To test if this really was a White House operation, Grace and I followed one of the trucks out of the golf course, past the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, to a path that normally leads to the White House but was blockaded.
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Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
Israel has blockaded the water around Gaza, preventing boats and ships from delivering humanitarian aid.
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