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Palestinians line up for food during the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Monday, November 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Palestinians call for evacuation of hundreds of patients and newborns from Gaza’s largest hospital

Palestinian authorities proposed a Red Cross-supervised evacuation of a hospital beset by…

Palestinians line up for food during the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Monday, November 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2015 file photo, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah addresses a crowd during the holy day of Ashoura, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Israel’s military and Hezbollah exchange fire along the tense Lebanon-Israel border

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah says his powerful group is already engaged in unprecedented fighting

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2015 file photo, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah addresses a crowd during the holy day of Ashoura, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
People in the crowd walk shouting antisemitic slogans at an airfield of the airport in Makhachkala, Russia, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Russian news agencies and social media say hundreds of people have stormed into the main airport in the Dagestan region and onto the landing field to protest the arrival of an airliner coming from Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo)

Hundreds storm Russian airport in antisemitic riot as plane arrives from Israel

Videos on social media show some people waving Palestinian flags, others shouting antisemitic slogans

People in the crowd walk shouting antisemitic slogans at an airfield of the airport in Makhachkala, Russia, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Russian news agencies and social media say hundreds of people have stormed into the main airport in the Dagestan region and onto the landing field to protest the arrival of an airliner coming from Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo)
A woman cries during the funeral of Israeli Col. Roi Levy at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on Oct. 9, 2023. Just three weeks into the deadliest war between Israel and Hamas, it already is clear that the bloodshed has shaken the region for years to come and flipped long-standing Israeli assumptions upside down. Israelis’ sense of personal security was shattered, and the international community’s traditional approach of urging Israel to withdraw from occupied land in exchange for peace appears out of the question. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Israel-Hamas war upends years of conventional wisdom. Leaders give few details on what comes next.

Just three weeks into the deadliest war between Israel and Hamas, it…

A woman cries during the funeral of Israeli Col. Roi Levy at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on Oct. 9, 2023. Just three weeks into the deadliest war between Israel and Hamas, it already is clear that the bloodshed has shaken the region for years to come and flipped long-standing Israeli assumptions upside down. Israelis’ sense of personal security was shattered, and the international community’s traditional approach of urging Israel to withdraw from occupied land in exchange for peace appears out of the question. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
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)
Defence Minister Bill Blair speaks with reporters as he makes his way to cabinet, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023 in Ottawa. Blair says Hamas is a terrorist organization that is a threat to the whole world and must be eliminated. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Hamas would not respect ceasefire, ‘has to be eliminated’: Blair

Canada’s defence minister says Israel has ‘a right to defend themselves against that terror threat’

Defence Minister Bill Blair speaks with reporters as he makes his way to cabinet, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023 in Ottawa. Blair says Hamas is a terrorist organization that is a threat to the whole world and must be eliminated. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada remains committed to a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East. Trudeau participates in a town hall discussion in Toronto, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Canada ‘firm and steadfast’ in call for 2-state solution for Israel, Palestinians

Canada has long considered the West Bank, East Jerusalem to be Palestinian territories occupied by Israel

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada remains committed to a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East. Trudeau participates in a town hall discussion in Toronto, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is working with allies to determine “exactly what happened” in the blast at a hospital in Gaza earlier this week that has become a flashpoint in the Israel-Hamas war. Trudeau arrives at the Canada-CARICOM summit in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct.18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Trudeau ‘needs time’ as pressure mounts for statement on Gaza hospital blast

Blast at the al-Ahli Hospital has become a flashpoint in the latest Israel-Hamas conflict

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is working with allies to determine “exactly what happened” in the blast at a hospital in Gaza earlier this week that has become a flashpoint in the Israel-Hamas war. Trudeau arrives at the Canada-CARICOM summit in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct.18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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)
Photos of Israelis missing and held captive in Gaza, are displayed on a wall in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. The Israeli army says some 200 people were kidnapped and taken to Gaza in Hamas’ cross-border attack on Israel on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Relentless bombing continues to rain down on Gaza 2 weeks after Hamas attack

Israel agreed Wednesday to allow Egypt to deliver limited humanitarian aid to Gaza

Photos of Israelis missing and held captive in Gaza, are displayed on a wall in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. The Israeli army says some 200 people were kidnapped and taken to Gaza in Hamas’ cross-border attack on Israel on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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)
Smoke rises from an explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes on the border between Egypt and Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. More than half of Canadians polled about the ongoing war in Israel and Gaza said they don’t believe a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians is possible. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Hatem Ali

Peace between Israel and Palestine? Canadians doubtful, poll suggests

Online Leger poll finds half of those surveyed think peace is impossible

Smoke rises from an explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes on the border between Egypt and Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. More than half of Canadians polled about the ongoing war in Israel and Gaza said they don’t believe a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians is possible. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Hatem Ali
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)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the bombing of a hospital in Gaza is illegal, calling the situation “absolutely unacceptable.” Trudeau speaks with reporters as he makes his way to Question Period, in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

‘Not acceptable’: Trudeau reacts after bombs hit hospital in Gaza

Israeli with ties to Canada who had been missing is now confirmed dead as conflict continues

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the bombing of a hospital in Gaza is illegal, calling the situation “absolutely unacceptable.” Trudeau speaks with reporters as he makes his way to Question Period, in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says the first group of Canadians living in the West Bank have safely crossed into neighbouring Jordan as violence continues in Israel’s escalating war against Hamas. Chief of the Defence Staff Wayne Eyre listens as Joly responds to a reporter’s question during a news conference in Ottawa, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Bus with first 21 departing Canadians exits West Bank into Jordan

Canada is working to try to help as many as 300 Canadians and their families escape Gaza

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says the first group of Canadians living in the West Bank have safely crossed into neighbouring Jordan as violence continues in Israel’s escalating war against Hamas. Chief of the Defence Staff Wayne Eyre listens as Joly responds to a reporter’s question during a news conference in Ottawa, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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)
Shir Georgy, left, poses for a photo with family member Valerie Menasof in this undated handout photo. Georgy’s aunt, Michal Bouganim, said the 22-year-old was killed by Hamas in the attack on the festival near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Isreal last Saturday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Valerie Menasof

Canadian Israeli woman, missing since musical festival ambush, has died: family

Georgy is the fourth Canadian to die in the Israel and Hamas conflict

Shir Georgy, left, poses for a photo with family member Valerie Menasof in this undated handout photo. Georgy’s aunt, Michal Bouganim, said the 22-year-old was killed by Hamas in the attack on the festival near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Isreal last Saturday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Valerie Menasof