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In the aftermath of Oct. 7, Israelis have submitted at least 256,000 applications for gun licenses, including many who had never before considered owning a weapon.
In a country already bristling with armed soldiers and reservists, a new sense of insecurity is pushing civilians to seek more personal weapons.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- Desperate Palestinians scrambled for escape from northern Gaza on Saturday or huddled by the thousands at a main hospital in the target zone in hopes it would be spared, as Israel intensified warnings of an imminent offensive by air, ground and sea following Hamas militants' deadly rampage in Israel a week ago.
Israeli Arabs, some 18 percent of Israel’s population, speak of heightened tensions with their neighbors, when they are willing to speak at all.
At least 155 Arab citizens have died this year in violence largely attributed to organized crime. Some say the government has not done enough to stop the killing.