Another school shooting. This time in Nashville.

A school shooting in Nashville leaves at least six dead; mass protests in Israel escalate after defense minister’s firing.

Tonight's Sentences was written by Natasha Ishak.

Nashville reeling after three children, others killed in shooting at private school

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• A mass shooting unfolded at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday morning. [The Tennessean / Chris Gadd, Rachel Wegner, Kirsten Fiscus, and Craig Shoup]

• According to reports, the shooter, who was killed by police, fatally shot at least three grade-school children and three adults during the rampage on the Covenant School’s campus grounds. [CBS News / Emily Mae Czachor]

• Police described the unnamed shooter as a 28-year-old woman with two assault-style rifles and a pistol; no motive is yet known. [CNN / Eric Levenson]

• The Nashville school shooting follows a separate incident last week in Denver when a 17-year-old student shot two school officials at East High School. [NPR / Emily Olson]

• According to the Gun Violence Archive, a database that tracks the country’s mass shootings, the Nashville killings mark the 129th mass shooting this year. [Vox / Nicole Narea]

• The federal government created new incentives for states to limit access to guns in the wake of mass shootings last year but has struggled to pass more robust gun safety bills. [PBS Newshour / John Yang and Kaisha Young]

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Vox’s Jonathan Guyer digs into the compounding issues that have contributed to the mass protests in Israel. [Vox / Jonathan Guyer]

Mass protests in Israel erupt following chief defense official’s firing

• Mass protests began in Israel on Sunday following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the first high-ranking official to publicly push against the government’s plans to overhaul its judiciary. [Associated Press / Ilan Ben Zion]

• Israelis have held protests over the past two months against judicial reforms pushed by Netanyahu’s far-right government that would weaken the independence of the country’s high court. [Vox / Jonathan Guyer]

• Israel’s ambassador to the US, Asaf Zamir, resigned soon after Gallant’s removal. [Deutsche Welle]

• In a Sunday statement, the White House urged the Israeli government to reach a compromise with opponents following the ongoing escalation of public protests. [USA Today / Francesca Chambers]

• The government will pause a planned vote on the reforms for now, but will return to the issue following a Passover recess. [Axios / Barak Ravid]

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