Nikki Haley wrote “finish them!” on the side of an IDF artillery shell during a visit to Israel.
Ms Haley, who was Donald Trump’s last-standing rival in the contest to be this year’s Republican presidential nominee, visited several places alongside Danny Danon, a member of Benjamin Netanyahu‘s Likud party in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament.
Mr Danon tweeted a collage of four pictures of himself and Ms Haley, including one of her crouching down to write on an Israeli Defence Force artillery shell.
His post began with “Finish them!” in English. He then added in Hebrew: “This is what my friend, the former ambassador, Nikki Haley wrote today about a shell during a visit to an artillery post on the northern border.”
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Close-up pictures of Ms Haley’s message show she added: “America [heart] Israel. Always, Nikki Haley.”
Ms Haley was touring Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, according to the Associated Press.
She served as Mr Trump’s US ambassador to the United Nations from 2017 to late 2018 and has been a strong supporter of Israel.
Her visit came days after Israeli strikes hit the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, where more than a million Palestinians fled after being told it was a “safe zone” by Israel.
On Sunday, an IDF strike hit an area housing displaced Palestinians and killed at least 45 people, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza.
Footage verified by Sky News showed numerous bodies being pulled from the wreckage of buildings. In one video, a man can be seen carrying the body of a decapitated child.
As Israel faced condemnation, Mr Netanyahu labelled the initial strike a “tragic mistake” and the Israeli military suggested the fires seen on Sunday may have been caused by secondary explosions, possibly from a Hamas munitions dump.
There have been other strikes on Rafah since, according to witnesses, first responders and hospital officials.
The strikes have reignited support for Palestinians on social media and an AI-generated “All Eyes on Rafah” image had been shared on Instagram Stories more than 43.9 million times as of Wednesday evening.
More than 36,100 people have been killed in Gaza since the start of Israel’s military action last year, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
Israel responded after Hamas killed around 1,200 people and took hundreds hostage in attacks on 7 October 2023.
The style choices of politicians have long been scrutinised by voters and the media.
Women have historically been subject to more inspection for their looks than men.
But all politicians are communicating through their style, according to two experts.
“We receive most of our information, many of us, through screens and through the visuals,” says Hazel Clark, professor of design and fashion at the Parsons School of Design in New York.
Democratic candidate Kamala Harris has been leaning into trouser suits.
“The well-fitted suit, the more masculine suit, is telling voters that she is not a politician’s wife, she is not the president’s wife, she is the president,” says Deirdre Clemente, professor of history at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
She wore a dark suit to make her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.
The look “gives that sense of the legal profession, judges and authority. I think it was just saying ‘I’m here to be taken seriously, I can be your leader’,” says Ms Clark.
Many of the audience were wearing white, thought to be a reference to the suffragettes, who fought for women to have vote.
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“I think there’s a lot of weight in the choice of white in the audience of the DNC that night and her choice of a black suit was a power move,” Ms Clemente said.
Donald Trump has had a consistent style for many years – he’s known for his dark blue suit and silky red tie.
“He seems to have been wearing the same red tie since the 1970s. It seems to have gotten longer,” said Ms Clemente.
“It is his way of projecting power, confidence and stability.”
And his vice presidential pick JD Vance seems to have adapted his style to match.
“It’s putting on a uniform to say we are all one, we are all following this person. I think sameness, perhaps, with the party as well,” said Ms Clark.
“With Trump it’s almost become like a costume now.”
Harris often wears a pearl necklace, a reference to her college sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha, which was founded by black women at Howard University.
“Her wearing of the necklace is absolutely a shout-out to all the women who have supported her and that sorority is central to that,” said Ms Clemente.
The vice president is also known for her love of Converse shoes.
The trainers, which are associated with American basketball culture, “are a powerful cultural tool because what she’s saying is these shoes are just like the ones you have in your closet”.
Mr Trump and his supporters often wear the instantly recognisable red Make America Great Again baseball cap.
“The MAGA hat has an incredible amount of power, especially here in battleground states,” said Ms Clemente. “You see MAGA hats all around.”
Baseball caps are “ubiquitous in being used to signify something, it’s like having a slogan on your t-shirt”, says Ms Clark.
One accessory all US politicians are rarely seen without is an American flag pin badge on their lapel, which can be used to show patriotism.
It may also project a message that “we are all fighting for the same team” despite political differences, said Ms Clemente.
With seven weeks to go until the US goes to the polls, Sky’s dedicated team of correspondents goes on the road to gauge what citizens in key swing states make of the choice for president.
This week they focus on the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Mark Stone travels to Florida where the foiled attack took place, while James Matthews has been finding out more about the suspected would-be assassin in his hometown of Greensboro, North Carolina.
Plus, Martha Kelner attended a Trump town hall in Flint, Michigan, to hear him speak for the first time after the attempt on his life, and asked voters if it will impact the way they vote in November.
A previous Titan submersible dive to the Titanic was aborted due to an apparent mechanical failure, one of the mission’s passengers has said.
Fred Hagen had paid a fee to go on a dive in the Titan in 2021, two years before it imploded and killed all five passengers onboard.
He told a US Coast Guard panel investigating the tragedy on Friday that his trip was aborted underwater when the Titan began malfunctioning and it was clear they weren’t going to reach the Titanic wreck site.
“We realised that all it could do was spin around in circles, making right turns,” Mr Hagen said. “At this juncture, we obviously weren’t going to be able to navigate to the Titanic.”
He said the Titan resurfaced and the mission was scrapped.
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