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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)
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    Trump determined to advance Gaza ceasefire deal as Israeli forces dig in
  • An image shows the six hostages celebrating Hanukkah in a tunnel in Gaza months before they were killed by Hamas in August 2024.
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    Videos show 6 Israeli hostages celebrating Hanukkah in Gaza tunnel months before they were killed
  • Israeli army carries out a raid, and replaces the UN flag with the Israeli flag at the UNRWA center in east Jerusalem on Monday, December 08.
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    Israeli police raid UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem and replace UN flag with Israeli flag, head of the agency says
  • 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.
  • Syrians shout slogans and wave flags outside the Umayyad Mosque before a prayer held ahead of celebrations marking the first anniversary of the ousting of the Bashar Assad regime in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025.
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    A year on from the ousting of Assad, Syrians remember the pain but rejoice at their freedom
  • 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
  • Pope Leo XIV disembarks the papal plane upon arrival at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, during his first foreign trip, on November 30, 2025.
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    Pope Leo arrives in Lebanon, bringing call for unity in crisis-hit nation
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  • Pope Leo XIV smiles to the faithful and pilgrims during his weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Vatican, on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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    Pope Leo takes message of peace to Middle East on first foreign visit. Here’s what to know
  • Israeli forensic examiners have identified the remains of a deceased Israeli hostage returned from Gaza as those of Dror Or, the prime minister’s office said on November 26, 2025.
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    Israel identifies deceased hostage returned by Hamas as Dror Or. Two more hostage bodies remain in Gaza
  • A damaged site, following an Israeli raid on Friday, according to Syrian state media, in Beit Jinn, Syria November 28, 2025. REUTERS/Ali Ahmed al-Najjar NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
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    Israel’s deadly incursion in Syria a ‘war crime’ after 13 killed, Syrian FM says
  • 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
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    At least one Israeli killed and three injured after attack at West Bank junction
  • Israeli soldiers speak with a Palestinian woman as she leaves her home for safety during a raid by the army in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on February 11, 2025. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Israel’s forced expulsion of Palestinians from West Bank refugee camps amounts to war crimes, HRW alleges
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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’
  • ‘In your head, you count every day’: Ex-October 7 hostage describes 2 years in captivity
  • Video Former Israeli hostage calls Trump ‘emissary of God’ 2:22
  • Exclusive: Iran open to resuming nuclear talks with the US but won’t shift its conditions, supreme leader’s adviser says
  • Palestinians inspect parts of a burnt house after an Israeli settlers attack in the village of Beit Lid, east of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank on November 11, 2025. Violence in the West Bank has soared since the war in Gaza broke out in October 2023. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Dozens of Israeli settlers launch arson attack in West Bank as attacks against Palestinians surge
  • At least 98 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons in two years, Israeli human rights group finds
  • Video UN Security Council passes Trump’s Gaza plan 1:37
  • 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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