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  • Destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Wednesday.
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    Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 28 Palestinians, as Hamas warns of ‘dangerous escalation’
  • 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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  • 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
  • WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) 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 Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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  • Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh holds a press conference in Tehran on May 9, 2022.
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    Iran nuclear sites left ruined in US and Israeli strikes but program ‘intact,’ deputy foreign minister tells CNN
  • Thousands of Israelis gather Saturday in Tel Aviv, Israel, to demand an official investigation into the events of October 7, 2023.
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    The war in Gaza is over, but the fight in Israel for accountability has barely begun
  • 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
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  • SALFIT, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 13: Israeli forces surround the area around the al-Hajj Hamid Mosque, which had been set on fire by settler Israelis in the city of Selfit in the West Bank on November 13, 2025. (Photo by Issam Rimawi/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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    Israeli settlers torch mosque and spray graffiti in latest West Bank attack
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    Israel identifies deceased hostage returned by Hamas as Manny Godard
  • 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
  • Trump and Netanyahu pictured at the White House earlier this year.
    Leah Millis/Reuters
    Trump pens letter asking Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu in corruption trial
  • Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) addresses the supporters during an election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 22, 2024.
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    Turkish prosecutor seeks 2,000 years for jailed opposition mayor of Istanbul
  • Hannibal Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, attends the signing agreement ceremony between Libya's Shipping Corporation and STX Europe to build a cruise ship, in Tripoli June 30, 2010.
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    Hannibal Gadhafi, son of late Libyan leader Moammar, released by Lebanon after 10 years in detention
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  • Red Cross convoy carrying the body of a person believed to be a deceased hostage handed over by Palestinians militants makes its way toward the border crossing with Israel, to be transferred to Israeli authorities, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Friday.
    Abdel Kareem Hana/AP
    Israel identifies deceased hostage from Gaza following fourth such transfer this week
  • Turkey issues ‘genocide’ arrest warrants against Netanyahu and other Israeli officials
  • Savage beatings and dying trees: How West Bank settler violence is impacting Palestinians’ olive harvest
  • Israeli military launches strikes across southern Lebanon against what it says are Hezbollah targets
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