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The main UN agency working in Gaza said it will be forced to halt its operations later Wednesday due to a lack of fuel, exacerbating a grave humanitarian crisis. Follow here for live news updates.
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Article: US law enforcement and intel agencies begin new effort to target Hamas' sources of funding
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US authorities have begun a new effort to target fundraising and other forms of support for
Hamas, including any tentacles the terrorist group has into the United States, current and former US officials tell CNN.
The move is part of a broader reassessment ongoing in US intelligence and law enforcement agencies about the threat posed by Iranian terrorist proxies, including Hamas and Hezbollah, in the wake of the escalating violence in Israel and Gaza.
Hamas has long been known to have a network of supporters in the US that it uses largely for fundraising. But because the group has traditionally focused on attacking Israel, American authorities believed it was less likely to carry out attacks against US interests or on US soil.
US agrees to send two Iron Dome batteries to Israel
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Palestinian American says his mother is "trapped in Gaza" with little food and water
She was trapped in Gaza. She was 10 minutes away from getting out of the border, the Rafah border, on October 10, when the Israeli military struck down the Rafah border, shutting it and trapping 600 US citizens and hundreds of European and other international citizens," he said.
He questioned why the US government couldn't get its citizens out.
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UK discussing "humanitarian pauses" in Gaza but rejects ceasefire, official says
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Hamas militants have stopped people from approaching Rafah border crossing at times, US State Department says
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told CNN that the sporadic presence of Hamas at the
Rafah border crossing has made the situation "extremely difficult," but Egyptians are ready to take in US citizens and foreign nationals who make it to their side of the border.
"At times, Hamas has had no one there manning the border station," Miller said about the crossing, where many remain stranded in Gaza. "At other times, we have seen Hamas militants actively there with guns preventing people from approaching the crossing."
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Article: US Jews, Palestinians and Muslims say they feel fear after slew of hate-inspired incidents
There is a palpable fear and tension in communities across the United States already scarred by the violent incidents stemming from the
early days of the
Israel and Hamas war, with some equating the bigotry and hatred being experienced by Jews, Palestinians, Muslims and other groups across the country to that of a post-9/11 world.
“Every one of us feels unsafe,” said Zein Rimawi, founder and member of the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge in south Brooklyn, New York, where three young men were attacked by a small pro-Israel cadre only days after the war started. “It’s worse than after 9/11.”
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"Hamas is not a terrorist organization but a group for liberation," Turkish president says 
Cancels trip to Israel
Will not accept Palestinian refugees
