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Oct 2023
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Israel struck more than 500 targets in Gaza overnight after Hamas killed hundreds in Israel over the weekend. More than 1,000 people have died, making it the deadliest conflict in the region since the Yom Kippur War of 1973. NPR's Aya Batrawy joins us. And, Johns Hopkins Middle East analyst Laura Blumenfeld joins us to discuss Israel's newly declared war on ... Show More
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