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Palestinians leave their homes following Israeli bombardment on Gaza City, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)

An Israeli ministry, in a ‘concept paper,’ proposes transferring Gaza civilians to Egypt’s Sinai

By Amy Teibel - Associated Press

Palestinians inspect the rubble of a house after it was struck by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel strikes the outskirts of Gaza City during a second ground raid in as many days

By Wafaa Shurafa and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

FILE - Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second from left, participates in global infrastructure and investment forum with Amos Hochstein, left, senior advisor to the president on energy and and investment, Janet Yellen, second from right, United States Secretary of Treasury, and Ajay Banga, right, World Bank president, in New York, Sept. 21, 2023. Economic crises are rippling through the countries bordering Israel. That raises the possibility of a chain reaction from the war against Hamas that further worsens the financial health and political stability of Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon and creates problems well beyond.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

The Israel-Hamas war could threaten already fragile economies in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan

By Fatima Hussein and Josh Boak - Associated Press

Palestinians look for survivers in buildings destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Live updates | Israeli warplanes strike targets as US seeks more time to free hostages

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves federal court after a hearing on a bribery case, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in New York. Menendez entered a not guilty plea to a charge alleging he conspired to act as an agent of the Egyptian government. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to illegal foreign agent charge

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, who was held hostage in Gaza after being abducted during Hamas' bloody Oct. 7 attack on Israel, speaks to members of the press a day after being released by Hamas militants, at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hamas frees two Israeli women as U.S. advises delaying ground war to allow talks on captives

By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

A Palestinian girl reacts as a child is carried from the rubble of a building after an airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Live updates | Israel says it’s stepping up attacks on the Gaza Strip

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Government of Israel, Judith Raanan, right, and her 17-year-old daughter Natalie are escorted by Israeli soldiers and Gal Hirsch, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's special coordinator for returning the hostages, as they return to Israel from captivity in the Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Hamas released the pair in what it said was a goodwill gesture late Friday, nearly two weeks after they were captured in a bloody cross-border raid by the Islamic militant group. The Hamas attack sparked a war that is entering its third week, and Hamas is believed to still be holding some 200 people hostage. (Government of Israel via AP Photo)

Live updates | Aid starts moving into the Gaza Strip after 2 weeks of war

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Palestinian worshippers pray outside Jerusalem's Old City while Israeli forces stand guard, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Israeli police limited access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque inside the Old City only to older men, women and children, trying to limit the potential for demonstrations against Israel's war against Hamas militants. Tens of thousands of worshippers attend on a typical Friday. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Egypt’s border crossing opens to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into besieged Gaza

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In this photo provided by Egypt's presidency media office, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, right, greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, during the International peace summit pose for a group picture at the New Administrative Capital, just outside Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. (Egyptian Presidency Media Office via AP)

At Cairo summit, even Arab leaders at peace with Israel expressed growing anger over the Gaza war

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Palestinians evacuate wounded from a building destroyed in Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Live updates | Hamas frees 2 American hostages, even as Israel airstrikes continue in southern Gaza

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

An Israel soldier gestures to passers-by as he drives a military vehicle near the border between Israel and Gaza Strip, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Airstrikes hit Gaza as Israel says it doesn’t plan to control life there after destroying Hamas

By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

A Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of the building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Bureij refugee camp Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Gaza awaits aid from Egypt as Israel readies troops for ground assault

By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab and Ravi Nessman - Associated Press

President Joe Biden arrives to board Air Force One for a trip to Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Live updates | Israel bombards Gaza with airstrikes and readies troops for a ground assault

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Palestinians walk by the destroyed building of Al Nuseirat Bakery in an Israeli airstrike Nusseirat refugee camp Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Why Egypt and other Arab countries are unwilling to take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza

By Jack Jeffery and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

A man sits outside his building which was destroyed during Israeli bombardment in Rafah refugee camp in Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel will let Egypt deliver some aid to Gaza, as doctors struggle to treat hospital blast victims

By Najib Jobain and Isabel Debre and Ravi Nessman - Associated Press

A Palestinian child wounded in Israeli bombardment is brought to a hospital in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Source: President Mahmoud Abbas cancels planned meeting with Biden after hospital strike

By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab, Raiv Nessman and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., departs the Senate floor in the Capitol, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Washington. Menendez is facing federal charges of bribery and he met with the Democratic Caucus on Thursday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Menendez won’t go to classified Israel briefing because he’s accused of being illegal foreign agent

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli forces following a demonstration in support of the Gaza Strip, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Tens of thousands of Muslims demonstrated Friday across the Middle East in support of the Palestinians and against the intensifying Israeli bombardment of Gaza, underscoring the risk of a wider regional conflict as Israel prepares for a possible ground invasion. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Live updates | Day 8 of the latest Israel-Hamas war

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

An Israeli soldier walks by a house destroyed by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Be'eri on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. The kibbutz was overrun by Hamas militants from Neraby Gaza Strip Saturday when they killed and captured many Israelis. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

Live updates | Day 6 of the latest Israel-Hamas war

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