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Today’s edition of quick hits.
* In Israel: “When Israel’s largest union began a strike on Monday, building on the largest anti-government protests since the start of the war in Gaza, the group hoped to persuade the government to swiftly agree to a cease-fire. Within hours, its effort fizzled. ... Despite one of the biggest displays of wartime dissent in Israel’s history, an emotionally potent moment failed to evolve into a political turning point.”
* In related news: “Hamas’ armed wing said on Monday that since June the group has been operating under new instructions on how to handle hostages should Israeli forces approach their locations in Gaza. The announcement comes days after the Israeli military recovered the bodies of six hostages from a tunnel in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, saying they had been shot dead by their captors as Israeli forces got close.”
* In Ukraine: “At least 51 people were killed and more than 200 injured Tuesday in a Russian missile strike on a military training facility and nearby hospital in central Ukraine, officials in the country said. Two ballistic missiles hit an ‘educational institution’ and a nearby hospital in the city of Poltava, 190 miles southeast of Kyiv, the capital, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video post on the Telegram messaging app.”
* Zelenskyy’s plan: “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told NBC News on Tuesday that Kyiv is planning to indefinitely hold Russian territories it seized in a surprise incursion last month as it tries to force President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.”
* In Germany: “German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday pleaded with mainstream parties to not change course and decide to enter a coalition with the first far-right party to come first in a state legislature election since the Nazis held power 80 years ago.”
* News from Iraq from late last week: “A U.S. military operation Thursday in Iraq killed at least 15 Islamic State militant group fighters, and at least six U.S. soldiers suffered injuries, three U.S. defense officials said. None of the injures to the U.S. soldiers were described as life-threatening. Several were possible traumatic brain injuries, and at least one soldier suffered external injuries, the defense officials said.”
* Election-season progress: “The American consumer is starting to shake out of a lingering bad mood. When The Wall Street Journal asked 1,500 voters in late August for their feelings about the economy, 34% said it is improving, up from 26% in early July.”
* I hope her colleagues follow suit: “Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said she is open to proposals to implement an ‘enforceable code’ of ethics for justices and lamented the court’s presidential immunity decision in an interview that aired Sunday.”
* To buy Twitter, Elon Musk relied in part on capital raised from friends and associates. How much have they lost? The Washington Post took a closer look.
See you tomorrow.