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The major cuts include the closure of the paper's Jerusalem bureau, with the firings widely derided by Post reporters on X. The Washington Post's coverage of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has earned widespread praise, including a Pulitzer Prize finalist nod last year

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WASHINGTON – The Washington Post laid off its entire Middle East foreign reporting team on Wednesday, as part of its dramatic and unprecedented restructuring, which instantaneously reshapes what was once among the most influential and wide-reaching news institutions in the world.