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A Palestinian woman cleans her damaged house following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza strip, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Israel has killed two senior Islamic Jihad militants in three days of air strikes in the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian militants have launched nearly 600 rockets at Israel. Palestinian officials say at least 31 people in Gaza have died. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Fragile cease-fire between Israel, Gaza militants holding

By Fares Akram and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Medics treat a wounded girl at the al Najar hospital following an Israeli airstrike on their family building in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Israeli airstrikes have flattened homes in Gaza and Palestinian rocket barrages into southern Israel are persisting for a second day. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Israeli airstrike kills 2nd top Islamic Jihad commander

By Fares Akram and Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

Rockets fired by Palestinian militants toward Israel, in Gaza City, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have killed at least 10 people, including a senior militant, and wounded 55 others. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel and Gaza militants exchange fire after deadly strikes

By Fares Akram and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

In this April 19, 2022, file photo, an explosion is caused by Israeli airstrikes on a Hamas military base in town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, April 19, 2022. Israel conducted a similar airstrike in Gaza City early on the morning of July 16, hours after President Biden concluded a Middle East visit in neighboring Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Yousef Masoud, File)

Israel strikes Gaza after rocket attacks, hours after Biden visit

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, center, arrives at the plenum ahead of the vote on a bill to dissolve parliament, at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Lapid will serve as caretaker prime minister until elections this fall. It would be Israel's fifth election in under four years. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel shoots down Hezbollah drones over Mediterranean

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Ancient goddess sculpture found by farmer in Gaza Strip

Associated Press

Israeli police carry a Palestinian protester during clashes at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israeli police storm Jerusalem holy site after rock-throwing

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Israeli security forces escort a group of Jews outside Damascus Gate, in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Police prevented hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis from marching around predominantly Palestinian areas of Jerusalem's Old City. The event planned for Wednesday was similar to one that served as one of the triggers of last year's Israel-Gaza war. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Gaza violence intensifies as Jerusalem clashes resume

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

FILE - Israeli police are deployed in the Old City of Jerusalem, April 17, 2022. A group of Israeli ultra-nationalists said it is determined to go ahead with a flag-waving march around predominantly Palestinian areas of Jerusalem’s Old City, brushing aside a police ban of an event that served as one of the triggers of last year’s Israel-Gaza war. Israeli police said Wednesday, April 20, 2021, that a large number of officers were deployed around Jerusalem’s historic Old City during the Jewish holiday of Passover and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Israeli ultra-nationalists to march in Jerusalem despite ban

By Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

Israeli police is deployed in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, April 17, 2022. Israeli police clashed with Palestinians outside Al-Aqsa Mosque after police cleared Palestinians from the sprawling compound to facilitate the routine visit of Jews to the holy site and accused Palestinians of stockpiling stones in anticipation of violence. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Clashes erupt again near flashpoint Jerusalem holy site

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Clashes erupt at Jerusalem holy site; 152 Palestinians hurt

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Israeli security forces search for assailants near the scene of a shooting attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Israeli health officials say two people were killed and at least eight others wounded in a shooting in central Tel Aviv. The shooting on Thursday evening, the fourth attack in recent weeks, occurred in a crowded area with several bars and restaurants. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli forces kill Palestinian attacker; third victim dies

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Funding Israel's Iron Dome Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

U.S. needs to deliver on its promise to fund Israel’s Iron Dome

By Richard Natonski, Jonathan Ruhe and Andrew Ghalili

FILE - Palestinians use a ladder to climb over the separation barrier with Israel on their way to pray at the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem, July 11, 2014. Israel on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, called on Amnesty International not to publish an upcoming report accusing it of apartheid, saying the conclusions of the London-based international human rights group are “false, biased and antisemitic.” (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Amnesty joins rights groups in accusing Israel of apartheid

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

A Palestinian man carries family photos at the ruins of a house demolished by the Jerusalem municipality, in the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Israeli police on Wednesday evicted Palestinian residents from the disputed property and demolished the building, days after a tense standoff. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israel evicts Palestinians from disputed Jerusalem property

By Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

In this file photo, a blast from an Israeli airstrike on a building in Gaza City throws dust and debris on May 13, 2021, as Hamas and Israel traded more rockets and airstrikes and Jewish-Arab violence raged across Israel at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Israel’s military said early Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022 that it launched strikes against militant targets in the Gaza Strip, a day after rockets were fired from the Hamas-ruled territory. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) **FILE**

Israeli aircraft hit militant targets in Gaza after rocket fire

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Israeli soldiers deploy on the Israel and Gaza border, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. The Israeli military said a civilian was injured by gunfire from the Gaza Strip, the first instance of cross-border violence along the border of the Palestinian enclave in months. The military said it responded with tank fire at multiple Hamas militant positions in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israel strikes Gaza after gunfire wounds civilian near fence

By Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

A general vuew of Gaza City is seen Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. Gaza’s Hamas rulers collect millions of dollars a month in taxes and customs at a crossing on the Egyptian border – providing a valuable source of income that helps it sustain a government and powerful armed wing. After surviving four wars and a nearly 15-year blockade, Hamas has become more resilient and Israel has been forced to accept that its sworn enemy is here to stay. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Defiant in war and isolation, Hamas plays long game in Gaza

By Joseph Krauss and Fares Akram - Associated Press

Why Hamas fights

Why Hamas fights Israel

By Clifford D. May

Israeli police check cars with Palestinian laborers as they search for two Palestinians who broke out of a maximum-security prison last week, on a road leading to the West Bank town of Jenin, near Gan Ner Israel, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. Israeli police on Saturday said they arrested four of the six Palestinians who broke out of the prison including Zakaria Zubeidi a famed militant leader whose exploits over the years have made him a well-known figure in Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza in response to rocket fire

By Josef Federman - Associated Press