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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • People gather looking at a residential building following an Israeli military strike in Beirut's southern suburbs.
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    Israel says Hezbollah chief of staff killed in first strike on Beirut in months
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    At least one Israeli killed and three injured after attack at West Bank junction
  • 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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  • Yamen's dream is to become an artist. While living in his hospital room in Jerusalem for the past two years, he's been painting colorful illustrations that remind him of his home in Gaza.
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    ‘A death sentence for my son’: Israel plans to deport sick Palestinians back to Gaza, patients and doctors say
  • Displaced Palestinians walk through a makeshift tent camp in the Muwasi area of Khan Younis, Gaza, on November 8.
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    A US plan for Gaza with big ambition and scant detail faces crucial UN vote
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  • 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
  • An oil tanker passes through the Strait of Hormuz.
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    Iran confirms seizure of tanker carrying petrochemical cargo
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  • GAZA CITY, GAZA - NOVEMBER 14: Palestinians, whose homes were destroyed during Israel's two-year attacks, have hard times after their makeshift tents were flooded with the intense rain in Gaza City, Gaza on November 14, 2025. The onset of cold weather and rainfall has made living conditions even more difficult for residents living in makeshift tents. (Photo by Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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    Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza
  • Israeli settlers torch mosque and spray graffiti in latest West Bank attack
  • Israel identifies deceased hostage returned by Hamas as Manny Godard
  • Trump pens letter asking Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu in corruption trial
  • An image of Hadar Goldin, an Israeli soldier killed in 2014 whose body has been held in Gaza since then, is shown during a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025.
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    Israel confirms returned body belongs to soldier killed in Gaza in 2014 war
  • 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
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