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Hamas released yesterday two elderly women held hostage. Their husbands remain captive. The move follows last week’s release of two Israeli Americans — a mother and daughter. More than 200 Israeli and foreign hostages remain in Gaza.
A local citizen searches through buildings which were destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday in Khan Younis, Gaza.
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- Israel’s airstrikes are intensifying and the military is poised for a ground invasion, NPR’s Susan Davis says on Up First. But Israel’s allies are urging the country to go slow over concerns about its endgame in Gaza.
- A dozen Palestinian Americans spoke with NPR about grieving and their fears of rising Islamophobia.
Check out npr.org/mideastupdates for more coverage, differing views and analysis of this conflict.
Another week, another House speaker nomination vote. Republican reps will try to nominate another speaker today after eight of their colleagues made their pitches last night.
The U.S. is experiencing a steep sell-off in the bond market, with major implications for the economy and personal pocketbooks. Here’s how it could affect your credit card interest rates, mortgages and retirement savings.
- “Historically, one of the worst sell-offs we have ever seen,” is how an Oxford Economics analyst describes it to NPR’s David Gura. The Fed has been struggling to slow the economy down and curb inflation.
Hollywood actors in the SAG-AFTRA union return to talks…
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