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His wife, eight-month-old infant grandson, seven-year-old daughter, 16-year-old son, and nine other nephews and relatives were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp on 25 October 2023, which also injured many of his other relatives.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp paraid=\u0022733484067\u0022 paraeid=\u0022{314eef15-b204-42d8-b53c-76e3e470f4ad}{17}\u0022\u003eOn 15 December 2023, while covering near Haifa School in Khan Younis with cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa, they were hit by an Israeli missile, sustaining serious injuries and killing Abu Daqqa. His eldest son, journalist Hamza Al-Dahdouh, was also killed by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis on 7 January 2024. He became known as \u0026ldquo;the Mountain of Gaza\u0026rdquo; and \u0026ldquo;the Jacob of his era\u0026rdquo; for his patience, resilience, and determination to continue reporting despite these tragedies. 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She has since reported everywhere from Iraq to Ukraine, Israel to Zimbabwe and been awarded Foreign Correspondent of the Year seven times as well as Europe\u0026rsquo;s top war reporting prize, the Prix Bayeux, the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society of Editors and the Chesney Gold Medal for promoting the understanding of war.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe has always particularly focused on what war does to women, and her book Our Bodies, Their Battlefields about sexual violence in conflict was described by leading historian Antony Beevor as \u0026lsquo;the most powerful book\u0026rsquo; he had ever read and recommended by Queen Camilla in a speech. She has written ten books including co-authoring the international bestseller I Am Malala. 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Lord Thomas holds several extra-judicial posts, including as Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, Fellow at the Universities of Cardiff, Aberystwyth, Swansea and Bangor, and Honorary Doctor of Law of the Universities of South Wales, the West of England, Wales and Cardiff Metropolitan University. He is a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. In 2016, he established the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts. He was appointed Chairman of the Financial Markets Law Committee in November 2017. 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After graduating from Wellesley College and Yale Law School, she began her life-long work on behalf of children and families by joining the Children\u0026rsquo;s Defense Fund.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1974, she moved to Arkansas, where she married Bill Clinton and became a successful attorney while also raising their daughter, Chelsea.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs First Lady of the United States, from 1993 to 2001, Hillary Clinton championed health care for all Americans and led successful bipartisan efforts to improve the adoption and foster care systems, reduce teen pregnancy, and create the Children\u0027s Health Insurance Program.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2000, Clinton made history as the first First Lady elected to the United States Senate, and the first woman elected to statewide office in New York. As Senator, she worked across party lines to expand economic opportunity and access to quality, affordable health care. After September 11, 2001, she helped to rebuild New York and provide health care for first responders.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2007, she began her historic campaign for president, winning 18 million votes and becoming the first woman to ever win a presidential primary or caucus state.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her four years as America\u0027s chief diplomat and the President\u0027s principal foreign policy adviser, Clinton led the effort to restore America\u0026rsquo;s leadership in the world. She negotiated a cease-fire in Gaza that defended Israel\u0026rsquo;s security and headed off another war in the Middle East, mobilized an international coalition to impose crippling sanctions against Iran, and championed human rights around the world, as she has her entire career.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2016, Clinton made history again by becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party. 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