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A Palestinian firefighter extinguishes a fire in a destroyed building following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)

Israeli troops conduct brief raid in Gaza to ‘prepare’ for an expected full-scale incursion

Israeli troops and tanks briefly raided northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the…

A Palestinian firefighter extinguishes a fire in a destroyed building following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)
Palestinians look for survivors of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Nusseirat refugee camp, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

UN warns relief efforts in Gaza could be cut short by lack of fuel

Israelis continue to pummel region, push back at UN leader’s ‘vacuum’ comment

Palestinians look for survivors of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Nusseirat refugee camp, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
A building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip is seen in Deir Al-Balah, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Live updates Israel escalates its bombardment in the Gaza Strip

Israel is escalating its bombardment of targets in the Gaza Strip ahead…

A building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip is seen in Deir Al-Balah, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Relatives of people kidnapped by Hamas militants hold the pictures of their loved ones during a protest in Tel Aviv, on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. Relatives of people kidnapped by Hamas militants and supporters organise a protest calling for the return of more than 200 hostages held in Gaza for two weeks. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Israel strikes Gaza, Syria and West Bank as war threatens to ignite other fronts

Conflict spreading 2 weeks after Hamas first attacked Israel

Relatives of people kidnapped by Hamas militants hold the pictures of their loved ones during a protest in Tel Aviv, on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. Relatives of people kidnapped by Hamas militants and supporters organise a protest calling for the return of more than 200 hostages held in Gaza for two weeks. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
<div>Ottawa will end evacuation flights from Israel next week, citing decreasing demand and increasingly available commercial options now that a number of Canadians have successfully left the country at war. Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly is seen during a news conference in Ottawa, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</div>
<div>Ottawa will end evacuation flights from Israel next week, citing decreasing demand and increasingly available commercial options now that a number of Canadians have successfully left the country at war. Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly is seen during a news conference in Ottawa, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</div>
Trucks with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip enter from Egypt in Rafah on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. A Canadian man trapped in Gaza says the first truckloads of aid let into the enclave today since the latest Israel-Hamas war began two weeks ago will barely make a dent to the humanitarian crisis Palestinians are experiencing all around him.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Fatima Shbair

Canadian trapped in Gaza says first load of aid barely helping crisis

Israel cut off food, fuel and other supplies to the region in response to attack by Hamas

Trucks with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip enter from Egypt in Rafah on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. A Canadian man trapped in Gaza says the first truckloads of aid let into the enclave today since the latest Israel-Hamas war began two weeks ago will barely make a dent to the humanitarian crisis Palestinians are experiencing all around him.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Fatima Shbair
Palestinians carry an injured person on a stretcher after an airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. The Canadian government announced Saturday it will provide an additional $50 million for humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip as the region’s border crossing with Egypt opened to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Fatima Shbair

Canada has ‘high degree of confidence’ Israel didn’t hit Gaza hospital: Blair

Feds say strike more likely caused by ‘errant rocket’ from Gaza Strip

Palestinians carry an injured person on a stretcher after an airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. The Canadian government announced Saturday it will provide an additional $50 million for humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip as the region’s border crossing with Egypt opened to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Fatima Shbair
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged divergent views, and common fears, among his Liberal MPs over the Israel-Hamas war on Friday, when he also faced an unfriendly crowd during a visit to a mosque. Trudeau arrives at the Canada-CARICOM summit in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct.18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Trudeau under pressure over response to Israel-Hamas war

Some Liberal MPs are joining calls by Muslim groups for Canada to push for a ceasefire

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged divergent views, and common fears, among his Liberal MPs over the Israel-Hamas war on Friday, when he also faced an unfriendly crowd during a visit to a mosque. Trudeau arrives at the Canada-CARICOM summit in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct.18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen issued a statement from Cairo, Egypt Oct. 21, 2023, saying the federal government will ensure none of the money goes to Hamas, the militant group that launched a series of terror attacks on Israel two weeks ago. Hussen speaks during a news conference in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on June 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Canada commits to spend $50M on humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip

Hussen said the money will be used to provide the Palestinian population with food

International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen issued a statement from Cairo, Egypt Oct. 21, 2023, saying the federal government will ensure none of the money goes to Hamas, the militant group that launched a series of terror attacks on Israel two weeks ago. Hussen speaks during a news conference in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on June 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
A flock of birds fly as the sun sets at the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Egypt’s border crossing opens to let needed aid into besieged Gaza

