursion in Gaza’s most populous city, arguing it was necessary to stop Hamas from planning more attacks. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were photographed fleeing southward, clogging roadways. The operation, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted will take “several months” and could leave the country isolated from allies, was condemned by the UK, Germany, and other European nations. Axios reported that the US supports the operation, but prefers that it end quickly. When asked about the news yesterday, President Trump did not offer a view. “I have to see,” he said. “I don’t know too much about it.”
Robert Redford died at 89. The Oscar-winning director of Ordinary People and star of countless iconic films like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President’s Men died at his home in Utah “surrounded by those he loved,” his publicist said. Widely considered one of history’s greatest actors and among the most influential people in Hollywood, Redford leveraged his stardom in the late 1970s to create the Sundance Institute and accompanying film festival to support independent cinema. “The industry was pretty well controlled by the mainstream, which I was a part of,” he told the Associated Press in 2018. “But I saw other stories out there that weren’t having a chance to be told and I thought, ‘Well, maybe I can commit my energies to giving those people a chance.’” He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama in 2016.
Details emerge on the US’ TikTok deal with China. A day after the White House announced it had the “framework” of a deal with China to divest its US TikTok business, the Wall Street Journal reported some of the specifics. Per the WSJ, the app’s US business would be controlled by a consortium including cloud giant Oracle and private investment firms Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz. Users in the US would reportedly have to move over to a new app, which TikTok is already testing. A new board would comprise mostly Americans, one of whom would be appointed by the government. With a deal in the works, President Trump extended the deadline for China’s ByteDance to divest the app’s US operations or be shut down for the fourth time, to Dec. 16.—AE
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