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Hamas's October 7 attacks sit at the top of Israel's hit list as it threatens that every member of the militant group faces death when it invades Gaza. Military strategist Mohammed Deif and political leader Yahya Sinwar have already spent time in Israeli or Palestinian jails and been the targets of multiple assassination attempts. The hunt for the two most senior Hamas leaders in the beleagueredGaza Strip will be fierce this time. In the war of words leading up to the impending ground offensive, Israel has said that Sinwar is «a dead man walking». Over 1,400 people, the majority civilians, have died since the October 7 attack in Israel, which has responded with an aerial bombing campaign on Gaza that has killed over 3,700 people, also mostly civilians. «Hamas terrorists have two options: Be killed or surrender unconditionally.

₹11,195.58 crore and bought stocks for ₹10,102.11crore, resulting in an outflow of ₹1,093.47 crore, according to NSE data. Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought equities worth ₹7,249.75 crore and offloaded shares worth ₹6,513.60 crore, resulting in an inflow of ₹736.15 crore, the exchange data showed. The BSE Sensex lost 0.38% to end at 65,629.24.

The European Union has ratcheted up its scrutiny of Big Tech companies with demands for Meta and TikTok to detail their efforts to curb illegal content and disinformation during the Israel-Hamas war

The recent rebound in the EUR/USD currency pair appears likely to be nothing more than a temporary correction within the ongoing downtrend that began in mid-July as, longer-term, the fundamental factors pushing the US dollar higher haven't changed, despite of all the recent noise.

Rishi Sunak says Britain is standing by Israel in its «darkest hour» as it wages war on Hamas following the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack. Sunak spoke alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, a day after US President Joe Biden made a similar trip to Israel to express solidarity.

Huda Kattan, the founder of the popular cosmetics brand Huda Beauty, has been facing criticism after making a statement on social media for supporting Palestine during the current Israel Hamas conflict. She is being boycotted for her comments saying «blood money» from Israeli customers. The incident followed a recent Hamas attack on Israel, which occurred on October 7th. «I don’t want blood money,» said Kattan in response.

Options traders are preparing for turbulent yen trading. 

Israel-Hamas war news: UK Prime minister Rishi Sunak has reached Israel amid Benjamin Netanyahu's war with Hamas fighters. Sunak's visit comes at the heel of a speculated ground invasion by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza. PM Sunak met Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Israel on Thursday, Sunak's office said, where the pair stressed the need to avoid further escalation of violence in the region.

Nifty 50 today: Domestic market benchmarks the Sensex and the Nifty 50 closed in the negative territory for the second consecutive session on Thursday, October 19 amid weak global cues. Top Asian peers, including Japan's Nikkei, China's Shanghai Composite Index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell about two per cent each while in Europe, the UK's FTSE, Germany's DAX and France's CAC fell up to a per cent during the trade as investors remained worried over the prospects of an escalation of the Israel-Hamas war into a bigger regional crisis.

Also read: Israel-Palestine War: List of hostages taken by Hamas from Israel The company said the student leaders who signed onto the statements are "no longer welcome in our firm". Davis Polk & Wardwell employs around 1,000 attorneys and has annual revenues of $1.7 billion.

Gaza’s al-Ahli hospital on October 17th, which killed hundreds of people. Israel later denied that it was carrying out air strikes in the area; the explosion, it said, was caused by a misfired rocket launched by Islamic Jihad, another militant group in Gaza. By the time Israel issued its denial, though, details had ceased to matter.

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has raised concerns over the accuracy of recent reports regarding the extent of cryptocurrency's role in terrorist financing.

Starbucks and the union organizing its workers sued each other Wednesday in a standoff sparked by a social media post over the Israel-Hamas war

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says new U.S. sanctions are “directed at Hamas terrorists and their support network," not at Palestinians

Shares have tumbled in Asia following a retreat on Wall Street after big U.S. companies delivered mixed profit reports and Treasury yields added pressure on stocks

Shares of United Airlines have tumbled after the carrier issued a gloomy outlook for fourth-quarter profit

As global events and tech advancements shape the crypto world, Bitcoin price stands resilient. Trading at $28,247 with a 0.84% decline on Thursday, its price rose 6% amidst US calls for action against Hamas' crypto use following Israel's strike. 

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on a crypto exchange in Gaza that is involved in Hamas fundraising. 

Jim Jordan failed again Wednesday on a crucial second ballot to become House speaker, the hard-fighting ally of Donald Trump losing even more GOP colleagues who are refusing to give him the gavel. Next steps were highly uncertain as angry, frustrated Republicans looked at other options. A bipartisan group of lawmakers floated an extraordinary plan — to give the interim speaker-pro-tempore, Rep.

Rishi Sunak landed in Israel on Thursday, a Reuters witness said, beginning a visit in which he will meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog before travelling on to other regional capitals. Sunak will share his condolences for the loss of life in Israel and Gaza as a result of the October 7 attack on Israel by Gaza-based Palestinian Hamas gunmen, his office said, and warn against further escalation of conflict in the region. «Every civilian death is a tragedy.

By Richa Naidu