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A picture taken from a position in southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec. 29, shows an Israeli military helicopter firing a missile toward Gaza. Every new year brings with it opportunities and perils. We hope for the best, we should plan for the worst, and we focus on the knowledge that the essential things rarely change. But with all of that understood and factored in, strap in for a 2024 that could be very interesting indeed. The most obvious danger in 2024 is contagion and fallout from the Israel-Hamas war, which could be coming to...