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Up First briefing: Concerns over Israel's war strategy; long COVID origins

The U.S. has concerns violence in Israel and Gaza could spread in the region. Scientists are one step closer to understanding what causes long COVID.
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following the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7., in which more than 1,400 people were killed. Palestinian officials say more than 6,000 people in Gaza have been killed in Israeli airstrikes. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called Israel's strategy . Israel says a

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