Just 20 trucks were allowed in, but aid workers say it was insufficient to address the humanitarian crisis

A flock of birds fly as the sun sets at the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A gas pump at Petro One gas station off Egan Drive (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

Long lines at gas pump unlikely, but Middle East crisis could disrupt oil supplies, raise prices

Fifty years after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the current crisis in…

A gas pump at Petro One gas station off Egan Drive (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)
Palestinians inspect the rubble of the Yassin Mosque destroyed after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, early Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

FACT FOCUS: Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts

In the days since Hamas militants stormed into Israel early Oct. 7,…

Palestinians inspect the rubble of the Yassin Mosque destroyed after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, early Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
FILE - North Korean soldiers stand on armored vehicles with rocket launchers as they parade in Pyongyang, North Korea on Oct. 10, 2015. Hamas fighters likely used North Korean-manufactured rocket-propelled grenades during their unprecedented assault on Israel that killed over 1,400 people and saw scores taken hostage, despite Pyongyang denying its weapons arm the militant group. South Korean officials, two experts on North Korean arms and an Associated Press analysis of weapons captured on the battlefield by Israel point toward Hamas using Pyongyang’s F-7 rocket-propelled grenade during their Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war now raging. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Evidence shows Hamas militants likely used some North Korean weapons in attack on Israel

Hamas fighters likely fired North Korean weapons during their Oct. 7 assault…

FILE - North Korean soldiers stand on armored vehicles with rocket launchers as they parade in Pyongyang, North Korea on Oct. 10, 2015. Hamas fighters likely used North Korean-manufactured rocket-propelled grenades during their unprecedented assault on Israel that killed over 1,400 people and saw scores taken hostage, despite Pyongyang denying its weapons arm the militant group. South Korean officials, two experts on North Korean arms and an Associated Press analysis of weapons captured on the battlefield by Israel point toward Hamas using Pyongyang’s F-7 rocket-propelled grenade during their Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war now raging. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
File - The Starbucks Workers United logo appears on the shirt of a person attending a hearing in Washington on March 29, 2023. Starbucks sued the union organizing its workers Wednesday, saying a pro-Palestine social media post from a union account early in the Israel-Hamas war angered hundreds of customers and damaged its reputation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Starbucks sues Workers United union, saying pro-Palestinian post damaged its reputation

Starbucks sued the union organizing its workers Wednesday, saying a pro-Palestine social…

File - The Starbucks Workers United logo appears on the shirt of a person attending a hearing in Washington on March 29, 2023. Starbucks sued the union organizing its workers Wednesday, saying a pro-Palestine social media post from a union account early in the Israel-Hamas war angered hundreds of customers and damaged its reputation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, en route to Israel. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)

Biden pledges solidarity with Israelis and suggests ‘other team’ to blame for Gaza hospital blast

President Joe Biden vowed to show the world that the U.S. stands…

President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, en route to Israel. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)
Outside al-Aqsa hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip, a Palestinian woman kisses the sheet-covered body of a child killed during an Israeli airstrike, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Day 10 of the latest Israel-Hamas war

More than a million people have fled their homes in the Gaza…

Outside al-Aqsa hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip, a Palestinian woman kisses the sheet-covered body of a child killed during an Israeli airstrike, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Palestinians inspect the rubble of the Yassin Mosque destroyed after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, early Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Israel’s military battled to drive Hamas fighters out of southern towns and seal its borders Monday as it pounded the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

What is Hamas? The group that runs the Gaza Strip has long been in conflict with Israel

Hamas is the Arabic acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement

Palestinians inspect the rubble of the Yassin Mosque destroyed after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, early Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Israel’s military battled to drive Hamas fighters out of southern towns and seal its borders Monday as it pounded the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Palestinians search for survivors in the building of the Zanon family, destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Medics fear for Gaza patients as water runs out at UN shelters

Hospital generators also close to running out of fuel

Palestinians search for survivors in the building of the Zanon family, destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
Israelis inspect the rubble of a building a day after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Oded Balilty
Israelis inspect the rubble of a building a day after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Oded Balilty
Smoke and fire rise following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Feds working to get Canadians out of Gaza, announce plan for those in West Bank

About 160 Canadians and relatives remain in Gaza, another 80 to 100 are stuck in West Bank

Smoke and fire rise following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)