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Palestinian residents of the West Bank describe raids, restrictions and unchecked violence by Israeli settlers and soldiers, while families in Gaza once more face rising prices and fear of hunger returning

Two weeks into the war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran, global attention has shifted quickly. Television studios debate whether the confrontation could expand into a wider regional war, while across the Middle East people speak anxiously about the possibility of "World War III." Diplomats discuss expanding fronts stretching from Lebanon to the Gulf and the risk that additional countries could be drawn into the fighting.