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‘No hope for a ceasefire before the election,’ says Biden biographer

By Henry Hullah, CNN

Published 1:54 PM EDT, Fri October 11, 2024

TOPSHOT - A man standing atop a heavily damaged building views other destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2024 on the first anniversary of the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

'No hope for a ceasefire before the election,' says Biden biographer

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Franklin Foer, Staff Writer for "The Atlantic," tells Bianna Golodryga how both American and Israeli leadership failed to avoid war in Gaza, leading to tens of thousands of deaths and no clear path to rescuing the over 100 hostages still there.

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TOPSHOT - A man standing atop a heavily damaged building views other destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2024 on the first anniversary of the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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