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People protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, June 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Hamas clears the way for a possible cease-fire after dropping key demand, officials say

July 6, 2024 at 3:25 p.m.

A Hamas official and an Egyptian official say Hamas has given initial approval for a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire deal in Gaza, dropping a key demand that Israel...

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip walk through a makeshift tent camp in Rafah, Gaza, Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Strike kills family as Israeli evacuation order sparks panicked flight from southern Gaza city

July 2, 2024 at 5:18 p.m.

Palestinian families are streaming out of a southern Gaza city after the Israeli military ordered an evacuation of much of Khan Younis.

Palestinians walk through the destruction in the wake of an Israeli air and ground offensive in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, April 8, 2024. Israel says it has withdrawn its last ground troops from the city, ending a four-month operation. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel orders Palestinians to flee Khan Younis, signaling return of troops to southern Gaza city

July 1, 2024 at 5:08 p.m.

The Israeli army has ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the eastern half of Khan Younis.

FILE – Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, June 17, 2024. More than 1,000 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials said Sunday, June 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

Over 1,300 pilgrims died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, officials say

June 23, 2024 at 2:29 p.m.

More than 1,000 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials said...

Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as they arrive to cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Muslim pilgrims were wrapping up the Hajj pilgrimage in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the farewell circling around Kaaba in Mecca’s Grand Mosque. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Hundreds died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid intense heat, officials say

June 19, 2024 at 5:24 p.m.

Hundreds of people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced intense high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom.

Muslim pilgrims arrive at the Mina tent camp during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, June 14, 2024. Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia that is required once in a lifetime of every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to make it. Some Muslims make the journey more than once. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Muslim pilgrims converge at Mount Arafat for daylong worship as Hajj reaches its peak

June 15, 2024 at 12:52 p.m.

Muslims from around the world gathered at the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for worship and reflection on the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage.

Palestinians look at the aftermath of the Israeli bombing in Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Gaza’s Health Ministry says 274 Palestinians were killed in Israeli raid that rescued 4 hostages

June 9, 2024 at 8:45 a.m.

At least 274 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more were wounded in the Israeli raid that rescued four hostages held by Hamas, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Sunday.

Palestinians check the bodies of their relatives killed in an Israeli bombardment of UNRWA school at Nusseirat refugee camp, in front of the morgue of al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas

June 6, 2024 at 3:20 p.m.

An Israeli strike early Thursday on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza killed more than 30 people, including 23 women and children, according to local health officials.

Smoke billows after an explosion in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israeli strikes kill at least 37 Palestinians, most in tents, near Gaza’s Rafah as offensive expands

May 28, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight and on Tuesday.

Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike where displaced people were staying in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Monday, May 27, 2024. Palestinian health workers said Israeli airstrikes killed at least 35 people in the area. Israel’s army confirmed Sunday’s strike and said it hit a Hamas installation and killed two senior Hamas fighters. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli airstrike that killed at least 45 Palestinians in Rafah was the result of a ‘tragic mistake’

May 27, 2024 at 5:53 p.m.

Israel has faced surging international criticism over its war with Hamas. Even some of its closest allies like the United States are expressing outrage at civilian deaths.

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