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seven from the Washington Post. It's Friday, December 1st. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

Number one, the pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas is over. The pause, which took effect a week ago, allowed for exchanges of hostages held by Hamas

for Palestinian prisoners, but no agreement was reached yesterday to extend it, so the

pause ended this morning.

Israel's military said it resumed airstrikes in the Gaza Strip

about 30 minutes after the pause expired. Ahead of the restart in fighting,

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinking said he made it clear to Israel what would need to happen going forward.

He spoke to Israeli officials yesterday in Tel Aviv.

I made clear that before Israel resumes major military operations, it must put in place humanitarian

civilian protection plans that minimize further casualties of innocent

Palestinians.

It is capable of neutralizing the threat posed by Hamas while minimizing harm to innocent men, women, and children.

And it has an obligation to do so.

It's imperative that Israel Act in accordance with international humanitarian law and the laws of war.

Blinken said that Israel agreed to demands for it to minimize civilian deaths. A gag order on Donald Trump was reinstated in his New York fraud case.

That's number two.

Yesterday an appeals court upheld the judge's order from October.

That prevented the former president from making public comments about

court staff in the civil case. It's now back in place after a temporary lift.

The order was issued after Trump posted a photo of a court employee that the judge said led to threats.

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