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MV Roy P. Benavidez, a US naval logistics naval vessel, anchored off the coast of the Gaza Strip on April 27, 2024. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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An IranAir Airbus A330 at Mehrabad International Airport on March 11, 2017, in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks to the press after the House passed a major aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan and also voted to ban TikTok at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 20, 2024. (Photo by Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images)
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The remains of a missile that landed on the shore of the Dead Sea on April 21, 2024. (Menahem Kahana via Getty Images)
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People march with flags and banners to celebrate Iran's attack on Israel on April 19, 2024, in Tehran, Iran. (Fatemeh Bahrami via Getty Images)
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Hamas fighters take part in a gathering on January 31, 2016, in Gaza city to pay tribute to their fellow militants who died after a tunnel collapsed in the Gaza Strip. (Mahmud Hams via Getty Images)
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Vehicles drive under a massive billboard that is displays an illustrated image of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps missiles in Tehran, Iran, on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
