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My Hot Take: And the worst fears of many are coming to fruition. We had to know this would happen.
#foreignaffairs #Israel #Palestinians #nytimes
03:07 PM - Oct 17, 2023
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The Lede: At least 500 people were killed by an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday that Palestinian authorities said was caused by an Israeli airstrike.
03:08 PM - Oct 17, 2023
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The Palestinian Health Ministry said the number of casualties was expected to rise. Many civilians were sheltering at Al Ahli Arab Hospital, better known as Al-Ma’amadani, before it was hit.
03:08 PM - Oct 17, 2023
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The Israeli military said it was investigating if it was responsible for the blast. “We’re checking,” said Maj. Nir Dinar, a military spokesman. In the past, rockets fired by Palestinian armed groups have occasionally malfunctioned and hit civilian neighborhoods.
03:08 PM - Oct 17, 2023
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The deadly blast on the hospital came as President Biden was preparing for a visit to Israel on Wednesday as conditions in besieged Gaza grew ever more desperate.
03:09 PM - Oct 17, 2023
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What little remains of the enclave’s food, fuel and water supplies was dwindling fast on Tuesday, and hundreds of thousands of people were on the move, fleeing the strip’s northern half to escape a planned Israeli ground invasion.
03:09 PM - Oct 17, 2023
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Israel has blocked basic necessities from reaching Gaza and has launched daily airstrikes in retaliation for the Oct. 7 cross-border attacks, in which 1,400 Israelis died and 200 people were taken hostage by the Hamas militants who control the enclave.
03:09 PM - Oct 17, 2023
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By Tuesday, the consequences of the blockade and strikes were inescapable: Rescuers were struggling to free some 1,200 people trapped under rubble,
03:10 PM - Oct 17, 2023
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fights were breaking out over loaves of bread and hospitals were grappling with how to treat the rapidly growing number of wounded and ill as their generators ran short of fuel.
03:10 PM - Oct 17, 2023
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Palestinian officials said that at least 2,800 people have been killed and 10,000 others have been wounded in the Israeli strikes.

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03:11 PM - Oct 17, 2023
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Wrong verb choice. It's not that they can't, it's that they won't. And we can hazard to guess why. None of the reasons make them look good.
In response to Dee Incognito.
03:16 PM - Oct 17, 2023
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