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  • 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
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    Bulldozed corpses and unmarked graves, CNN investigates the fate of Gaza’s missing aid seekers
  • 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
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.
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    Entering election year, Netanyahu’s government targets Israel’s free press
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participates in a state memorial ceremony for the fallen soldiers of the two-year Gaza war at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on October 16, 2025. Netanyahu said on October 16, that he was determined to ensure that Hamas hands back the remains of hostages still in Gaza, adding that the fight "is not over yet". (Photo by Alex KOLOMOISKY / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALEX KOLOMOISKY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Israeli PM Netanyahu requests pardon in ongoing corruption trial
  • 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
  • People gather looking at a residential building following an Israeli military strike in Beirut's southern suburbs.
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    Israel says Hezbollah chief of staff killed in first strike on Beirut in months
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    At least one Israeli killed and three injured after attack at West Bank junction
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  • Destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Wednesday.
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    Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 32 Palestinians, as Hamas warns of ‘dangerous escalation’
  • 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
  • Kamal Kharrazi, foreign policy adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is interviewed by CNN's Fred Pleitgen on Tuesday.
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    Exclusive: Iran open to resuming nuclear talks with the US but won’t shift its conditions, supreme leader’s adviser 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
  • 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
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  • RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - OCTOBER 31: The Skyline of Riyadh is seen on October 31, 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is set to host the men's 2034 World Cup after Fifa confirmed it was the only bidder for the tournament. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
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    His family say he was a fisherman. The Saudis say he smuggled drugs. He was one of hundreds executed this year
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  • ‘A death sentence for my son’: Israel plans to deport sick Palestinians back to Gaza, patients and doctors say
  • A US plan for Gaza with big ambition and scant detail faces crucial UN vote
  • GAZA CITY, GAZA - NOVEMBER 13: Palestinian student Iman Lulu celebrates with her family in Gaza City, Gaza after passing the high school final exams, which were held for the first time in two years despite the ongoing Israeli attacks that destroyed schools and displaced thousands of families across the Gaza, on November 13, 2025. (Photo by Hamza Z. H. Qraiqea/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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    Bittersweet moments of joy as Gaza celebrates high school graduations without schools
  • Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza
  • Israeli settlers torch mosque and spray graffiti in latest West Bank attack
  • Israel identifies deceased hostage returned by Hamas as Manny Godard
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