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Hundreds have been killed and thousands injured after militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023

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Who is Sheikh Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s new leader?
Lebanon's Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem speaks during an interview with Reuters in in Beirut's suburbs, June 6, 2022. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/

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Who is Sheikh Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s new leader?
Lebanon's Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem speaks during an interview with Reuters in in Beirut's suburbs, June 6, 2022. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/
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Israel passes two laws to restrict the work of a UN agency that is a lifeline for Gaza
Palestinians view the damage after Israeli forces withdrew from the area around Kamal Adwan hospital, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip October 26, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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Netanyahu says Israel hit Iran hard; Khamenei says damage should not be exaggerated
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Egypt proposes two-day truce in Gaza, 45 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes
Palestinians inspect the damage after an overnight Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia the northern Gaza Strip on October 27, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel raids Gaza hospital, strikes home, killing 13 children
Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike on Mansouri village, as it seen from the southern city of Tyre, south Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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Blinken says urgent to reach diplomatic resolution in Lebanon, calls for civilian protection
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (uneseen), in London, on October 25, 2024. Jordan's foreign minister on October 25, 2024 urged pressure on Israel to end "ethnic cleansing", in strong remarks as he met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in London. Deploring the humanitarian situation in northern Gaza, Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told Blinken: "We do see ethnic cleansing taking place, and that has got to stop." (Photo by Nathan Howard / POOL / AFP) (Photo by NATHAN HOWARD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli strike kills three journalists in Lebanon, Blinken sees urgent need for resolution
A man walks between graves of Hezbollah fighters in Hezbollah shrine in the southern suburb of Beirut on October 25, 2024. GORAN TOMASEVIC/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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In photos: Lebanon’s displaced people face hardship and hostility in Beirut as Israeli-Hezbollah fight drags on
energy and resources
Oil prices ease on possible new Middle East ceasefire talks
FILE - A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, Oct. 12, 2021. A large 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit West Texas on Friday, July 26, 2024. The U.S. Geological Survey said it’s highly likely the quake was caused by oil and gas activity. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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Palestinian photojournalist Samar Abu Elouf given International Press Freedom Award for work capturing war in Gaza
Palestinian photojournalist Samar Abu Elouf. MANDATORY CREDIT: Amjad Al Fayoumi
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Israel accuses six Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza of being Palestinian militants
FILE- Al Jazeera broadcast engineer Mohammad Salameh works at the Master Control Room unit inside the network's office in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)
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Israel, Hezbollah exchange heavy fire as Blinken pushes for peace
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, southern Lebanon, October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Israel confirms death of Hashem Safieddine, heir apparent to slain Hezbollah leader
Men on a scooter look at the destruction caused by an Israeli airstrike, on October 22, 2024, in a Shiia neighbourhood in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon.
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Israeli military descends on hospitals, shelters in northern Gaza Strip as Blinken arrives to push for ceasefire
People who were injured during an Israeli operation in the Jabalia refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip arrive at Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital in Gaza City on Oct. 21, 2024, amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas.
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Israel to take legal action against Macron over naval trade show ban
FILE PHOTO: Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz waits for his British and French counterparts ahead of a meeting, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem August 16, 2024. REUTERS/Florion Goga/File Photo
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‘Everything is lost’ says father, as Senegal repatriates citizens escaping Lebanon
Hussein Hachem, a Lebanese Senegalese, hugs his wife Hala after she arrives on a repatriation flight at Leopold Senghor military airport in Dakar, Senegal, October 19, 2024. Hussein said his house, which he had spent five years building in Zrarieh, and was planning to leave Senegal to settle in Lebanon, was damaged by an Israeli strike, during which his 14-year-old son was killed, and his 11-year-old daughter was injured. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
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Israel says it will target Hezbollah’s financial arm and begins striking Beirut
Flames and smoke rise form Israeli airstrikes on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Drone targets Netanyahu’s private residence as Israeli strikes in Gaza kill dozens
Israeli security forces stand guard near a barrier on a street leading to the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Caesarea on October 19, 2024. Netanyahu's office said a drone was launched toward his residence on October 19, after the military reported a drone from Lebanon had "hit a structure" in the central Israeli town. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
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In this deadlocked U.S. presidential campaign, an October surprise would be more surprising than usual
David Shribman
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Israeli strikes kill 30 people in Jabalia, Israel sends more troops into north Gaza
FILE PHOTO: Palestinians walk past destroyed houses, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip February 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo
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Lebanese in Nabatieh bury the dead after Israeli air strikes signal a worrying direction in war
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Yahya Sinwar likely to be replaced as Hamas chief by leader from outside Gaza, experts say
FILE - Yehiyeh Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, attends a rally marking "Jerusalem Day," or Al-Quds Day, an annual celebration to support Palestinians in the holy city, at a soccer filed in Gaza City, on April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
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With Sinwar dead, is there hope the bloodshed could end in the Middle East?
