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Israel and the Israel-Hamas war

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  • Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran on Friday.
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    Why are there mass protests in Iran, and could the US get involved?
  • Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran's Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities, and included economic slogans, to political and anti-government ones.
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    Live Updates January 11, 2026 — Iran protest death toll tops 500
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    Live Updates Anti-government protests spread in Iran as authorities cut communications
  • United Nations peacekeepers patrol in vehicles together with Lebanese soldiers in the Buwayda region of Marjayoun, Lebanon, near the southern border with Israel, on Thursday, January 8.
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    Lebanon says first phase of plan to disarm Hezbollah completed, but Netanyahu warns progress ‘far from sufficient’
  • Romi Gonen speaks during an interview with Israel’s Channel 12 program Uvda.
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    Former Israeli hostage recounts sexual abuse in Hamas captivity and fear of becoming a ‘sex slave’
  • American actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie inspects the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on January 2 in Rafah, Egypt.
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    Angelina Jolie visits Rafah Crossing as Gaza aid groups face Israeli suspension
  • New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani visits an apartment belonging to Nadege Romulus, on his first day in office at 85 Clarkson Ave, in New York City, January 1, 2026.
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    Mamdani revokes Israel-related executive orders signed by Adams, directs team to focus on housing in first acts as mayor
  • Palestinians live in makeshift tents amid harsh conditions in Nuseirat, Gaza on December 28, 2025. Palestinians living in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip are struggling to carry on with their daily lives under harsh conditions amid the rubble left behind by Israeli attacks. Many displaced families, deprived of basic necessities, are trying to survive in makeshift tents and heavily damaged buildings amid cold weather conditions.
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    Israel to suspend operations of several aid groups in Gaza as countries warn of renewed ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian crisis
  • TOPSHOT - Adel Rubin (L), who lost both her parents during the 2023 October 7 attacks, reacts as she visits a house that was left heavily-damaged after the event in Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel on October 6, 2025, a day before the second anniversary of the attacks. Hamas's October 2023 attack resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures. Palestinian militants also seized 251 hostages, 47 of whom are still in the Palestinian territory. Of those, the Israeli military says 25 are dead. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP) (Photo by JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images)
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    After two years of war, some Israelis are moving to the Gaza border while others are refusing. Here’s why
  • US President Donald Trump puts a "Make America Great Again" hat on after a signing ceremony for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, July 4, 2025.
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    How Trump is trying to MAGAfy the world
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    A soaked tent or a bombed-out ruin: Gazans face a grim choice this winter
    Dec 22, 2025
  • A screengrab from video shows Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank town of Qabatiya.
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    Israeli soldiers shot and killed a West Bank teen they say ‘hurled a block.’ Video shows them shooting him point blank
    Dec 21, 2025
  • Vice President JD Vance speaks on the final day of Turning Point USA's annual AmericaFest conference at the Phoenix Convention Center on December 21, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. Vance spoke about preparing for the next election, and fighting against the left on culture war issues.
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    Turning Point exposed a brewing MAGA civil war. Can JD Vance unite it?
    Dec 21, 2025
  • Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa (center), the most senior Catholic figure in the Holy Land, urged Palestinians to "rebuild everything" as he visited people at a church in northern Gaza, on Sunday.
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    ‘We are still here.’ Catholic patriarch leads Christmas Mass at Gaza church bombed by Israel during the war
    Dec 21, 2025
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    Video Israel waging ‘a propaganda campaign against humanitarian organizations,’ says MSF Secretary General 14:10
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    Video Palestinians struggle to survive in devastated environment 1:59
    Dec 31, 2025
  • <p>The fate of the last remaining Israeli hostage in Gaza, Ran Gvili, has become a sticking point in the move to the next phase of Trump’s Gaza peace plan. CNN’s Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Matthew Chance speaks to Gvili’s mother and examines a new AI video – authorized by the family – with a powerful message to the US President.</p>
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