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| Times Reporters Got a Rare Glimpse of Gaza’s Largest Hospital | Times Reporters Got a Rare Glimpse of Gaza’s Largest Hospital |
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| Early this morning, three of my colleagues visited Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical complex, which has become central to the war between Israel and Hamas. | Early this morning, three of my colleagues visited Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical complex, which has become central to the war between Israel and Hamas. |
| There, the Israeli military escorted them to a stone-and-concrete shaft with a staircase descending into the earth. It was evidence, Israeli officials asserted, of a Hamas military facility under the hospital. But a commander said that the forces, fearing booby traps, had not ventured down the shaft. | There, the Israeli military escorted them to a stone-and-concrete shaft with a staircase descending into the earth. It was evidence, Israeli officials asserted, of a Hamas military facility under the hospital. But a commander said that the forces, fearing booby traps, had not ventured down the shaft. |
| The controlled visit did not settle the question of whether Hamas had been using Al-Shifa to hide weapons and command centers, as Israel has said. But it did offer my colleagues a rare opportunity to witness the wartime conditions inside Gaza City. | The controlled visit did not settle the question of whether Hamas had been using Al-Shifa to hide weapons and command centers, as Israel has said. But it did offer my colleagues a rare opportunity to witness the wartime conditions inside Gaza City. |
| Our Jerusalem bureau chief, Patrick Kingsley, described houses flattened like playing cards, and a city utterly disfigured. They drove into a neighborhood Patrick had visited a dozen times over the past three years, yet he could hardly recognize it. | Our Jerusalem bureau chief, Patrick Kingsley, described houses flattened like playing cards, and a city utterly disfigured. They drove into a neighborhood Patrick had visited a dozen times over the past three years, yet he could hardly recognize it. |
| “I could not find the fish market,” Patrick wrote. “The apartment blocks, I now realized, had been wrecked by shelling or strikes. The road had vanished, churned into a sandy, rutted track by the hundreds of Israeli tanks and armored vehicles that have fanned out across the territory.” | “I could not find the fish market,” Patrick wrote. “The apartment blocks, I now realized, had been wrecked by shelling or strikes. The road had vanished, churned into a sandy, rutted track by the hundreds of Israeli tanks and armored vehicles that have fanned out across the territory.” |
| As troops searched Al-Shifa for a third day, Israel announced that it would allow limited shipments of fuel to the enclave to avoid “epidemics” amid the wreckage of the territory. | As troops searched Al-Shifa for a third day, Israel announced that it would allow limited shipments of fuel to the enclave to avoid “epidemics” amid the wreckage of the territory. |
| Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI who became the face of the tech industry’s artificial intelligence boom, was pushed out by the company’s board of directors, OpenAI said. | |
| It was not immediately clear what had led to the decision, but the company said that if followed a review process, “which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities.” | |
| In Argentina’s runoff presidential election on Sunday, Sergio Massa, the center-left economy minister, is running against Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian economist who has embraced comparisons to Donald Trump. Like Trump, Milei has repeatedly warned that if he loses, it may be because the election was stolen — undermining many of his supporters’ faith in the nation’s electoral system. | |
| Look at economic data and you might think that young people would be riding high. Unemployment is low, job opportunities are plentiful and inequality is down. But if you spend some time on TikTok, you could get a very different impression. | |
| On the app and other social media sites, economic despair dominates. Users, most of them young, express a deep-seated angst about the economy and fret about the cost of living. | |
| Politics: The Republican chairman of the House Ethics Committee introduced a resolution to expel Representative George Santos from Congress. | |
| Football: A new study found that players in their teens and 20s are developing C.T.E., the degenerative brain disease linked to repeated hits to the head. | |
| Education: Far more students are missing many days of school compared with before the pandemic. | |
| Childbirth: Research shows that waiting at least two minutes after a birth to clamp the umbilical cord can improve survival rates for premature infants. | |
| Baseball: With baseball owners approving the Athletics’ move to Las Vegas, some see the transition as the death of the working-class sports fan. | |
| Rosalynn Carter: The former first lady, who recently announced that she had dementia, entered hospice care at her home in Georgia. | |
| While the big day may be not be until next week, many hosts and cooks will use this weekend to get a head start on Thanksgiving preparations. To help readers of this newsletter have the smoothest holiday possible, we’ve gathered some of our best advice and ideas for the run up to the meal. | |
| Know when to start the turkey: We asked our food columnist Melissa Clark for her No. 1 tip, and she told us it was important to make sure to leave enough time to defrost the turkey. | |
| “Even if you think you ordered a fresh one, it might be frozen on the inside,” she said. “As soon as you get your turkey, unwrap it and put it in the fridge to let it thaw. A 12-pound bird will take three days, a 16-pound bird four days.” | |
| While it’s thawing, you can dry-brine it, Melissa said. She suggested rubbing the turkey inside and out with salt mixed with any seasoning you like, including herbs, pepper, spices, grated garlic or lemon zest. | |
| Shop for groceries: After writing out your Thanksgiving menu, divide your grocery list into perishables and nonperishables, and try to buy those nonperishables this weekend. | |
| And you’ll need space in the fridge for all those ingredients. Use J. Kenji López-Alt’s guide to food expiration dates to help clean it out. | |
| Map out sides and dessert: This classic cranberry sauce by Claire Saffitz is an ideal Thanksgiving accompaniment that can be made days ahead of time. Pie crusts can also be prepared in advance. Melissa’s all-butter pie crust recipe keeps in the freezer for three months; you just need to defrost it in the fridge overnight before you bake it. | |
| But as my colleagues in Cooking say, it doesn’t really matter what sides you make — what matters is how they taste: Aim to have something creamy, something crispy, something green and something tangy. | |
| Still looking for ideas? Our Ultimate Thanksgiving Guide will help you come up with an ideal menu, step-by-step. | |
| Mall schools: Downtowns are full of empty buildings. Universities are moving in. | |
| Gen Z content creators: Young women are more feminist than ever, but what happened to the online community that blogs and zines once offered? | |
| Extreme D.I.Y.: A South Korean ceramist taught himself design and construction, creating a collection of small buildings as impressive as his artwork. | |
| Fall fashion in Tokyo: Our fashion photographer documents transitional style in the Japanese capital. | |
| Cook: Slow-cooker corn pudding is like a spoon bread crossed with a quick bread. | |
| Watch: This weekend, our TV critic recommends dancing dogs, Shakespeare scholars and an animated adaptation. | |
| Read: In new collections of short stories, interpersonal bonds are created and destroyed. | |
| Listen: Our chief pop music critic has a playlist from down-ballot Grammy nominees. | |
| Tip: Here’s how to deal with the many requests for gratuity. | |
| Gaze: Watch the Leonids meteor shower reach its peak tonight. | |
| Gift: Experts say focusing on sentiment over cost is more likely to bring holiday cheer. | |
| Compete: Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how you stack up with other Times readers. | |
| Play: Here are today’s Spelling Bee, Wordle and Mini Crossword. Find all our games here. | |
| Remote work has become so popular in the U.S. that it has begun to alter some long-held norms. Weekend weddings, for example, are now more often stretching into the workweek, capitalizing on guests who can work poolside during the day and celebrate the bride at night. | |
| Hotels have taken notice, upgrading their internet and advertising their work spaces. One hotel in the Catskills said that 20 percent of wedding guests now arrived between Tuesday and Thursday, many of whom are still on the clock. | |
| Have a playful weekend. | |
| Thanks for reading. I’ll be back on Monday. — Matthew | |
| We welcome your feedback. Write to us at evening@nytimes.com. |