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Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum in Gaza City.

As the Israeli offensive into Gaza continues, some Israelis and Palestinians are reflecting on the timing. Israel is heading for an election in just six weeks, and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas was facing the possible end of his term in office in a matter of days. The World's Quil Lawrence reports.

Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Dan Erikson, author of "The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution," about 50 years of tense relations between the US and Cuba. This week marks the 50th anniversary of Fidel Castro and his communist regime coming to power.

Barack Obama has said he'll get to work on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on "day one" of his administration. The World's Matthew Bell looks at how the fighting in Gaza could affect those plans.

There have been protests across the Arab and Muslim world against the Israeli military action in Gaza. Israel is drawing much of the blame. But many are also criticizing the Egyptian government. Aya Batraway reports from Cairo.

The Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip continued into its third day with air raids on Hamas targets. Palestinian doctors say at least 315 Palestinians have been killed since Saturday and more than one thousand have been wounded. Anchor Katy Clark speaks with New York Times correspondent Taghreed El-Khodary in Gaza.

Gaza conflict

Today on The World: Israeli air-raids continue on the Gaza Strip; Fifty years after the Communist takeover in Cuba, Cuba becomes an after-thought in US foreign policy; and religion blooms in what was the world's first official "atheist state."