R. David Harden
world
Who are the top Hamas leaders and commanders now?
(FILES) Yahya al-Sinwar (C), the Gaza Strip chief of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, addresses supporters during a rally marking Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, a commemoration in support of the Palestinian people celebrated annually on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City, on April 14, 2023. The Israeli army said on October 17 that it was "checking" whether Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar was killed during a military operation in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)
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Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza, Israel confirms
(FILES) Yahya al-Sinwar (C), Gaza Strip chief of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, waves to supporters as he arrives to attend a rally marking Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, a commemoration in support of the Palestinian people celebrated annually on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City, on April 14, 2023. The Israeli army said on October 17 that it was "checking" whether Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar was killed during a military operation in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)
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Who was Yahya Sinwar, the ‘hardliner’ Hamas leader killed by Israeli troops?
(FILES) In this file picture dated December 14, 2022, the Gaza Strip chief of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, Yahya Sinwar, appears before supporters during a rally marking the 35th anniversary of the group's foundation in Gaza City on. The Israeli army said on October 17 that it was "checking" whether Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar was killed during a military operation in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel confirms that Hamas’s top leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in Gaza
FILE PHOTO: A billboard with a picture of newly appointed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is displayed on a building in a street in Tehran, Iran, August 12, 2024. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/ File Photo
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Israel must show no ‘policy of starvation’ in Gaza, U.S. Ambassador to the UN says
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Gaza, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., October 16, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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Burned Palestinian man’s relatives describe aftermath of Israeli attack
Palestinians react to a fire after an Israeli strike hit a tent area in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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No end to widening Mideast conflict without Gaza resolution, senior Hamas official says
An Israeli tank manoeuvres near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Israel, October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
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Israeli strikes kill 27 in Lebanon, including in a town with a dark history of civilian deaths
A girl sits on her father’s scooter in front of a home destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, October 16, 2024, in Labweh, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.
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Israeli strikes kill at least 50 Palestinians in Gaza, tanks deepen raid in the north
Women look on, as Palestinians inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli strike on a tent camp sheltering displaced people, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
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Lebanon contemplates a possible Hezbollah-free future as Israel pounds the Iran-backed guerrilla force
This picture taken from Lebanon's southern city of Tyre shows smoke billowing following an Israeli air strike on the village of Zibqin on October 14, 2024, amid the continuing war between Hezbollah and Israel. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP) (Photo by KAWNAT HAJU/AFP via Getty Images)
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Funeral in Maaysrah, Lebanon, remembers 12 victims after Israeli strike
Shia Muslims prepare for burial during a funeral of over 10 people killed by an Israeli airstrike two days ago in Maaysrah, north of Beirut, on October 14, 2024. SIEGFRIED MODOLA/THE GLOBE AND MAIL �
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UN Security Council voices ‘strong concern’ for UN peacekeepers after Israeli attacks
UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles drive in Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, southern Lebanon October 11, 2024. REUTERS/Karamallah Daher/File Photo
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Israeli air strike on Lebanon apartment building kills at least 21 as attack on Gaza hospital tent camp kills four
This picture taken from the southern Lebanese city of Tyre shows smoke billowing after an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Qlaileh, on October 14, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP) (Photo by KAWNAT HAJU/AFP via Getty Images)
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UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon are in the crosshairs of Israel’s war on Hezbollah
Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto meets the media during a press conference about the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, in Rome Thursday Oct. 10 2024. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
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UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon are in the crosshairs of Israel’s war on Hezbollah
Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto meets the media during a press conference about the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, in Rome Thursday Oct. 10 2024. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
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Israel’s military says four soldiers were killed in Hezbollah drone attack on army base
Hezbollah rescue workers search for victims between the rubble of destroyed buildings at commercial street that was hit Saturday night by Israeli airstrikes, in Nabatiyeh town, south Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)