Briefly with OZY

A fragile ceasefire appears to be holding between Hamas and Israel, with Gaza residents spilling into the streets to celebrate. A Spanish Red Cross worker has received a barrage of online abuse from the far-right after she hugged an African migrant who'd just arrived in Spain. And Australians are struggling to cope with a massive plague of mice.

The weapons on both sides of the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza were mostly idled this morning, after 11 days of increasing violence that’s claimed 228 Palestinian and 12 Israeli lives. And Antarctica calves the world's biggest iceberg.

Trump's in trouble: alleged wrongdoing at the former president's organization is now being investigated in a criminal as well as a civil capacity. Bloodshed continues in Gaza as Israel targets a key Hamas commander. And squirrels beat a NASA scientist at his own nutty game.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that some worry could see abortion rights rolled back. U.S. President Biden expressed support for a cease-fire in the Middle East, but is under pressure to do more to rein in Israel. And learn how one young OZY Genius Award winner aims to help get more low income students into college.

Fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants shows no signs of abating as the conflict enters its second week. A new kind of migrant is streaming towards the U.S. southern border: pandemic refugees. And this weekend's virtual OZY Fest attracted some 1 million viewers with bold ideas and fascinating conversations.

New Israeli airstrikes on Gaza today added 10 people to the death toll from one of the Holy Land’s worst weeks of violence in seven years. And the last two members of an Amazon tribe are saving the rainforest.

It's definitely something worth smiling about, and now people will actually be able to tell you're smiling! The CDC has announced vaccinated Americans can finally ditch their masks in most places. Israel has not ruled out sending ground troops into Gaza, as fighting with Palestinian militants escalates. And scientists explore why cats love boxes so much!

In towns where they normally coexist, Jewish and Arab Israelis have attacked each other, leading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to grant police emergency powers to halt the “lynching.” And Ohio is running a $1 million vaccine lottery.

Fighting continued Wednesday between Hamas militants and the Israeli army as the U.N. Security Council prepared to hold an emergency meeting on the worst violence between the two sides in years. Liz Cheney repudiated Trumpism in a speech to her party on the eve of her expected ouster. And move over Joe Exotic, now there's a Texan Tiger King!

There’s been a flare-up of violence in Israel amid tensions over the proposed resettlement of Palestinian families, with Hamas firing hundreds of rockets at Israel, which responded with airstrikes that killed 24. A demographic crisis may be looming for the world’s most populous country, after China’s census showed the lowest growth rate in decades. And NBC says it won’t be screening next year's Golden Globes due to a lack of diversity.