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  • <p>CNN's Jeremy Diamond speaks with Palestinians returning to Gaza to find their homes and possessions destroyed following the announcement of a ceasefire. </p>
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  • Members of the internal security forces loyal to the Palestinian group Hamas, man a checkpoint in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on October 12, 2025. Israel declared a ceasefire in Gaza and began to pull back its forces on October 10, as tens of thousands of exhausted Palestinians made their way back to their devastated homes.
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    Hamas asserts control in Gaza and targets alleged collaborators as ceasefire takes hold
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    Live Updates October 11, 2025 - Israel-Hamas war
  • Families gathered in Tel Aviv's Hostages' Square Saturday, in a demonstration all hoped would be the last.
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    Between grief and joy, Israel awaits the return of its hostages
  • DEIR AL BALAH, GAZA - OCTOBER 09: Palestinians, including children, gathered at the Nuseirat refugee camp celebrate with Palestinian flags after the announcement of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza on October 09, 2025 in Deir al-Balah, Gaza. A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into effect in the Gaza Strip on Thursday following marathon mediation efforts to end a two-year deadly war in the Palestinian enclave. Israel's public broadcaster KAN confirmed that the ceasefire deal took effect in the enclave. (Photo by Moiz Salhi/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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    Live Updates October 10, 2025 - Israel-Hamas war
  • TEL AVIV - SEPTEMBER29: (ISRAEL OUT) Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti is taken away under escort September 29, 2003 in Tel Aviv, Israel after continued proceedings in his trial in the Tel Aviv District Court. Barghouti, head of the Fatah Tanzim movement, refused to testify in his trial charging that the outcome of the court case was predetermined. Israel has charged Barghouti with leading and conducting suicide attacks on Israeli targets and is accused of murder and attempted murder. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    Hamas is demanding the release of a prominent Palestinian prisoner. This could be a red line for Israel
  • Jewish immigrants from Europe who want to build a new life in Israel despite ongoing regional violence, disembark from an airplane upon their arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Lod, Israel June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Tomer Neuberg
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    October 7 prompted some Jews to leave Israel. For others, the country offers shelter from rising global antisemitism
  • Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and Brazilian activist Thiago Avila sit in a vessel making their way to Israel, after Israel intercepted some of the vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, in this handout image released on October 2, 2025.
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    Returning Gaza flotilla activists claim mistreatment in Israeli detention, fear for remaining prisoners
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    How Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualized
  • US President Donald Trump, right, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, during a news conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. The White House released a 20-point plan designed to end the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza following a meeting between President Donald Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. Photographer: Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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    Netanyahu defends Trump’s Gaza plan to skeptical hardliners in his government, officials say
  • U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers remarks during a joint news conference in the State Dining Room at the White House on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump welcomed Netanyahu for his fourth visit to the White House, where the two leaders met to discuss the latest U.S. backed plans to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas.
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    Greatness in the Middle East? Don’t hold your breath
  • Members of the media raise their hands to ask questions as U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (not pictured) hold a joint press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 29, 2025.
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    Trump announced his 20-point Gaza peace plan. What comes next?
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin and US President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office in April.
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    Trump promises ‘something special’ on Gaza as Israeli officials say Netanyahu has reservations on ceasefire plan
  • Syrian government forces intervene in Sweida on July 20, amid sectarian violence between Druze factions and Bedouin tribes.
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    Israeli strikes left Syria ‘stunned’ and makes normalization ‘difficult,’ Syrian foreign minister says
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  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts at a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (not pictured) in Jerusalem in September.
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    From diplomacy to soccer, Israel is becoming a pariah on the global stage
  • European nations hit Iran with ‘snapback’ sanctions over its nuclear program. Here’s what that means
  • Israel-Premier Tech cycling team excluded from Italian race due to fears of protests
  • Hundreds of Israelis receive recruitment calls from Iranian intelligence, police say
  • <p>In a clip from a wide ranging interview given to CNN, senior Hamas official Ghaza Hamad didn't accept responsibility for the brutality unleashed by Israel in the wake of Hamas' October 7 attacks. Hamad defended the attack, saying it had helped the international community to open "their eyes" to Israel's actions in the occupied Palestinian territories. </p>
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    Senior Hamas official defends ‘high price’ of Oct 7 for Palestinians, saying attack created ‘golden moment’
  • American-Israeli citizen arrested in Israel on suspicion of spying for Iran
  • After Israel shuts only West Bank gateway to the outside world, Palestinians fear more restrictions
  • In exclusive CNN interview, Qatari prime minister says Netanyahu ‘killed any hope’ for Israeli hostages
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