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The suffering in Gaza and how the world became complicit

Israel faces a nightmare: A neighbouring territory ruled by well-armed terrorists who now shelter in tunnels beneath a population of more than two million people.

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People searching for survivors in the rubble after an Israeli air strike on Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, on Oct 26.

People searching for survivors in the rubble after an Israeli air strike on Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, on Oct 26.

PHOTO: NYTIMES

Nicholas Kristof

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The most consequential decision Israel will face in the coming days is how hard to continue

hitting the Gaza Strip

.

Should it undertake a months-long ground invasion? Continue with large-scale aerial bombardment?

Allow fuel

into Gaza to keep hospitals running?

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