Gaza War 2024, Gaza Hospital Shutdown, Biden's Complicated Legacy

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🗓️ 31 December 2024

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After a year of on-again, off-again Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations, what will 2025 hold? Israeli raids shut down a North Gaza hospital that aid workers called a lifeline. President Biden ends his political career with a complicated legacy.

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