After months of waiting, Israeli forces have begun their operation into Rafah, the last major Hamas stronghold in the Gaza Strip. The operation started after negotiations between Hamas and Israel broke down. On Tuesday morning, Israeli forces captured the strategic Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.
Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators say they have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. A statement from Ukraine’s state security service says two colonels were detained on suspicion of enacting the plan drawn up by Russia’s Federal Security Service.
And Columbia University announced Monday it will cancel its university-wide graduation ceremony, just days after pro-Palestinian protests disrupted dozens of commencement ceremonies across the country.