Israel orders evacuations in northern Gaza as Trump calls for war to end

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By Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters  The Israeli military ordered Palestinians to evacuate areas in northern Gaza on Sunday before intensified fighting against  Hamas , as U.S. President Donald Trump called for an end to the  war  amid renewed efforts to broker a ceasefire. “Make the deal in Gaza, get the hostages back,”  Trump  posted on his Truth Social platform early on Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to hold talks later in the day on the progress of Israel’s offensive. A senior security official said the military will tell him the campaign is close to reaching its objectives, and warn that expanding fighting to new areas in Gaza may endanger the remaining Israeli hostages. But in a statement posted on X and text messages sent to many residents, the military urged people in northern parts of the enclave to head south towards the Al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis, which Israel designated as a humanitarian area. Palestinian and U.N. offi...
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Chicago firefighter dies weeks after being injured in fire at home near O’Hare

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Firefighters salute the ambulance delivering Lt. Kevin Ward’s body to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday.

Firefighters salute the ambulance delivering Lt. Kevin Ward’s body to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday.

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A Chicago firefighter has died more than two weeks after he and two others were injured while battling a fire in a home near O’Hare International Airport.

Lt. Kevin Ward, 59, died at Loyola Medical Center, where he was taken from the fire in the 8300 block of West Balmoral Avenue on Aug. 11, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Two other firefighters suffered less serious injuries, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.

“He was surrounded by family as he made his transition,” the department said in a tweet.

Under a massive America flag draped over the street by two fire trucks, dozens of firefighters and police officers lined up along the street outside the Cook County medical examiner’s office on the Near West Side for the procession carrying Ward’s body from Loyola.

Interim Supt. Fred Waller and Deputy Chief Larry Snelling, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s pick for the next superintendent, stood solemnly in line on the corner of Harrison and Leavitt streets. Ward’s body arrived at the medical examiner’s shortly after 12:40 p.m. in an ambulance followed by Truck 9, which he worked on on the city’s Far Northwest Side.

Ward joined the department in 1996.

In a statement, Mayor Johnson expressed his sympathies.

“On behalf of the City of Chicago, I offer my sincerest condolences on the passing of Chicago Fire Department Lieutenant Kevin Ward. I pray for the peace of his family, friends and loved ones during this most difficult time. Let us keep Truck #9 and all our dedicated first responders in our hearts as we honor Lt. Ward’s life and memory.”



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