From KFC to rockets, how the massive Gaza tunnel network kept evolving

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Tunnels have run under Gaza for decades. But when Hamas took over, the underground network expanded into what Israel calls its biggest military threat. We decoded the long history of the Gaza tunnels to find out what makes it so hard to destroy.

Why the Israeli shekel is the world's best performing currency against the US dollar this month

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Shani Louk's mother says 'at least she didn't suffer' after the 23-year-old was confirmed dead, weeks after she was last seen being paraded by Hamas through Gaza

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A picture of Shani Nicole Louk is displayed during a demonstration by family members and supporters of hostages who are being held in Gaza after they were kidnapped from Israel by Hamas gunmen.
A picture of Shani Louk is displayed during a demonstration by family members and supporters of hostages taken by Hamas in Gaza. Authorities have since confirmed Louk is dead.

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Hamas militants likely used North Korean RPGs and assault rifles in the October 7 attacks on Israel, reports say

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Suspected North Korean-made F-7 rocket-propelled grenades seen at an Israeli military base in southern Israel on October 15, 2023.
Suspected North Korean-made F-7 rocket-propelled grenades at an Israeli military base in southern Israel on October 15, 2023.

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GOP lawmaker attacks tax-exempt status of US colleges failing to condemn Hamas' 'barbaric' attacks

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Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Jason Smith
Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Jason Smith at a news conference at the House Longworth Office Building on Capitol Hill, September 27, 2023, in Washington, DC.

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Views on Hamas' military Telegram channel have increased tenfold since the war with Israel began

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A large group of people, many holding Palestinian flags and others holding lit flares, gather together and gesture toward the sky.
People gather in support of the recent attacks on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas at Fatih Mosque on October 07, 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey.

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A mediator who worked on a 2011 Israeli prisoner exchange says Hamas' hostage-taking is 'unprecedented': 'What do they even do with them now that they have them?'

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Palestinians transport a captured Israeli civilian, center, from Kibbutz Kfar Azza into the Gaza Strip on Saturday, October 7, 2023.

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A Columbia professor called Hamas terror attacks 'awesome' and 'astounding' in an article. A petition for his removal has passed 34,000 signatures.

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Supporters of both Israel and Palestine at Columbia University.
Supporters of both Israel and Palestine engage with each other at Columbia University on October 12, 2023 in New York City.

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Israel's richest man and his wife stepped down from a Harvard board, saying their faith in the school's leadership had been 'broken' over its response to the Hamas attacks

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Supporters of Palestine gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023.
Supporters of Palestine gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023.

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Israeli father said he punched the air with relief when he heard Hamas had killed 8-year-old daughter as the alternative would have been 'worse than death'

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Family belongings including teddy bears, and the Judaica shelf at a home in Kibbutz Be'eri near the Gaza border after Hamas militants attacked on October 7.
Family belongings including teddy bears, and the Judaica shelf at a home in Kibbutz Be'eri near the Gaza border after Hamas militants attacked on October 7.

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