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Airstrikes and shooting kill at least 44 people in Gaza as Israel ignores demands for a ceasefire
Israeli strikes and gunfire have killed at least 44 people across Gaza, according to health officials. This comes as international pressure grows for a ceasefire, but Israel's leader remains defiant.
At UN, amid jeers and cheers, Netanyahu says Israel ‘must finish the job’ against Hamas in Gaza
Encircled by critics and protesters at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told fellow world leaders on Friday that Israel “must finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza.
Trump to place import taxes on drugs, home furnishings and heavy trucks
President Trump said he will put import taxes of 100 percent on pharmaceutical drugs, 50 percent on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30 percent on upholstered furniture and 25 percent on heavy trucks starting on Oct. 1.
Hollywood now has dueling open letters over the Israel film boycott
Over 1,200 Hollywood figures, among them Liev Schreiber, Mayim Bialik and Sharon Osbourne, signed a letter on Thursday rejecting a previous call to boycott Israeli film groups.
The United Nations has added nearly 70 more companies to a blacklist of companies from 11 countries that it says are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights through their business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. 
Israeli strikes kill at least 17 Palestinians in Gaza as leaders ramp up pressure for a ceasefire
Israeli strikes have killed at least 17 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including 10 children and three women, according to local health officials, as international pressure for a ceasefire continues to grow.
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