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A picture taken on May 23, 2024, shows Limor Gonen practising with a gun at a shooting range in the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank. As a sense of insecurity grows across Israel following Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack, the number of women applying for gun permits has soared, while feminist groups have criticised the arms rush. Bolstered by gun laws loosened by Israel's right-wing government, 18,000 gun permits were approved for women out of 42,000 applications, more than three times the number they held before the war, according to security ministry data. (Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP Photo)
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