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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Khorva Coleman. The Israeli security cabinet is meeting today will decide whether to once again expand its military offensive in Gaza targeting Hamas. NPR's Aibatrawi reports. Israeli media say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is weighing the possibility of a full military occupation of the Gaza Strip. The UN says already nearly 90% of Gaza is under displacement orders with, quote, no safe place for people to go. Netanyahu's office says he's convening the security cabinet, to direct the military on how to achieve the objectives of releasing hostages and ensuring that, quote, Gaza will never again threaten Israel. The nearly two-year-long war has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza. Polls show Israelis are divided over the war. Many

want Israel to occupy Gaza and expel Palestinians from it. Yet there are growing calls in Israel demanding Netanyahu and the war, including from among hundreds of former generals and top security officials. Ayabatrawi, NPR News. President Trump's new terrorists have taken In effect overnight, these tariffs apply to scores of goods imported from other nations. Tariffs are the taxes the U.S. is applying to the goods. Earlier today, NPR incorrectly stated that tariffs are paid by the other nations. In actuality, economists expect companies to charge higher prices to U.S. consumers for these imported goods. India's prime minister is responding with defiance to President Trump's threat of new tariffs.

Trump is accusing India of helping Russia pay for its investment. evasion of Ukraine by buying cheap Russian oil. And Pierre's Dia Hadid reports from Mumbai. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he'd never stopped defending Indians. He says, I know I will personally have to pay a heavy price for this, but I'm ready for it. India is already on a 25% tariff rate and it will hit 50% later this month if Trump goes through with his threat. He wants India to stop buying oil from Russia. Last year, India bought more than $47 billion worth. Indian officials note, the U.S. itself imported more than $3 billion worth of goods and services from Russia. Analysts say India is vulnerable to Trump's pressure because New Delhi is

keen to wrap up a trade deal. Dear Hadid, NPR News, Mumbai. Authorities at Fort Stewart, Georgia say five U.S. soldiers injured in an on-base shooting yesterday are expected to recover. Military authorities have arrested the soldier accused in the attack. The Secretary of the Army, Dan Driscoll, visited the base today and praised the soldiers who stopped the attack. One of the soldiers tackled the person, so just think about this. They were unarmed and ran at and tackled an armed person who they knew was actively shooting their buddies, their colleagues, their fellow soldiers. Driscoll has awarded the Meritorious Service Medal to six soldiers who were involved in the incident. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.

President Trump says he has told his administration to start work immediately on a new census. Census data is used to draw up congressional districts. Trump says his census won't count people who are illegally in the U.S. The Constitution says congressional representation in the House is decided based on the, quote, whole number of persons in each state. One of New York's famous theaters reopens tonight after an $85 million renovation that took a year and a half to complete. The Delacourt Theater is home to New York's free Shakespeare in the park. Jeff London reports this evening's production is Shakespeare's 12th night. Since 1962, audiences have

waited online to get free tickets to see stars from James Earl Jones to Merrill Streep perform at the Delacourt. But the open-air theater had gotten pretty shabby. It was rebuilt from the ground up to make it more inviting, accessible, and critterproof. New York's controller, Brad Lander wrote a poem for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. To renovate or not to renovate? That was the question. Whether it was nobler in this space to suffer the slings and arrows of quite predictable fortune, or to take arms against a sea of raccoons, and by construction, thwart them.

The raccoons have been kept out of the dressing rooms, but a pair of coyotes, Romeo and Juliet, have been seen in the new theater's seats. For NPR News, I'm Jeff London in New York. It'll be really hot in the central U.S. today. The National Weather Service has issued heat advisories from South Dakota to Texas. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News in Washington.