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Israel has bombarded Gaza for more than two weeks following the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7., in which more than 1,400 people were killed. Palestinian officials say more than 6,000 people in Gaza have been killed in Israeli airstrikes. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called Israel’s strategy a violation of international humanitarian law. Israel says a ground invasion is imminent. But U.S. officials are concerned about the possibility of the war spreading.
People injured in nearby Israeli strikes rest at a school housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
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- A major concern is Iran getting involved, NPR’s Tom Bowman says on Up First. President Biden warned Israel not to repeat the mistakes made by the United States in the aftermath of 9/11. “You destroy Hamas,” Bowman says. “Who governs Gaza?”
- In a press conference yesterday, 85-year-old freed Israeli hostage Yocheved Lifshitz recounted her experience of being kidnapped and held captive.
- Kibbutz Kfar Aza was one of the hardest-hit Israeli communities in the Hamas attacks. Survivors describe what it’s like living in limbo at a hotel north of Tel Aviv.
- Though attention has been on the conflict in Israel and Gaza, violence has also increased in the occupied West Bank. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers and the Israel Defense Forces since Hamas’s attacks.
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