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  • People look on towards Israeli settler outposts near the occupied West Bank village of Turmos Ayya on October 19, 2025.
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    Israel approves 19 settler outposts in major expansion in occupied West Bank
  • Men walk along a muddy alley at a makeshift camp sheltering displaced Palestinians after heavy rains in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City on December 11, 2025. The United States, alongside Qatar and Egypt, secured a truce in Gaza that came into effect on October 10 and has mostly halted two years of war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.
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    Gaza storms kill 14 Palestinians, including 3 children
  • 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
  • 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
  • Yasser Abu Shabab, pictured in an image posted on the Popular Forces’ Facebook page.
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    Leader of anti-Hamas militia armed by Israel killed in Gaza
  • Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump, during Netanyahu's visit to the White House on September 29.
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    Far right coalition boycotts Knesset vote backing Trump’s Gaza plan as opposition aims to embarrass Netanyahu
  • Brothers Fadi Abu Assi, 8, and Jumaa Abu Assi, 10, were killed by an Israeli drone strike in southern Gaza as they were searching for firewood for their family.
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    Two children were gathering firewood for their father. They were killed by an Israeli drone
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  • A view shows the Saint Maroun monastery, which the pope is expected to visit during his trip to Lebanon, in Annaya, Lebanon November 25, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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    In battered Lebanon, an ancient Christian community awaits the new pope
  • Israeli soldiers take position during a raid in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 27, 2025.
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    Israeli ​military kills two men after they appeared to surrender during operation in West Bank
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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  • Israeli settlers set fire to multiple cars in the town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank on Thursday.
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    Israeli settlers torch scrapyard in West Bank arson attack as Netanyahu calls meeting on rising extremist violence
  • Israel’s forced expulsion of Palestinians from West Bank refugee camps amounts to war crimes, HRW alleges
  • Jets, chips and a clean slate: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince got almost everything he wanted from Trump
  • Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 32 Palestinians, as Hamas warns of ‘dangerous escalation’
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    Trump’s plan for Gaza endorsed by UN Security Council
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