Health & Healing
Hormuz shipping halts as Gaza cancer deaths soar
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Drop Site News reported that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a halt once again, disrupting a critical global trade route. The stoppage marks another major disruption to energy markets and international commerce flowing through one of the world's most vital chokepoints.
Gaza's cancer patients are dying at two to three times the prewar rate, according to Drop Site News. The surge reflects the deteriorating humanitarian conditions and collapse of medical infrastructure in the territory following sustained conflict.
The Department of Homeland Security surveilled left-wing activist groups operating in Minnesota, the outlet reported. The surveillance activities raise questions about the scope and justification of federal monitoring of domestic political organizations.
