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The Israeli military continues to expand its operations in the southern Gaza city of

Rafa. Forces are on the ground and Israel's national security advisor says

troops are in control of most of Gaza's border with Egypt. The Biden administration

continues to warn Israel against a major operation in Rafa, NPR's

Greg Myri has more. The message from President Biden for several months now is that he doesn't want to see a major military action in RFA.

He's even warned about possibly withholding some military support unless there's a credible plan to protect all the

Palestinian civilians in that area. So the National Security Council spokesman

John Kirby has re-emphasized this, but he says the U.S. is not viewing the current Israeli

action as a major operation. He says the Israelis are not in large columns or large

formations, so there's no public indication the U.S. will sanction

Israel for what it's seeing now.

NPR's Greg Myry.

Jury deliberations began this morning in New York in the criminal trial of Donald Trump.

The former president is charged with 34 felonies that he falsified business records

to hide payments as part of an alleged conspiracy to suppress negative information

about him right before the 2016 presidential election.

Before being sent home for the night, the jury asked to rehear jury instructions as well as testimony from two witnesses.

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