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Israeli security forces in Kiryat Shoma, northern Israel, evacuate a wounded Thai man after he was hit by an anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon, in a nearby village on Monday, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

U.S. senior envoy in Beirut to press calm along Lebanon-Israel border as a truce in Gaza is pursued

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Rania Abu Anza cradles her twins, who were killed in an Israel strike on a house in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Abu Anza and her husband, who was killed in the same strike, spent 10 years trying to get pregnant. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

After 10 years of trying, a Palestinian woman had twins. An Israeli strike killed them both

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Soldiers and friends of Israeli soldier, Sergeant Dolev Malca, mourn in grief during his funeral in Shlomi, northern Israel, on the border with Lebanon, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Malca ,19, was killed during Israel's ground operation in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli army has been battling Palestinian militants in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel’s wartime Cabinet is shaken by a dispute between Netanyahu and his top political rival

By Tia Goldenberg and Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on a residential building in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Biden administration sees hope for pause in Hamas-Israel fighting amid new peace push

By Ryan Lovelace and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Israelis stand on tanks during an event for families of reservists outside a military base in southern Israel, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Israel and Hamas are inching toward a new deal that would free some of the roughly 130 hostages held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for a weeks-long pause in the war, now in its fifth month. A deal would bring some respite to desperate people in Gaza, who have borne a staggering toll in the war, as well as to the anguished families of hostages taken during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Cease-fire, more Gaza aid hang on Hamas releasing weak hostages, say Biden officials

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden meets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S. military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation

Associated Press

An Israeli armoured personnel carrier (APC) heads towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alerruzzo)

Deadly chaos at Gaza aid convoy is a symbol of the desperation enveloping the territory

Associated Press

Palestinians walk through the destruction from the Israeli offensive in Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Essa)

Gaza doctor: Gunfire accounted for 80% of the wounds at hospital from aid convoy bloodshed

By Wafaa Shurafa and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Palestinians line up for free food in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. An estimated 1.5 million Palestinians displaced by the war took refuge in Rafahor, which is likely Israel's next focus in its war against Hamas.(AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Biden approves military airdrops of aid into Gaza after chaotic encounter left more than 100 dead

By Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

A woman and her children walk past a wall with photographs of hostages who were kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel in Jerusalem, Israel, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. Israel and Hamas are inching toward a new deal that would free some of the roughly 130 hostages held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for a weeks-long pause in the war, now in its fifth month. A deal would bring some respite to desperate people in Gaza, who have borne a staggering toll in the war, as well as to the anguished families of hostages taken during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 70 killed in strike on Palestinians waiting for aid

Associated Press

Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Israel and Hamas are inching toward a new deal that would free some of the roughly 130 hostages held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for a weeks-long pause in the war, now in its fifth month. A deal would bring some respite to desperate people in Gaza, who have borne a staggering toll in the war, as well as to the anguished families of hostages taken during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

Palestinian deaths in Gaza pass 30,000 as witnesses say Israeli forces fire on crowd waiting for aid

By Wafaa Shurafa and Kareem Chehayeb - Associated Press

Tourists hold umbrellas against the rain as they walk in Parliament Square next to the the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. U.K. lawmakers have called for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. But the move came after dozens of lawmakers walked out of the House of Commons in protest at how the vote was handled on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

The U.K. is stepping up lawmakers’ security as tensions flare over the Israel-Hamas war

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Families of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip gather in Re'im, southern Israel, as they begin their march to Jerusalem calling for the release of hostages, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. They began the four-day march at the site where hundreds of revelers at the Nova music festival were killed or captured by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Food aid reaches north Gaza for first time in weeks. Israeli hostages’ families push for release

Associated Press

A woman rides a scooter past a graffiti calling for the return of the hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel, in Kfar Saba, Israel, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Hamas, Israel say Biden out of touch with premature cease-fire talk

By Tom Howell Jr. and David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani delivers a speech during a state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Qatar's emir has arrived in France for a two-day state visit as his country plays a key role in ongoing diplomatic efforts to achieve a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages. (Yoan Valat, Pool via AP)

Qatar’s emir speaks of ‘race against time’ to win hostage releases in Gaza diplomatic efforts

By Sylvie Corbet and John Leicester - Associated Press

Israelis stand on tanks during an event for families of reservists outside a military base in southern Israel, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Israel and Hamas are inching toward a new deal that would free some of the roughly 130 hostages held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for a weeks-long pause in the war, now in its fifth month. A deal would bring some respite to desperate people in Gaza, who have borne a staggering toll in the war, as well as to the anguished families of hostages taken during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A deal between Israel and Hamas appears to be taking shape. What would it look like?

By Samy Magdy and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

A Lebanese army vehicle block a road leading to a destroyed warehouse, background, which was attacked by Israeli airstrikes, on the outskirts of the Hezbollah stronghold village of Buday, near Baalbek town, east Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. The Israeli military says its air force struck targets of the militant Hezbollah group "deep inside Lebanon," where residents reported explosions near the northeastern city of Baalbek. (AP Photo)

Israel’s air force strikes deep inside Lebanon, killing 2 people, after Hezbollah downs a drone

By Bassem Mroue and Melanie Lidman - Associated Press

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh speaks during a meeting with officials from Western and Arab nations, the United Nations and nongovernmental organizations at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. Prime Minister Shtayyeh says his government is resigning, in a move that could open the door to U.S.-backed reforms in the Palestinian Authority. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP, File)

What would a new Palestinian government in the West Bank mean for the war in Gaza?

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

A Palestinian child wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip is brought to Al Najjar hospital in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Live updates | Israeli military presents a plan for a Rafah offensive to the War Cabinet

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Palestinians wait for humanitarian aid on a beachfront in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Essa)

Netanyahu: Cease-fire deal would only delay ‘somewhat’ an Israeli military offensive in Rafah

By Tia Goldenberg and Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press