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Israeli border police officers deploy during clashes with Palestinian protesters next to Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's old city, Friday, May 7. 2021. Palestinians protested over Israel's threatened eviction of dozens of Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in east Jerusalem, who have been embroiled in a long legal battle with Israeli settlers trying to acquire property in the neighborhood. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Beefed-up Israel police clash with Palestinians in Jerusalem

By Josef Federman and Fares Akram - Associated Press

Gaza reporter says she was beaten for not wearing headscarf

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Israeli police officers detain a Palestinian demonstrator during a protest against the planned evictions of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of east Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Shadowy Hamas commander warns Israel over Jerusalem

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 17, 2021 file photo, shows a full-scale model of the Ingenuity helicopter displayed for the media at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Space engineer Loay Elbasyouni was part of the NASA team that made history this month by launching an experimental helicopter from the surface of Mars. But he says an expedition to his hometown in the Gaza Strip, where posters celebrate his achievement, feels even farther off because of Israeli and Egyptian restrictions. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Gazan behind Mars drone says visiting home is no small step

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

FILE - This June 30, 2020, file photo, shows a view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ma'ale Efrayim in the Jordan Valley. One of the world's best-known human rights groups says Israel is guilty of the international crimes of apartheid and persecution. Human Rights Watch cites discriminatory policies toward Palestinians within Israel's own borders and in the occupied territories. In so doing, the New York-based group joins a growing number of commentators and rights groups that consider Israel and the territories as a single entity in which Palestinians are denied basic rights that are granted to Jews. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Global rights group accuses Israel of apartheid, persecution

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

People, some wearing masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, pray the evening prayer during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, outside a mosque in Gaza City, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, the worst fears are now coming true in the crowded, blockaded Gaza Strip: A sudden surge in infections and deaths is threatening to overwhelm hospitals weakened by years of conflict and Israeli border closures. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Virus surge in crowded Gaza threatens to overwhelm hospitals

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 22, 2021 file photo, Israeli border police block members of &quot;Lahava&quot;, a Jewish extremist group, from approaching the Damascus Gate to protest amid heightened tensions in the city, just outside Jerusalem's Old City. A year of relative calm between Israel and the Palestinians has come to an abrupt halt in recent days with the eruption of nightly clashes between Arab youths and Israeli police in east Jerusalem and a heavy barrage of rocket fire launched from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

EXPLAINER: New players add volatility in Jerusalem tensions

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Protesters chant anti Israel slogans during a protest in solidarity with fellow Palestinian worshippers in Jerusalem, at the main street of Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Saturday, April 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

EXPLAINER: New players add volatility in Jerusalem tensions

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Palestinians hold Hamas movement green flags attend a protest in solidarity with Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem, in Gaza City, Friday, April. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Jerusalem tension triggers Gaza-Israel fire exchange

By FARES AKRAM and JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Palestinians run away as a stun grenades are fired by Israeli police during clashes at Damascus Gate just outside Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April. 22, 2021. Palestinians clashed with Israeli police over restrictions on Ramadan gatherings ahead of a planned march by Lahava, a Jewish extremist group, to the area later on Thursday amid heightened tensions in the city. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israeli police arrest dozens in night of chaos in Jerusalem

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, April 16, 2021 file photo, a man kisses the Israeli flag as protesters wave the Palestinian flag at the front gate of a Palestinian home occupied by Israeli Jews during a demonstration against the forcible evictions of Palestinians from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem. A dispute over Israeli restrictions on Palestinian voters in east Jerusalem is threatening to cancel or delay the first Palestinian elections in more than 15 years. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

EXPLAINER: Jerusalem dispute could derail Palestinian vote

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Israel: Rocket from Gaza is 2nd in 24 hours; no injuries

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Palestinians register to receive their first dose a of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a campaign to vaccinate front-line workers, those over 75, cancer patients and medical personnel, at the health ministry in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, March 21, 2021. On Sunday the Palestinian Health Ministry began administering the first coronavirus vaccines received through the global COVAX initiative to eligible people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians expand vaccination campaign after UN shipment

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

A Palestinian man receives a shot of the Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, at an UNRWA clinic in Gaza City, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. The Palestinian Authority says it will receive 62,000 coronavirus vaccine doses through a World Health Organization partnership designed to help poor countries. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Palestinians get 60,000 vaccine doses through WHO program

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 10, 2018 file photo, Yehiyeh Sinwar, the Hamas militant group's leader in the Gaza Strip, speaks to foreign correspondents, in his office in Gaza City. A Hamas official said Wednesday,March 10, 2021, that Sinwar has been re-elected as the group’s top official in its Gaza Strip stronghold. Sinwar, who is close to the group’s hardline militant wing, fended off a challenge by Nizar Awadallah, one of its founders. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Hamas official: Hamas’ Gaza leader Sinwar re-elected

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

FILE - IN this May 10, 2018 file photo, Yehiyeh Sinwar, the Hamas militant group's leader in the Gaza Strip, speaks to foreign correspondents, in his office in Gaza City. Hamas is holding a leadership election in its Gaza Strip stronghold. The race has deep implications for its relations with Israel and other regional players. A Hamas official said the field had narrowed down to a tight race between Sinwar, the group’s current firebrand leader, and Nizar Awadallah, a co-founder of the movement. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Gaza’s Hamas rulers hold secret leadership election

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday Aug. 28, 2018 file photo, Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands. The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Wednesday, March 3, 2021 that she has launched an investigation into alleged crimes in the Palestinian territories. Fatou Bensouda said in a statement the probe will be conducted “independently, impartially and objectively, without fear or favor.” (Bas Czerwinski/Pool file via AP, File)

ICC launches war crimes probe into Israeli practices

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2021 file photo, a medic administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a fellow medic during a campaign to vaccinate front-line medical workers, at the health ministry, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The Palestinian Authority's decision to divert some of its tiny stockpile of coronavirus vaccines to senior officials, soccer players and others has sparked controversy, feeding into long-standing concerns about corruption as it struggles to respond to a worsening outbreak. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

Palestinian Authority faces criticism over vaccine rollout

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Qatar to pour $60 million into new Israel-Gaza gas pipeline

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A Palestinian medic prepares a shot of the Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, in Gaza City, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Hamas-ruled Gaza launches coronavirus vaccination drive

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press