Jodi Rudoren

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu devoted the first part of his speech to the General Assembly to a harsh denunciation of the accord with Iran.

Mr. Abbas accused Israel of having violated the accords, which formed the basis for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Senator Lindsey Graham, in a visit to Jerusalem, said he would use his connections with congressional purse strings to thwart any group’s, international court’s or nation’s actions against Israel.

Two photographers captured scenes from the most recent outbreak of war.

Israel said it takes precautions to avoid killing civilians but because its adversaries embed forces throughout Gaza, it strikes at targets where large numbers of civilian casualties are likely.

Even as Israeli forces moved to demolish militants’ tunnels into Israel, several Hamas fighters slipped through passages on Saturday and fought gun battles with Israeli soldiers.

The question was never whether he would keep the Genesis Prize money, but to whom he would give it.

A report from Kuwait says Prisoner X, identified as an Australian-Israeli man, was involved in a 2010 assassination in Dubai and had provided “names and pictures” to the authorities there.

Analysts say the shadow war has more in common with the cloak-and-dagger maneuverings of the C.I.A. and the K.G.B. during the cold war than the publicity-hungry terrorism campaign of Al Qaeda.

At Café Carlyle, former president Bill Clinton, current Secretary of State Hillary and their daughter Chelsea toasted Steve Tyrell, the singer, on the eve of Christmas Eve.