The Evening: Israeli troops enter southern Gaza

Also, the White House warns that U.S. money for Ukraine will soon run out. 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Here’s the latest at the end of Monday. - Israel’s advance on southern Gaza - The Purdue deal before the Supreme Court - Plus, the best podcasts of 2023 [Armored vehicles rolling through clouds of dust.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMi8wNC93b3JsZC9taWRkbGVlYXN0L2lzcmFlbC1oYW1hcy1nYXphLXdhci5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjMxMjA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwOTMxNCZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTUxNzE4JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgplacdWbmUVgO28Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) Israeli tanks near the Gaza border, today. Amir Cohen/Reuters Israeli troops have advanced into southern Gaza Israel has begun an invasion of southern Gaza, the last section of the territory that had been under full Hamas control, with dozens of [armored vehicles rolling closer to its main city](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMi8wNC93b3JsZC9taWRkbGVlYXN0L2lzcmFlbC1oYW1hcy1nYXphLXdhci5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjMxMjA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwOTMxNCZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTUxNzE4JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgplacdWbmUVgO28Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) and strikes pummeling urban areas. Satellite imagery analyzed by The Times [showed that the Israeli military had pushed into southern Gaza](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0T9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDIzLzEyLzA0L3dvcmxkL2lzcmFlbC1oYW1hcy13YXItZ2F6YS1uZXdzP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjMxMjA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwOTMxNCZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTUxNzE4JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyNpc3JhZWwtc291dGhlcm4tZ2F6YS1pbnZhc2lvblcDbnl0QgplacdWbmUVgO28Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) between Friday and Sunday, soon after the collapse of its weeklong truce with Hamas. The move sets the stage for what is likely to be the decisive battle of the war: a showdown in Khan Younis, the largest city in the south, where Israeli officials believe Hamas’s military and political leadership has sought shelter since fleeing from the north. [Here’s the latest](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0TfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDIzLzEyLzA0L3dvcmxkL2lzcmFlbC1oYW1hcy13YXItZ2F6YS1uZXdzP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjMxMjA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwOTMxNCZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTUxNzE4JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgplacdWbmUVgO28Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). The Israeli military has not confirmed a ground invasion of the south, although it has been signaling one for days and warning civilians in several areas to evacuate. The invasion is expected to compound the dire living conditions in an area widely damaged by airstrikes, beset by communications outages and overcrowded with displaced civilians struggling with disease and shortages of water, food, fuel and medical equipment. In New York City, protesters called on the U.N. to [condemn sexual violence that Hamas is accused of committing](~/AAAAAQA~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~~) during its Oct. 7 attacks. Here’s what we know about the allegations, which are [supported by witness testimony and documentary evidence](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0T6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMi8wNC93b3JsZC9taWRkbGVlYXN0L29jdC03LWF0dGFja3MtaXNyYWVsLWhhbWFzLXNleHVhbC12aW9sZW5jZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjMxMjA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwOTMxNCZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTUxNzE4JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgplacdWbmUVgO28Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). A visual investigation: My colleague Riley Mellen found that a rocket launched from Gaza on Oct. 7 hit an Israeli military base [believed to house nuclear-capable missiles](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMi8wNC93b3JsZC9taWRkbGVlYXN0L21pbGl0YW50LXJvY2tldC1pc3JhZWwtb2N0LTcuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIzMTIwNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDkzMTQmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1MTcxOCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZWnHVm5lFYDtvFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). [Demonstrators in front of the Supreme Court holding signs protesting the Sackler family.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMi8wNC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9zdXByZW1lLWNvdXJ0LXB1cmR1ZS1waGFybWEuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIzMTIwNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDkzMTQmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1MTcxOCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZWnHVm5lFYDtvFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) Demonstrators outside the Supreme Court today. Julia Nikhinson for The New York Times Justices seemed split over Purdue Pharma’s settlement The Supreme Court heard arguments today over a bankruptcy deal for Purdue Pharma that would give billions of dollars to those harmed by the opioid epidemic in exchange for shielding its owners — the Sackler family — from additional opioid-related lawsuits. A Justice Department office had challenged the deal, saying that it violated federal law. [The justices seemed divided](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMi8wNC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9zdXByZW1lLWNvdXJ0LXB1cmR1ZS1waGFybWEuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIzMTIwNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDkzMTQmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1MTcxOCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZWnHVm5lFYDtvFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD), reflecting the tension between the practical effect of unraveling the settlement and broader concerns about whether the Sacklers should be granted such wide-ranging immunity. [Three soldiers in camouflage fire a field gun under camouflage netting.