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Why does Egypt fear evacuating Gaza?

Cairo worries that, instead of saving lives, a ‘humanitarian corridor’ could be a pretense to permanently exile Palestinians UPDATE 10/13: The Israeli army ordered the evacuation of the entire north half of Gaza, home to 1 million people, on Thursday night. The United Nations said that the evacuation order — …

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Biden refuses to talk ‘ceasefire’ though it could prevent a regional war

It’s strategic malpractice for the White House to give Israel carte blanche when it knows it could drag the US into a wider conflict. Hamas’s horrific attacks last weekend and the subsequent Israeli bombings of Gaza have put the entire world on edge. Beyond concerns for the fate of the …

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Live Updates: Hezbollah declares ‘day of rage’ as Biden heads to Israel

Eleven days into the fighting between Israel and Hamas, nearly 1 million are now displaced in Gaza as rocket barrages continue in the direction of Israel and the Israeli bombardment intensifies on the enclave. Lebanon’s juggernaut militant group Hezbollah has called for a “day of rage” on Wednesday over the …

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