It's a trap, warns UK spy chief, as Israel prepares for months of brutal urban warfare against Hamas in bombed-out Gaza

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Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border on October 15.
Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border on October 15.

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A 15-year-old aspiring journalist who had made Ron DeSantis squirm with his questioning was thrown out of a GOP event by police

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Quinn Mitchell and Ron DeSantis
Quinn Mitchell and Ron DeSantis.

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Middle East analysts dispute accusations that Netanyahu 'propped Hamas up'

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A Hamas soldier & Benjamin Netanyahu

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Israeli civilians were tortured, raped, and abused by Hamas fighters says forensic teams, Reuters reports

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Israeli soldiers removing civilian bodies who were killed days earlier in an attack by Hamas militants on this kibbutz in Kfar Aza, Israel.
Israeli soldiers removing civilian bodies who were killed days earlier in an attack by Hamas militants on this kibbutz in Kfar Aza, Israel.

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IDF video shows Israeli navy unit spraying machine gun fire at Hamas fighters 'swimming' toward coast

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A screenshot shows Israeli forces firing towards what appears to be a Hamas boat.

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An astonished family discovered that a painting that decorated their living room for decades was a Van Dyck that could be worth millions

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"Charles I at the Hunt," by Anthony van Dyck, at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.

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CIA intel about looming Hamas attacks did not reach Joe Biden — dismissed as routine

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Rocket barrages launched towards Israel from Gaza.
Rocket barrages launched towards Israel from Gaza.

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Australians overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to give Indigenous people greater rights in a major setback for reconciliation

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A man, right, waits as a woman drops her ballot into a box a polling place in Redfern as Australians cast their final votes in Sydney, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023.
A woman drops her ballot into a box at a polling place in Redfern, Australia.

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Ukraine feels the strain amid 'very heated' fighting in Avdiivka as Russia presses on with new Donbas offensive

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Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery on Russian positions on the frontline in the city of Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on July 27, 2023 amid Russia-Ukraine war.
Ukrainian soldiers firing artillery on Russian positions on the frontline in the city of Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on July 27.

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Former pupils have called on a private school to apologize for hiring a former Nazi SS officer who abused students

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Nuremberg rally, Germany.

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