Canadians' desire to visit the U.S. is absolutely tanking, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick reports.

• Advance bookings for Canada-U.S. flights between April and September are down over 70% compared to this time last year, according to aviation data firm OAG.
• Airlines are reducing transborder capacity — a strong signal that they, too, are seeing (or at least predicting) less demand.

📉 By the numbers: A mere 10% drop in Canadian visitors could cost U.S. businesses as much as $2.1 billion in revenue, according to travel news site The Points Guy.

✈️ The big picture: Airline stocks are suffering mightily amid economic uncertainty and the prospect of continued trade wars.

• Delta, United and American Airlines are all down around 30%–40% so far this year.
• Several major airlines, including Delta and American, previously warned of soft first quarters amid weakening consumer demand.

🔎 What we're watching: Reluctance to visit the U.S. this summer may not be a strictly Canadian phenomenon.

• Travel message boards and chat groups have lit up recently with worries about being detained upon entering the U.S.

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The Israeli military will expand its ground operation in Gaza to occupy 25% of the enclave over the next two to three weeks, Axios' Barak Ravid reports.

• An Israeli official said the operation is part of a "maximum pressure" campaign aimed at forcing Hamas to release more hostages.

💡 Yes, but: Reoccupation could go beyond Israel's stated objectives.

• The move has already begun. It's forcing the displacement of Palestinian civilians who returned to their homes in the northern and southern Gaza Strip after a ceasefire was announced in January.

If no new hostage-and-ceasefire deal is reached, the ground operation could expand and lead to the reoccupation of most of Gaza — and the displacement of most of the 2 million Palestinian civilians living there to a small "humanitarian zone."

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