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A protester holds a poster showing Shiri Bibas and her child, Kfir, hostages taken with their family by Hamas militants to the Gaza Strip, to honor the memories of six men whose bodies were returned and to call for a deal to release the remaining captives, in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Blinken visits Gaza mediators in pursuit of cease-fire but Hamas and Israel signal challenges

By Julia Frankel and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Relatives of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and their supporters protest near the hotel where U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is staying during his visit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leadership about a deal to halt the war in Gaza and free the hostages, in Tel Aviv, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza as Blinken tries to advance cease-fire deal

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

University of California, Santa Cruz graduate students and other academic workers in the UAW 4811 union begin a strike and are joined by UCSC students for Justice in Palestine as they picket the main entrance to campus on Monday, May 20, 2024, in Santa Cruz, Calif. (Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)

Bereaved U.S. families call for probe of ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’

By Ariel Kahana - JNS.org

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Israel's President Isaac Herzog, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (Kevin Mohatt/Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken warns now may be the last chance to get a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

A protester marches to the Democratic National Convention after a rally at Union Park Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

WATCH: Anti-Israel Democrats in no mood to cheer ‘Killer Kamala’

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

A Palestinian child rides in the trunk of a car as he evacuates Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, as part of a mass evacuation ordered by the Israeli military ahead of an operation, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

What is the latest on the high-stakes negotiations over a cease-fire in Gaza?

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip walk next a dark streak of sewage flowing into the streets of the southern town of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 4, 2024. Health authorities and aid agencies are racing to avert an outbreak of polio in the Gaza Strip after the virus was detected in the territory's wastewater and three cases with a suspected polio symptom have been reported. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)

U.N. chief calls for cease-fire in Gaza so residents can be vaccinated after polio detected

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Gunmen march during a funeral with the bodies of Palestinians Ahmed Abu Arra from the town of Aqaba, left, and Raafat Dawasa from the town of Silat Al-Harithiya, both draped in the Hamas flag and killed in an Israeli strike in the Jenin refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Jenin, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. Israel's military said Saturday it struck a "terrorist cell" in Jenin. The Palestinian health ministry there said two bodies were taken to a government hospital; Hamas claimed the two men as commanders in its military wing. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Quadruplets among Gaza’s dead as Blinken travels to the region to try to seal a cease-fire deal

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Jaime Harrison, Democratic National Committee chair, watches as preparations are made before the upcoming Democratic National Convention, on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Start of Democratic National Convention draws headlines

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Workers are seen on the roof of the United Center in preparation for next week's 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Thousands of activists expected in Chicago for Democratic convention to call for Gaza cease-fire

By Sophia Tareen - Associated Press

Einav Zangauker, center, the mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, who was kidnapped by Hamas, protests for his immediate release along with other families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and their supporters and against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Blinken heads to Middle East to try to close Israel-Gaza cease-fire deal

By Associated Press - Associated Press

A Palestinian carries his belongings as he evacuates Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, as part of a mass evacuation ordered by the Israeli military ahead of an operation, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

An Israeli airstrike kills 18 members of a family in Gaza as mediators hope for a cease-fire

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Palestinians grieve at the funeral for more than 15 people, including several children and women, killed in an Israeli strike, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. The strike hit a house and an adjacent warehouse sheltering displaced people at the entrance of the town of Zawaida, according to the hospital where the casualties were taken. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Deadly violence still persists in Gaza despite mediators’ hopes for a truce

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Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip, walk through a dark streak of sewage flowing into the streets of the southern town of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on July 4, 2024. Health authorities and aid agencies are racing to avert an outbreak of polio in the Gaza Strip after the virus was detected in the territory's wastewater and three cases with a suspected polio symptom have been reported. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)

Aid groups in Gaza try to avert a polio outbreak with a surge of vaccinations

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A man reacts at an industrial area destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, in Wadi al-Kfour, Nabatieh province, south Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024.(AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

A woman and her 2 children are among 10 killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon

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Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas in Gaza hold photos of their loved ones, including Haim Peri, center, during a protest calling for their return in Tel Aviv, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Families of hostages in Gaza hope cease-fire talks will end their nightmare

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

A Palestinian stands in his home the morning after it was torched in a rampage by Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Jit, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Day 2 of cease-fire talks in Qatar as mediators try to prevent regional war

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President Joe Biden, who is joined by civil rights leaders, community members, and elected officials, speaks after signing a proclamation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 16, to designate the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden: ‘Closer than we’ve ever been’ to Israeli-Hamas cease-fire and hostage deal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Palestinians evacuate a school that had been their shelter, in eastern Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, after the Israeli military dropped leaflets asking civilians to evacuate from the area and northern Khan Younis, saying forces plan to respond to rocket fire that targeted Israel. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Mideast mediators are preparing for implementation of cease-fire deal in advance, U.S. official says

By Ravi Nessman, Zeke Miller and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

Israeli tanks head towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel on Thursday, Oct.12, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Mediators to the Gaza War cease-fire talks say the two-day talks have wrapped up

By Ravi Nessman - Associated Press