This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Part I (00:13 - 14:02)
‘We Wanted A Permanent State of War in Israel on All Borders’: Hamas Makes Its Aims Chillingly Clear

• Behind Hamas’s Bloody Gambit to Create a ‘Permanent’ State of War by New York Times (Ben Hubbard and Maria Abi-Habib)
• Hamas envisioned deeper attacks, aiming to provoke an Israeli war by Washington Post (Shira Rubin and Joby Warrick)

Part II (14:02 - 20:15)
Is the LGBTQ Agenda Unstopped and Unstoppable? Countries Around the World Challenge That Western Notion

• Hong Kong tests China’s tolerance with Asia’s first Gay Games by Financial Times (Chan Ho-him)
• Restrictions on L.G.B.T.Q. Depictions Rattle Hungary’s Cultural World by New York Times (Andrew Higgins)

Part III (20:15 - 26:53)
A Father, Patriot, and Astronaut Signs Off One Last Time: Frank Borman Dies at 95

• Frank Borman, Astronaut Who Led First Orbit of the Moon, Dies at 95 by New York Times (Richard Goldstein)

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