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Over the weekend, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recovered the bodies of six hostages from a tunnel in the southern Gazan city of Rafah. The hostages were killed by Hamas shortly before Israeli forces reached them, according to an IDF spokesperson, and included Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival. In a statement, President Biden said he was “devastated and outraged” by the news and insisted “Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes.” Meanwhile, tens of thousands of protestors participated in demonstrations across Israel Sunday, with many (including some of the families of the hostages) blaming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government for failing to secure a deal to bring the hostages home. 

On Saturday, Brazil started blocking its citizens from accessing X. The suspension follows Elon Musk’s refusal to comply with an order from a Brazilian Supreme Court justice to appoint a legal representative to facilitate government requests to block alleged misinformation accounts. The move — which could affect some 40 million Brazilians — is the latest development in a monthslong feud between the judge and Musk, who said the judge is “crushing the people’s right to free speech.”

Former President Donald Trump announced that if elected, his administration would require the government or insurance companies to cover the cost of IVF treatments. While he didn’t specify how the plan would work, the announcement — largely seen as an attempt to gain women’s votes — has drawn criticism from both anti-abortion groups and abortion rights proponents, like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), who called Trump’s comments “smoke and mirrors.”