The long-anticipated military assault is aimed, the Israelis said, at routing the militants of Hamas, but it deepened the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
Parents dropping off their children at Hamilton Grange Middle School in Harlem. A ban on cellphones and other internet-connected devices went into effect for New York City public schools as the school year began.
Ms. Hall was Mr. North’s secretary on the National Security Council in the 1980s during the secret sales of arms to Iran and the diversion of the profits to rebel forces in Nicaragua.