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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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    At least one killed and three injured after attack at West Bank junction
  • 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
  • A view of Sde Teiman military detention camp in Israel's Negev desert near the Gaza Strip, on January 10, 2025.
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    At least 98 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons in two years, Israeli human rights group finds
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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  • 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
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenum of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, on November 10, 2025.
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    Controversial death penalty and foreign media bills clear first reading in Israel’s parliament
  • Trump and Netanyahu pictured at the White House earlier this year.
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    Trump pens letter asking Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu in corruption trial
  • 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
  • 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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    Turkey issues ‘genocide’ arrest warrants against Netanyahu and other Israeli officials
  • Lebanese soldiers and local residents stand at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Toura on Thursday, November 6.
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    Israeli military launches strikes across southern Lebanon against what it says are Hezbollah targets
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  • A Hamas militant guards an area where they search for the bodies of hostages with the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza City, on Wednesday.
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    Israel says hostage body returned from Gaza belongs to Tanzanian student as it probes fate of longest-held captive
  • Newly freed Israeli hostage says he was sexually assaulted in captivity
  • Hostage remains handed over Tuesday are those of dual US-Israeli citizen Itay Chen, Israel says
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    Motaz Azaiza’s photos from Gaza showed the heartbreak of war. Now in the US, he’s looking for a way forward
  • Israel receives remains of 3 more deceased hostages held in Gaza
  • US allies await answers before committing to Trump’s Gaza peace force
  • Turkish court sentences hotel owner and 10 others to life for deadly fire that killed 78
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