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US in a spot as Israel-Hamas war tension spills over, Ukraine consensus frays

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TOPSHOT - Palestinians with their belongings flee to safer areas in Gaza City after Israeli air strikes, on October 13, 2023. Israel has called for the immediate relocation of 1.1 million people in Gaza amid its massive bombardment in retaliation for Hamas's attacks, with the United Nations warning of "devastating" consequences. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Palestinians with their belongings flee to safer areas in Gaza City after Israeli air strikes.

PHOTO: AFP

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Domestic tensions have begun to emerge in the United States over the war between Israel and Hamas, as

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Israel

on the heels of Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

In New York on Thursday, city authorities cancelled leave and called for police officers to report in uniform for duty on Friday amid rising worries over potential violence against the city’s Jewish and Islamic communities.

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