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Israel continues to attack Gaza, with at least three airstrikes on Gaza on Wednesday. The UN says Israel is blocking vaccines and baby bottles. More than 1,500 buildings beyond the “yellow line” have been destroyed. Settlers set fire to vehicles, including dairy trucks, in West Bank villages. Israel’s Parliament advances the “Al Jazeera Law” aimed at curtailing access for unfavorable journalism in its territories. A 13-year-old boy dies one month after being hospitalized in an Israeli tear gas attack on olive harvest. The U.S. House is set to vote on a bill to reopen the government, restore some funding, jobs, and pay. A major corporate landlord in the U.S. is owned by a large Israeli company that profits from West Bank settlements. Israel is building a massive concrete wall kilometers inside of Lebanon. The USS Gerald R. Ford arrives in the Caribbean, while the UK and Colombia’s Gustavo Petro adjust their intelligence sharing with an increasingly belligerent United States. Russia pushes further into eastern Ukraine. Six Maoist rebels were killed in India as the government tries to end the Naxalite insurgency. A UN migrant organization says it is becoming unable to deliver aid in North Darfur.