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President Joe Biden speaks to reporters on Nov. 26, 2023, in Nantucket, Mass. The Biden administration has told Israel that it must operate with far greater precision in southern Gaza if it renews a ground campaign aimed at eradicating the Hamas militant group. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

U.S. tells Israel any ground campaign in southern Gaza must limit further civilian displacement

By Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller - Associated Press

Israeli protesters call for the release of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel says 12 more hostages have been freed by Hamas and have arrived in Egypt

By Wafaa Shurafa, Jack Jeffery and Lee Keath - Associated Press

This handout photo provided by GPO shows Gabriela and Mia Leimberg, rear, talking with family from a meeting point in Israeli territory after being released by Hamas, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (GPO/Handout via AP)

Hamas releases 12 more hostages as fragile cease-fire holds — for now

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Palestinians walk in Gaza City on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. on the fourth day of the temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. (AP Photo/Mohammed Hajjar)

Truce in Gaza is extended as Israel faces pressure to spare civilians when it resumes offensive

By Tia Goldenberg and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Released Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Abu Al-Humus, 17, hugs his mother after arriving home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023. Eleven Israeli women and children, freed by Hamas, entered Israel Monday night in the fourth swap under the original four-day truce, which began Friday and had been due to run out. Qatar said Israel was to release 33 Palestinians from its prisons, mostly teenagers. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Live updates | Israel releases 30 prisoners after Hamas frees 12 hostages in extended truce deal

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A group of Israelis celebrate as a helicopter carrying hostages released from the Gaza Strip lands at the helipad of the Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel, Sunday Nov. 26, 2023. The cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was back on track Sunday as the militants freed 17 more hostages, including 14 Israelis and the first American, in exchange for 39 Palestinian prisoners in a third set of releases under a four-day truce. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Live updates | Israel confirms release of 11 hostages by Hamas on fourth day of truce

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani listens to a question with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Qatar is the go-to mediator in the Israel-Hamas war. On Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, a Qatari jet landed at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport with an urgent task: save the cease-fire deal between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

Qatar is the go-to mediator in the Mideast war. Its unprecedented Tel Aviv trip saved a shaky truce

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki flashes a victory sign in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. Delegations from the European Union member states and from Middle East and northern Africa countries are meeting Monday in Barcelona, Spain, to discuss the crisis in Gaza where a fragile pause in fighting is set to expire. Forty-two delegations will gather at the Union for the Mediterranean event with many represented by their foreign ministers. Israel is not attending. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Palestinian diplomat appeals for Gaza truce to be extended as EU and Arab nations meet in Spain

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

Humanitarian aid trucks arrive in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, on the fourth day of the temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Israel and Hamas agree to extend cease-fire for two more days, Qataris report

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Palestinians flee south on the third day of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas at Salah al-Din road in central Gaza Strip on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

More hostages freed as Israel, Hamas extend cease-fire for two more days

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This handout photo provided by the Israel Prime Minister Office shows Yahel Shoham, 3 years old, upon her arrival in Israel after being freed. Yahel was one of the 13 Israeli hostages that Hamas released late Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, in the second round of swaps under a cease-fire deal. (Israel Prime Minister Office/Handout via AP)

Israel and Hamas look open to extending truce on its final day, with one more hostage swap planned

By Tia Goldenberg and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

A woman speaks against the City Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)

Calls for cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war roil city councils from California to Michigan

By Olga R. Rodriguez and Robert Jablon - Associated Press

Palestinians flee south on the third day of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas at Salah al-Din road in central Gaza Strip on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Hamas releases third group of hostages in Gaza as part of truce deal

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Jordan Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Monday, July 3, 2023. Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi says his country wants a meeting of Mediterranean officials this week to help bridge a gap between Arab and European countries in calling for a humanitarian pause in Gaza to become a permanent cease-fire. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File)

Jordan’s top diplomat wants to align Europeans behind a call for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza

By Renata Brito - Associated Press

Israeli soldiers are seen in Balata, a Palestinian refugee camp in Nablus, West Bank, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. Israeli forces operating in the occupied West Bank killed several Palestinians in a 24-hour period, Palestinian health officials said Sunday, Nov. 26, as a fragile pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip entered its third day.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Israeli forces kill at least 8 Palestinians in surging West Bank violence, health officials say

By Majdi Mohammed and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Palestinians line up for cooking gas during the second day of the temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Fragile Gaza truce is back on track as Egypt says it has received lists for a third exchange

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter Gaza Strip from Egypt in Rafah as a temporary ceasefire went into effect Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Gaza receives 200 trucks of humanitarian aid amid cease-fire

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

People participate in a show of solidarity with hostages being held in the Gaza Strip, near the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Tel Aviv, Israel Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. Egyptian officials said Hamas was preparing to release 14 Israeli hostages Saturday for 42 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. (AP Photo/ Leo Correa)

Israel-Hamas hostage deal to resume after Qatar, Egypt intervene

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

People look at photographs of hostages, mostly Israeli civilians who were abducted during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. Friday marks the start of a four-day cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, during which the Gaza militants pledged to release 50 hostages in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Americans not included in first round of hostages released by Hamas in Israel-Gaza truce

By Mallory Wilson and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip prepare bread at a UNDP-provided tent camp in Khan Younis, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Since the the fighting began, around 22,000 people have taken shelter there. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

Gaza shrinks for Palestinians seeking refuge. 4 stories offer a glimpse into a diminished world

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press