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    Bulldozed corpses and unmarked graves, CNN investigates the fate of Gaza’s missing aid seekers
  • Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks as he attends the 23rd edition of the annual Doha Forum, in Doha, Qatar, December 6, 2025.
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  • Yasser Abu Shabab, pictured in an image posted on the Popular Forces’ Facebook page.
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    Leader of anti-Hamas militia armed by Israel killed in Gaza
  • Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump, during Netanyahu's visit to the White House on September 29.
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    Far right coalition boycotts Knesset vote backing Trump’s Gaza plan as opposition aims to embarrass Netanyahu
  • Brothers Fadi Abu Assi, 8, and Jumaa Abu Assi, 10, were killed by an Israeli drone strike in southern Gaza as they were searching for firewood for their family.
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    Two children were gathering firewood for their father. They were killed by an Israeli drone
  • Pope Leo XIV smiles to the faithful and pilgrims during his weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Vatican, on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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  • Israeli forensic examiners have identified the remains of a deceased Israeli hostage returned from Gaza as those of Dror Or, the prime minister’s office said on November 26, 2025.
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    Israel identifies deceased hostage returned by Hamas as Dror Or. Two more hostage bodies remain in Gaza
  • Palestinians carrying bags return from a food distribution point run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation near the Netsarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip on October 5, 2025.
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    Controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to close aid effort
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  • Israeli soldiers speak with a Palestinian woman as she leaves her home for safety during a raid by the army in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on February 11, 2025. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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  • WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) welcomes Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia during an arrival ceremony at the White House on November 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is hosting the crown prince for meetings aimed at strengthening economic and defense ties, including the U.S. sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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  • Released Israeli hostage Bar Kupershtein waves to supporters as he returns to his home in the city of Holon, Israel, after completing hospitalization and treatment following his release from captivity, on November 2.
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    ‘In your head, you count every day’: Ex-October 7 hostage describes 2 years in captivity
  • People gathering next of ambulances outside a hospital where they brought the victims of the Israeli strike that hit the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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    Israeli strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon kills 13 people, Lebanon’s health ministry says
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    Trump’s plan for Gaza endorsed by UN Security Council
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    Video Palestinians in Gaza react to UN Security Council vote to endorse Tump’s Gaza plan 0:50
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  • A view of Sde Teiman military detention camp in Israel's Negev desert near the Gaza Strip, on January 10, 2025.
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    At least 98 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons in two years, Israeli human rights group finds
  • Video UN Security Council passes Trump’s Gaza plan 1:37
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  • SOUTHERN ISRAEL, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 29: A view over the Gaza Strip as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on October 29, 2025 in Southern Israel, Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered "immediate, powerful" strikes on Gaza Tuesday, after his office accused Hamas of violating the terms of the ceasefire agreement for returning remains that Israel says do not belong to any of the 13 unaccounted for hostages. The announcement of strikes followed reports of fighting in Rafah near the "yellow line" demarcating territory under IDF control in Gaza, according to the US-brokered ceasefire agreement that came into affect on October 10. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)
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    Weeks into the Gaza ceasefire, scores of Hamas fighters remain stuck in tunnels under Gaza
  • Iran confirms seizure of tanker carrying petrochemical cargo
  • Bittersweet moments of joy as Gaza celebrates high school graduations without schools
  • Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza
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