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  • Romi Gonen speaks during an interview with Israel’s Channel 12 program Uvda.
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    Former Israeli hostage recounts sexual abuse in Hamas captivity and fear of becoming a ‘sex slave’
  • People walk past closed shops, following protests over a plunge in the currency's value, in the Tehran Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, on December 30.
    Majid Asgaripour/Wana News Agency/Reuters
    Trump warns Iran after protests turn deadly across several provinces
  • American actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie inspects the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on January 2 in Rafah, Egypt.
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    Angelina Jolie visits Rafah Crossing as Gaza aid groups face Israeli suspension
  • A Yemeni man walks past buildings damaged or destroyed during the civil war, in Aden, Yemen, on October 26, 2024.
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    Two of the Middle East’s most powerful countries are facing off in Yemen. Here’s what to know
  • Protesters march in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Fars News Agency via AP)
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    Iran appoints new central bank governor after mass protests as currency hits record low
  • Turkish special forces leave the site where an operation was carried out Monday targeting a house believed to contain suspected Islamic State militants in Yalova province, Turkey.
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    Three Turkish police officers killed by ISIS militants as authorities step up raids over winter holidays
  • A displaced Palestinian man walks in front of his tent following heavy rains in Gaza City, on December 27, 2025. The majority of Gaza's 2.4 million people are displaced, often multiple times, by the war that begins with Hamas's attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. With many displaced living in tent camps, the coming winter raises serious concerns. Daily Life In Gaza Amid Hamas-Israel Conflict, Palestine
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    A weekend of harsh winter weather brings more death and despair to people in Gaza
  • Members of the Alawite community gather to protest violence against Alawites following the Homs mosque bombing, in the city of Latakia, Syria, 28 December 2025. The protesters gathered against attacks targeting the Alawite community after a bombing at the Imam Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque in an Alawite neighborhood of Homs province on 26 December, in which at least eight people were killed and more than a dozen injured. Syrian Alawites protest in Latakia after mosque bombing, Syria - 28 Dec 2025
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    Three dead, dozens injured in Syria during clashes between Alawites and counterdemonstrators
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  • Israelis look at troops standing guard during a weekly settlers' tour in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on December 13, 2025.
    Mussa Qawasma/Reuters
    Israel’s approval of new West Bank settlements condemned by 12 European countries, Canada and Japan
  • Protesters supporting women's rights dressed as characters from The Handmaid's Tale TV series attend a protest in Tel Aviv on February 20, 2023, against controversial legal reforms being touted by the country's hard-right government.
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    Women’s rights are on a sharp decline in Israel. Advocates blame Netanyahu’s far-right government
  • Israeli security forces inspect the scene where a vehicle was used by assailant in a suspected ramming and stabbing attack that killed two people in northern Israel according to Israeli authorities, in Afula, Israel December 26, 2025.
    Gil Eliyahu/Reuters
    Two Israelis killed in Palestinian car-ramming and stabbing attack, police say
  • Palestinian actor Mohammed Bakri poses during the photocall for the film "Wajib" at the 70th Locarno International Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland, on August 5, 2017.
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    Renowned Palestinian actor and director Mohammed Bakri dies at 72
  • Houthi supporters in Sanaa, Yemen, brandish weapons during a demonstration marking Independence Day on November 30, the anniversary of the end of British rule in southern Yemen in 1967.
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    Yemen’s warring parties agree on biggest prisoner exchange deal so far
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    A soaked tent or a bombed-out ruin: Gazans face a grim choice this winter
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  • Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa (center), the most senior Catholic figure in the Holy Land, urged Palestinians to "rebuild everything" as he visited people at a church in northern Gaza, on Sunday.
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    ‘We are still here.’ Catholic patriarch leads Christmas Mass at Gaza church bombed by Israel during the war
  • Gaza no longer in famine, says global hunger watchdog, after influx of aid following ceasefire
  • Israeli PM Netanyahu announces $35 billion gas deal with Egypt as US pushes for summit
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  • GAZA CITY, GAZA - NOVEMBER 21: Palestinian families set out for areas they consider safer taking with them whatever belongings they could carry after the Israeli army expanded the so-called 'Yellow Line', where its forces are stationed, by placing new concrete blocks and carrying out attacks in the area in violation of the cease-fire in Gaza Strip on November 21, 2025. (Photo by Saeed M. M. T. Jaras/Anadolu via Getty Images)
    Saeed M. M. T. Jaras/Anadolu/Getty Images
    Trump determined to advance Gaza ceasefire deal as Israeli forces dig in
  • Videos show 6 Israeli hostages celebrating Hanukkah in Gaza tunnel months before they were killed
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