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In this Sunday, May 26, 2019 photo, a Palestinian athlete poses for a picture at Techno-Gym in Gaza City. The Gaza Strip has a booming nocturnal gym scene that comes alive past midnight during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, catering to Palestinians ready to reform their Ramadan routine. Besides self-discipline and prayer intended to bring adherents closer to God, the month is famed for its lavish meals and heavy desserts that follow a daylong fast, fueling weight-gain concerns among a growing group of middle-class men in the Palestinian enclave. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

During Ramadan, late-night gyms boom in the Gaza Strip

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

In this April 21, 2019 photo, Palestinian groom Yehiya Taleb, center, move a mattress, part of his wedding furniture, to his apartment in Shati refugee camp, Gaza City. Hundreds of young men in the Gaza Strip have turned to a small industry of lenders to help them pay for their weddings. Taleb got a job working as a waiter at a cafe earning about $180 a month, but that amount was not enough to cover wedding expenses so he took out a $2,000 package through the Farha Project, one of the wedding financing companies. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

For Gaza grooms, crippling debt overshadows marital bliss

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Fire fighters extinguish a forests fire near Kibbutz Harel, Israel, Thursday, May 23, 2019. Israeli police have ordered the evacuation of several communities in southern and central Israel as wildfires rage amid a major heatwave. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Wildfires sweep across Israel as heatwave grips region

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Key US official on Mideast peace addresses Security Council

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - This July 29, 2017 file photo, Hezbollah fighters stand near a four-wheel vehicle positioned at the site where clashes erupted between Hezbollah and al-Qaida-linked fighters in Wadi al-Kheil on the Lebanon-Syria border. From Lebanon and Syria to Iraq, Yemen, and the Gaza Strip, Iran has significantly expanded its footprint over the past decade, finding and developing powerful allies in conflict-ravaged countries across the Middle East. Iran has used groups like the Lebanese Hezbollah to strike its regional foes, and could mobilize them if the latest tensions with the United States lead to an armed conflict, dramatically expanding the battlefield. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Iran could rally regional proxies in case of war with the US

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

A man holding anti-Eurovision banner confronts an Israeli border policeman as Palestinian marked the 71st anniversary of their mass displacement during the 1948 war around Israel's creation. Demonstrations were held across the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Wednesday to mark what the Palestinians call the &quot;nakba,&quot; or &quot;catastrophe.&quot; (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Palestinians mark anniversary of mass displacement

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Gaza singers protest Israel hosting Eurovision

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File - In this Jan. 15, 2017 file photo, a Palestinian family warm up outside their makeshift house during a power cut in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Qatar's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, May 7, 2019, that it will send $480 million to Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip after a cease-fire deal ended the deadliest fighting between Israel and Palestinian factions since a 2014 war. A statement from Qatar said $300 million would support health and education programs of the Palestinian Authority, while $180 million would go toward &quot;urgent humanitarian relief&quot; in United Nations programs and toward electricity. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra, File)

UN envoy to Mideast warns of war between Israel, Hamas

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

An elderly Palestinian man walks next to the rubble of multi-story building was hit and destroyed on Sunday by Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza City, Monday, May. 6, 2019. The Israeli military has lifted protective restrictions on residents in southern Israel while Gaza's ruling Hamas militant group reported a cease-fire deal had been reached to end the deadliest fighting between the two sides since a 2014 war. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Palestinian killed at Israel-Gaza border protest after truce

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

A man cries as he carries the body of a four-month-old Palestinian girl Maria Al-Ghazali, who was killed along with her parents in a late Sunday night Israeli missile strike on their family home, during her funeral in town of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, May. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Qatar to send money for West Bank, Gaza after Israel truce

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

An Israeli soldier stands at a gathering point in Israel Gaza Border, Monday, May 6, 2019. The Israeli army on Monday lifted protective restrictions on residents in southern Israel, while the Hamas militant group's radio station in the Gaza Strip reported a cease-fire, signaling a deal had been reached to end the bloodiest fighting between the two sides since a 2014 war. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel’s Gaza blockade under scrutiny after latest violence

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Smoke rises from an explosion after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Sunday, May 5, 2019. The Israeli military said Sunday it had responded to 450 rockets fired from Gaza with over 250 airstrikes against the besieged Palestinian enclave. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Israel army lifts restrictions; cease-fire reached with Gaza

By Aron Heller and Fares Akram - Associated Press

Palestinians check the damage of a multi-story building following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Sunday, May 5, 2019. Palestinian militants on Saturday fired over 200 rockets into Israel, drawing dozens of retaliatory airstrikes on targets across the Gaza Strip in a round of intense fighting that broke a monthlong lull between the bitter enemies. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

The Latest: Hamas says it doesn’t want a new war with Israel

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A man stands outside his building after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza in the costal city of Ashkelon, Israel, Sunday, May 5, 2019. Palestinian militants fired over 250 rockets into Israel, drawing dozens of retaliatory airstrikes on targets across the Gaza Strip in a round of intense fighting that broke a month-long lull between the bitter enemies (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israel steps up strikes as Gaza rocket attacks intensify

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza City, Saturday, May 4, 2019. Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired at least 90 rockets into southern Israel on Saturday, according to the Israeli military, triggering retaliatory airstrikes and tank fire against militant targets in the blockaded enclave and shattering a month-long lull in violence. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

The Latest: Israel airstrike kills 2 militants in Gaza Strip

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A woman looks at the damage caused by a rocket fired from Gaza that hit a house in a moshav in Israel near the border with Gaza, Saturday, May 4, 2019. Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired at least 90 rockets into southern Israel on Saturday, according to the Israeli military, triggering retaliatory airstrikes and tank fire against militant targets in the blockaded enclave and shattering a month-long lull in violence. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Under heavy rocket fire, Israeli reprisals kill 6

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - A mourner kisses the body of Hamas militant of Abdulla Abu Mallouh, who was killed during an Israeli airstrike at Hamas militants post central Gaza Strip, at the morgue of Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, May 3, 2019. Three Palestinians, including two militants, were killed by Israeli fire Friday after gunshots from the Gaza Strip wounded two Israeli soldiers, officials said. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

4 Palestinians killed, 2 soldiers wounded in Gaza flare-up

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

File - In this Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 file photo, Yehiyeh Sinwar, a founder of Hamas' military wing, talks during a rally in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, . Sinwar left for talks with Egyptian officials Thursday after a new outbreak of violence, as Hamas accuses Israel of slowing down the implementation of Egyptian-mediated understandings aimed at easing the situation in the Palestinian enclave and paving the way for a cease-fire. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)

Hamas chief heads to Egypt after Gaza-Israel flare-up

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Khalifa al-Kuwari, second right, director of the Qatar Fund for Development, cuts the ribbon during the opening ceremony of new Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital for Rehabilitation and Artificial limbs in Gaza City, Monday, April 22, 2019. Qatar inaugurated the Gaza Strip's first prosthetic hospital and disability rehab center after many delays. Health officials say the 100-bed hospital is vital for Gaza, where more than 130 Palestinians have lost limbs over the past year during ongoing protests along Gaza-Israel perimeter fence. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Qatar opens Gaza artificial limb, rehab center after delays

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Ishtayeh, right, talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a swearing in of the new government in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, April 13, 2019.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian president swears in new government

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Associated Press