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Israel orders unprecedented evacuation of 1 million in Gaza as attainable floor offensive looms

World Information The U.N. warned that so many individuals fleeing en masse — with only a 24-hour deadline — can be calamitous. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza Metropolis, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. AP Photograph/Fatima Shbair By ISABEL DeBRE, EDITH M. LEDERER and WAFAA SHURAFA, Related Press October 13, 2023 | 7:57 AM … [Read more…]

Vatican holds unprecedented beatification of Polish household of 9 killed for hiding Jews

World Information The Ulmas had been killed at house by German Nazi troops and by Nazi-controlled native police in 1944, along with the eight Jews they had been hiding at their house, after they had been apparently betrayed. This undated photograph exhibits Polish farmer Jozef Ulma together with his pregnant spouse Wiktoria and their six … [Read more…]