Western warships are shooting down Houthi threats, but the Iran-backed attacks are still screwing up global trade

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Cargo ships are seen at Israel's Haifa commercial shipping port in the Mediterranean Sea on December 13, 2023.

Israel is said to be flooding Hamas tunnels — a tactic Egypt already used in 2013, but with sewage

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In this photo from September 18, 2015, Palestinians stand around the entrance of a smuggling tunnel that ran between Egypt and southern Gaza.
In this photo from September 18, 2015, Palestinians stand around the entrance of a smuggling tunnel that ran between Egypt and southern Gaza.

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Zara has pulled an ad campaign after critics said it resembled images from the Israel-Gaza war

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A pedestrian walks past the Spanish multinational clothing design retail company by Inditex, Zara, a store in Madrid.

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Harvard says that president Claudine Gay is staying in post, despite huge backlash over her hesitance to denounce calls for the 'genocide of Jews'

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Claudine Gay, Liz Magill
Harvard president Claudine Gay (L) and Penn president Liz Magill (R) have been heavily criticized for their testimony during a congressional hearing on antisemitism on campus

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Israel drove suitcases stuffed with cash into Gaza to keep Hamas in power: NYT

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A Hamas militant holds up a rifle at the funeral of a fellow fighter in 2019.
Israeli Prime Minister "Bibi" Netanyahu allowed millions in funds to flow to Hamas, the New York Times reported.

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All of a sudden, it's no longer taboo to talk about placing conditions on the billions of dollars in US aid to Israel

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Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is perhaps the most prominent congressional advocate for conditioning US aid to Israel.
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is perhaps the most prominent congressional advocate for conditioning US aid to Israel.

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Wounded Israeli tattoo artist held hostage by Hamas was operated on by a vet in Gaza, her family says

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Keren, mother of Mia Schem and representatives of the families of the abducted and missing persons held by Hamas militants in Gaza hold a press conference following the release of a video by Hamas, in which the 21-year-old Israeli woman is seen.
Keren, mother of Mia Schem and representatives of the families of the abducted and missing persons held by Hamas militants in Gaza hold a press conference following the release of a video by Hamas, in which the

A Palestinian student shot in Vermont was told to stay in the US by his father who thought it was safer: report

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Tahseen Ali Ahmad (left), Kinnan Abdalahmid, and Hisham Awartani (right)
Tahseen Ali Ahmad (left), Kinnan Abdalahmid, and Hisham Awartani (right), three college students of Palestinian descent, were shot near the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, on November 25, 2023.

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'The most taboo topic I've ever seen': Inside Microsoft's war over the war in Gaza

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A Microsoft logo is being shattered, with the Israel and Palestinian flags overlaid on top.
Internal Microsoft posts offer a window into the anger and vitriol that workplaces across America grapple with as the war has escalated.

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Israeli official says the country has reached a 'significant agreement' with Elon Musk to allow Starlink in Gaza, but only if approved by Israel

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) takes Elon Musk (L) on a tour of Kibbutz Kfar Aza.
Billionaire and boss of the social network X, Elon Musk, traveled to Israel during the truce between Israel and Hamas. Musk is due to speak with Israeli President Isaac Herzog about the online fight against antisemitism.

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