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The Israeli military has taken a group of international journalists into Gaza to observe the dividing

line between Israeli-occupied Gaza and the area where Gaza's population lives under Hamas control.

NPR's Daniel Lestrian reports from inside Gaza for the first time after two years of war.

I feel like my heart sank, just climbing up to the top of this mound of dirt, looking at this expanse of destruction, piles of cement, bombed out schools and homes.

Israel for its part is active. The war is over, but it is still locating tunnel shafts,

demolishing them and other infrastructure. And Hamas for its side is regrouping in Gaza.

We are here accompanied by Israeli troops, but Israel still, more than

two years after the war began, is not allowing journalists into Gaza independently to interview

Palestinians and to see their lives up close. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Gaza.

American voters care about the economy.

Campaign messaging about affordability helped Democratic candidates outperform Republicans in the first

major elections since President Trump returned to office. It also offers a playbook for the

higher-stakes midterm elections next year.

In some key outcomes Tuesday, Democrats won governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia.

Governor-elect Abigail Spanwiger is the first woman elected to Virginia's top office.

On NPR's morning edition, she discussed her approach to immigration and customs enforcement

actions in the Commonwealth.

My approach will be when there is a warrant signed by a judge.

Certainly law enforcement can and must work with federal agencies.

That's how I always worked task force or joint issues.

But I do not want local Virginia law enforcement doing the administrative

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