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  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured on Monday, warned that Israel is facing a global "isolation" that could last for years.
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    Netanyahu admits Israel faces prolonged ‘isolation’ over war in Gaza
  • More than 1 in 10 Palestinians has been killed or injured since the war began, former chief of the Israeli military says. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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    More than 10% of Gaza’s population has been killed or injured, former Israeli military chief says
  • Flames erupt from a building following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, Sunday, September 14, 2025.
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    Israel strikes high-rises in Gaza City, ahead of cabinet meeting to discuss risk of ground operation to hostages
  • The damaged building, left, in the compound housing members of Palestinian militant group Hamas' political bureau, pictured on September 10, 2025.
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    Gulf states unite to respond to Israel’s attack on Qatar, but find few options
  • Basel Adra speaks during an event in Madrid, Spain on June 23.
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    Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker says IDF searched his house after he was attacked by settlers
  • Smoke rises after several blasts were heard in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday.
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    Israel carries out strike targeting Hamas leadership in Qatar
  • People watch as leaflets dropped by the Israeli military, urging evacuation south to al-Mawasi, land in Gaza City on September 9, 2025. The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it will act with "greater force" in Gaza City and warned residents to flee, in a statement posted on X. Israel has been intensifying its bombardment of the city in preparation for an operation to take control of it, despite repeated entreaties from Western nations and aid agencies to stop.
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    Israel orders full evacuation of Gaza City as Netanyahu warns ‘this is only the beginning’
  • Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani addresses a press conference at the Diwan Annex in Doha on January 15, 2025. Sheikh Mohammed said that Israel and Hamas had agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza starting on January 19, 2025 and a hostage and prisoner exchange after 15 months of war.
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    Qatar presses Hamas to ‘respond positively’ to US ceasefire proposal, official says
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  • Protesters gather in front of the residence of President of Israel Isaac Herzog, staging a demonstration to demand an end to the war and the return of Israeli hostages, in West Jerusalem on September 4, 2025.
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    ‘We are in critical minutes’: Gaza City assault spurs widespread Israeli protests amid fear for hostages
  • Israeli hostage Guy Gilboa Dalal appears in a Hamas propaganda video from Gaza City that was released on Friday.
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    Hamas releases video of hostages in Gaza City as Israeli military advances
  • There is a proposal being floated barring Iranian diplomats from shopping at big, members-only wholesale stores like Costco and Sam’s Club without first receiving the express permission of the State Department.
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    US considers banning Iranian diplomats from shopping at Costco during UN meeting
  • Israeli troops walk during a weekly settlers' tour in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 23, 2025. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
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    UAE warns Israel’s West Bank annexation would cross ‘red line’ and end regional integration efforts
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  • Equipment used by Palestinian cameraman Hussam al-Masri, who was a contractor for Reuters, lies at the site where he was killed, along with other journalists and people, in Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still image taken from video, August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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    Global media outlets unite to protest Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza
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  • Mother of Khaled Al-Shinbari, a Palestinian teenager who was killed in Israeli fire on Wednesday while seeking aid in northern Gaza, according to medics, holds his shoes, while her sister and daughter (L) react during Khaled's funeral,at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, August 28, 2025.
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    Israel to halt airdrops ahead of Gaza City offensive as hostage families lash out at Netanyahu
  • Yemen’s Houthis say prime minister of rebel-controlled government killed in Israeli airstrike
  • Israel releases clip of October 7 attack as it faces international condemnation over Gaza City assault
  • Israel declares Gaza City a ‘dangerous combat zone’ as it recovers remains of two hostages
  • People look at the damage to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, Gaza, after three Israeli strikes on Monday.
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    New video reveals third strike in deadly ‘double-tap’ attack on Gaza hospital
  • Israel strikes Yemen after Houthis fire new type of missile
  • Israeli protesters push harder for hostage deal as divide with Netanyahu deepens
  • UN demands ‘accountability’ over Gaza hospital attack as Israel releases initial inquiry findings
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