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMi8wNC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy91cy1jb25ncmVzcy11a3JhaW5lLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMzEyMDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTA5MzE0Jm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTE3MTgmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmVpx1ZuZRWA7bxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) Ukrainian soldiers firing toward Bakhmut last week. Tyler Hicks/The New York Times U.S. money for Ukraine will soon run out In a blunt letter addressed to the House speaker, Shalanda Young, the White House’s budget director, warned today that the U.S. would [run out of money to send weapons to Ukraine by the end of the year](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0TfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMi8wNC93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvdXMtY29uZ3Jlc3MtdWtyYWluZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjMxMjA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwOTMxNCZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTUxNzE4JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgplacdWbmUVgO28Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) if Congress did not approve additional aid. The potential loss in American assistance, she wrote, would “kneecap Ukraine on the battlefield.” The message was the latest Biden administration salvo against a growing number of Republicans who say they are weary of shouldering the costs and the political capital of a war that could grind on for years. In other news from the war, The Times obtained exclusive documents providing the fullest picture yet of [Russia’s secretive prison recruiting effort](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMi8wNC93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvcnVzc2lhLXByaXNvbi13YWduZXItdWtyYWluZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjMxMjA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwOTMxNCZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTUxNzE4JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgplacdWbmUVgO28Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). [Sultan Al Jaber, wearing a traditional white Emirati robe and white headdress with a black band, leans slightly into a microphone while speaking at he COP28 climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMi8wNC9jbGltYXRlL2NvcDI4LWFsamFiZXItZm9zc2lsLWZ1ZWxzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMzEyMDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTA5MzE0Jm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTE3MTgmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmVpx1ZuZRWA7bxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) Sultan Al Jaber, president of the COP28 climate summit, at the talks today. Kamran Jebreili/Associated Press Climate experts assailed the leader of COP28 Since the U.N. climate summit began last week, tensions have been simmering around the decision to hold the major event in one of the world’s biggest oil-producing countries. Today, the anger burst out into the open when Sultan Al Jaber, an Emirati oil executive who is leading the conference, launched into an angry public defense of his position on ending fossil fuel use. Al Jaber had been under fire for a video from two weeks ago in which [he says there is “no science” to support a phaseout of oil and gas](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMi8wNC9jbGltYXRlL2NvcDI4LWFsamFiZXItZm9zc2lsLWZ1ZWxzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMzEyMDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTA5MzE0Jm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTE3MTgmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmVpx1ZuZRWA7bxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) in order to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. After critics attacked his comments, Al Jaber suggested he had not said what he can be heard saying on the video. 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Watch: Beyoncé’s new film, “Renaissance,” pulls back the curtain — [a little](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMS8yNi9tb3ZpZXMvYmV5b25jZS1yZW5haXNzYW5jZS1wcmVtaWVyZS1maWxtLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMzEyMDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTA5MzE0Jm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTE3MTgmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmVpx1ZuZRWA7bxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). Read: A new biography sheds light on the [genre-defining career of Ella Fitzgerald](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMi8wNC9ib29rcy9yZXZpZXcvYmVjb21pbmctZWxsYS1qdWRpdGgtdGljay5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjMxMjA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwOTMxNCZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTUxNzE4JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgplacdWbmUVgO28Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). Strategize: Dave the Diver was one of the [best video games of 2023](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0TZaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMi8wMi9hcnRzL2Jlc3QtdmlkZW8tZ2FtZXMtMjAyMy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjMxMjA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwOTMxNCZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTUxNzE4JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgplacdWbmUVgO28Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). Look back: These are this year’s [best plays and musicals](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnUNvHP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMi8wNC90aGVhdGVyL2Jlc3QtdGhlYXRlci0yMDIzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMzEyMDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTA5MzE0Jm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTE3MTgmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmVpx1ZuZRWA7bxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~), according to our critic. Decorate: Don’t buy cheap Christmas lights every year. 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If you’ve never heard of rizz, you’re not alone; just a few years ago, it was virtually unknown. Have a hip evening. Thanks for reading. I’ll be back tomorrow. — Matthew We welcome your feedback. Write to us at evening@nytimes.com. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-0) [Evening Briefing Newsletter Logo] Writer: Matthew Cullen Editorial Director: Adam Pasick Editors: Carole Landry, Whet Moser, Justin Porter, Jonathan Wolfe Photo Editor: Brent Lewis Need help? 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