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  • Armed men stand near holy Muslim Quran books and broken glass following an explosion inside Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Syrian city of Homs on December 26, 2025.
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    Eight killed in Syria mosque explosion during Friday prayers
  • 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
  • The acting Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa attends a morning Mass at Saint Catherine's Church, in the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank December 25, 2025. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
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    Christmas celebrated once again in Bethlehem but West Bank suffering persists
  • Israelis look at troops standing guard during a weekly settlers' tour in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on December 13, 2025.
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    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
  • 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
  • Palestinian women receive donated food at a community kitchen in Nuseirat, central Gaza, on Wednesday, December 17.
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    Gaza no longer in famine, says global hunger watchdog, after influx of aid following ceasefire
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participates in a joint news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the State Dining Room at the White House on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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    Israeli PM Netanyahu announces $35 billion gas deal with Egypt as US pushes for summit
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  • Narges Mohammadi in her apartment in Tehran, Iran, on January 23.
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    Iran arrests Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say
  • 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)
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    Trump determined to advance Gaza ceasefire deal as Israeli forces dig in
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  • A Palestinian child receives a polio vaccination at a clinic in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on October 16, 2024.
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    $1.9 billion pledged in fight against polio. But huge gap remains after cuts from donor countries.
  • Bassem Naim, an official in Hamas' political wing, speaks in Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday.
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    Hamas willing to discuss ‘freezing or storing’ weapons, senior official says, amid concerns over ceasefire
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  • 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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    Syrian president says Israel is ‘fighting ghosts’ and must abide by deconfliction accord
  • Leader of anti-Hamas militia armed by Israel killed in Gaza
  • Far right coalition boycotts Knesset vote backing Trump’s Gaza plan as opposition aims to embarrass Netanyahu
  • Two children were gathering firewood for their father. They were killed by an Israeli drone
  • Israeli soldiers take position during a raid in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 27, 2025.
    Mohamad Torokman/Reuters
    Israeli ​military kills two men after they appeared to surrender during operation in West Bank
  • Israel’s deadly incursion in Syria a ‘war crime’ after 13 killed, Syrian FM says
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