US stocks rise and bond yields move lower as investors watch Israel-Hamas conflict

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NYSE traders
Investors are monitoring the Israel-Hamas conflict unfold.

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An Israeli woman found out her grandmother was killed when Hamas posted a video of her body covered in blood on Facebook

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Mor Bayder appears on Channel 13 News in Israel to speak about her grandmother.
Mor Bayder appears on Channel 13 News in Israel to speak about her grandmother.

Channel 13, Reshet

Tech bosses and workers are joining up to fight in Israel and say it's their 'duty to protect our country'

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Israeli soldiers gather on and around tanks at the Israeli side of the Gaza border, October 9, 2023.
Israeli soldiers gather on and around tanks at the Israeli side of the Gaza border, October 9, 2023.

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The crisis in the Middle East could fuel a flare-up in inflation and hasten an economic slump for the US

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People try to extinguish a fire in Ashkelon, Israel following Hamas launching a series of surprise attacks October 7.
People try to extinguish a fire in Ashkelon, Israel, after Hamas launched a series of surprise attacks on October 7.

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A CNN correspondent choked up on air describing the bloodstained walls and floors of a bunker where people were shot 'in calculated, cold blood' by Hamas militants

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Palestinians entering Israel after taking down the fence on the Israel-Gaza border on October 7.
Palestinians entering Israel after taking down the fence on the Israel-Gaza border on October 7.

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A volunteer in Israel says the Gaza region looks like the set of a horror movie now, with 'burnt-out cars' and 'bodies strewn all across the road'

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The rubble of destroyed buildings and mosque after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on October 9.
The rubble of destroyed buildings and mosque after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on October 9.

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My 51-year-old dad disappeared trying to rescue my sister after Hamas launched its attacks on Israel. We traced his phone — but his whereabouts, and his fate, are a mystery.

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Gilad and Mark Peretz
Gilad Peretz, left, is searching for his father Mark, who vanished after Hamas fighters launched an attack on Israel on Saturday.

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A Gaza resident says his family and thousands of neighbors fled from Israel's counterattacks and that they don't know what will happen each minute or how they will get food or water

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Palestinian citizens are displaced from their homes as a result of Israeli air strikes on October 9, 2023 in Gaza City, Gaza.
Palestinian citizens are displaced from their homes as a result of Israeli air strikes on October 9, 2023, in Gaza City, Gaza.

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Here's how Hamas breached Israel's top-tier security

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At least 1,500 people were killed in fighting between Israel and Hamas. Hamas used explosives, bulldozers, and paragliders to breach Israeli defenses.

The US carrier strike group headed toward Israel is heavily armed, but these ships could still be sailing into dangerous waters

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Navy aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford
USS Gerald R. Ford in the Atlantic Ocean on March 19, 2023.

US Navy/MCS2 Jackson Adkins

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