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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Israel says it's calling up an additional

60,000 reservists for a major military operation against Hamas and Gaza City. The call-up letters

are expected to be sent out soon with a draft starting in the coming month. NPR's Jackie

Northam reports from Tel Aviv.

The decision to call up additional reservists came after Israeli military leaders gave

preliminary approval to the next phase of the war in Gaza. The increase will almost double

the number of active reservists in the nearly two-year-old war. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity,

says many of the reservists will free up active-duty troops

currently deployed in other areas so they can fight in the densely populated Gaza City

in areas heavily controlled by Hamas.

Israeli troops are already laying the groundwork for a broader upcoming operation.

Jackie Northam, NPR News, Tel Aviv. Emotional testimony today from the families whose children

died in last month's flash flood at a Texas summer camp. Carrie Hannah lost her eight-year-old

daughter Hadley in massive flooding that hit Camp Mystic.

Our precious, hilarious, kind, caring, silly, loving little girl who always wanted to help others died because there was no plan, because there was no backup system or sirens, because the sweet 18- and 19-year-old counselors did not have the training they needed. Instead,

they were told to stay in place, a rule that proved to be fatal. Parents urged lawmakers to

pass the bill requiring camps to submit evacuation plans and alerts during severe weather. More than

130 people were killed in the Texas

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