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![Israeli tanks move near Gaza border as Israeli army deploys military vehicles around the Gaza Strip, Israel, on October 12, 2023. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-10/GettyImages-1720312948.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=rxb05S5q)
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Israeli tanks move near Gaza border as Israeli army deploys military vehicles around the Gaza Strip, Israel, on October 12, 2023. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A young boy holds up a Hamas flag in between Palestinian Hamas militant during a military show in the Bani Suheila district of Gaza on July 20, 2017. (Chris McGrath via Getty Images)
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Secretary of State John Kerry greets Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna on July 14, 2014. (US State Department via Flickr)
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![A long line of cars lined up for gas at filling station on a Saturday night during the oil crisis of 1973, Brooklyn, New York City. (Photo by Allan Tannenbaum/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-10/GettyImages-72431336.jpg?h=4406a453&itok=G50DJE-V)
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A long line of cars lined up for gas at filling station on a Saturday night during the oil crisis of 1973 in Brooklyn, New York City. (Allan Tannenbaum via Getty Images)
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![This photo taken on November 5, 2019 shows a compression station of the Balticconnector marine gas pipeline in Inga (Inkoo), Finland. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said on October 10, 2023 that a leak leading to the shutdown of a natural gas pipeline from Estonia to Finland this weekend was probably caused by "external activity." The Finnish government is to hold a press conference later on October 10 to inform about the Balticconnector marine gas pipeline leak in the Gulf of Finland. (Photo by Mikko Sti](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-10/GettyImages-1716209649.jpg?h=bc816b12&itok=C26aFr0d)
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A compression station of the Balticconnector marine gas pipeline in Inga, Finland, on November 5, 2019.
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Aviation Boatswain's Mate observes an F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the "Tomcatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron landing on the flight deck of the world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea on October 13, 2023. (Jacob Mattingly via DVIDS)
![Gaza City, Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, Gaza on October 16, 2023. (Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-10/GettyImages-1726780954.jpg?h=b8c0c725&itok=fRccSEYw)
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Gaza City, Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, Gaza on October 16, 2023. (Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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![Members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades attend a memorial to a model of Shehab drone during a rally in Gaza City on September 21, 2022. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-10/GettyImages-1243406789.jpg?h=4fc010ab&itok=jtXasoCr)
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Members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigade stand in front of a model of Shehab drone during a rally in Gaza City on September 21, 2022. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Israeli Flag Flies Over Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel. (Paul Souders via Getty Images)
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