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While the State Department publicly faults Hamas for Americans' inability to leave, privately, officials say it's more complicated. When Abood Okal, a 36-year-old American father trapped in Gaza, received word from U.S. State Department officials informing him the Rafah crossing into Egypt would likely open on Oct. 21 for the first time since Hamas launched a surprise terror attack on Israel two weeks before, he thought the nightmare he has been enduring with his wife and young son might finally be coming to an end. He took his family to the gate and waited all day, his lawyer Sammy Nabulsi said. But while humanitarian aid was allowed to enter into Gaza, no one was allowed to exit. In the days that followed, the State Department blamed a single culprit: Hamas. However, according to emails and messages reviewed by ABC News, U.S. officials privately provided a different explanation to Okal, saying their inability to cross the border was the result of a failure to lock up a diplo...

"I don't understand Football sometimes," Brighton captain Lewis Dunk admitted after playing in a 2-1 defeat against Tottenham on Saturday. The Seagulls dominated the ball and both boxes yet somehow left empty-handed from the trip to north London. Dunk wasn't far off when he sighed: "They created two chances and scored two goals." Brighton have made a habit of railing against the injustice of the Football ing gods but a worrying pattern of refereeing fallibilities is beginning to dog the club's recent matches. Less than two months after the video assistant referee (VAR) incorrectly ruled out a potential winner against bitter rivals Crystal Palace, the officials were under scrutiny again for their role in the club's loss to Tottenham. Here's an in-depth look at the multiple incidents which left the Seagulls spitting feathers on Saturday. Why was Kaoru Mitoma's goal disallowed for Brighton against Tottenham? Handball given... What were your tho...