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An explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes is seen on Gaza City, early Friday, Friday, March 15, 2019. Israeli warplanes attacked militant targets in the southern Gaza Strip early Friday in response to a rare rocket attack on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, as the sides appeared to be hurtling toward a new round of violence. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

The Latest: Israel says Gaza rockets fired by mistake

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In this July 31, 2014 file photo, then Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz attends a cabinet meeting at the defense ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, Pool, File)

Benny Gantz, Netanyahu rival, denies hacked cellphone contains blackmail fodder

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

An explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes is seen on Gaza City, early Friday, Friday, March 15, 2019. Israeli warplanes attacked militant targets in the southern Gaza Strip early Friday in response to a rare rocket attack on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, as the sides appeared to be hurtling toward a new round of violence. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel-Gaza fighting ebbs; Gaza rockets reportedly a misfire

By Josef Federman and Fares Akram - Associated Press

Air raid sirens in Tel Aviv over apparent Gaza rocket attack

Associated Press

An explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes is seen on Gaza City, early Friday, March 15, 2019. Israeli warplanes attacked militant targets in the southern Gaza Strip early Friday in response to a rare rocket attack on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, as the sides appeared to be hurtling toward a new round of violence. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

The Latest: Israeli military accuses Hamas of firing rockets

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An explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes is seen on Gaza City, early Friday, March 15, 2019. Israeli warplanes attacked militant targets in the southern Gaza Strip early Friday in response to a rare rocket attack on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, as the sides appeared to be hurtling toward a new round of violence. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel strikes Gaza targets following Tel Aviv rocket attack

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Hamas cracks down on Gaza protests over cost of living

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Ministry: Israeli fire kills Gaza teen at border skirmishes

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The Latest: Israel denounces UN human rights report

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In this Oct. 22, 2018, file photo, Hamas security forces prepare to burn some 1,383 bars of hashish and 1,242,000 pills of Tramadol, that have been seized since the beginning of 2018, in Gaza City. An opioid crisis has quietly spread in the Gaza Strip, trapping thousands of people in the hell of addiction and adding another layer of misery to the blockaded and impoverished coastal territory. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Opioid crisis engulfs blockaded Gaza Strip

By Fares Akram - Associated Press

Palestinian journalist Hajar Harb, left, and her father Mohammed, talk on their mobile phones upon their arrival to the court complex in Gaza City, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. The Gaza journalist is appealing a six-month prison term and fine over her reporting on alleged corruption within the Hamas-run Health Ministry. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Gaza reporter appeals Hamas prison sentence and fine

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Amnesty calls on Hamas to cancel reporter’s trial

Associated Press

US charity opens cancer ward for children in Gaza

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, file photo, former Israeli Chief of Staff Benny Gantz speaks at the official launch of his election campaign in Tel Aviv, Israel. Gantz, the leading challenger to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said in a published interview Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, that Israel should &quot;find a way&quot; to end its control over the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel wants Dutch case against ex-army chief dropped

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Gaza officials: Israeli fire kills 2 Palestinian teens

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2019, file photo, retired Israeli military chief Benny Gantz reacts at the official launch of his election campaign for the April 2019 elections, in Tel Aviv. Gantz has burst onto the Israeli political scene as the great hope of the country’s shrinking “peace camp” with a message that is anything but dovish. The retired general, who hopes to topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in April 9 elections, talks tough. In today’s Israel, his ready-to-rumble rhetoric appears to be the only way to topple the long-serving Netanyahu. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Anyone but Bibi: In Israel, ex-general stirs hope of change

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Israel starts building massive fence on Gaza border

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A masked protester chants while others burn tires and waving their national flags near the fence of Gaza Strip border with Israel during a protest east of Gaza City, Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. Gaza's Hamas rulers said Friday that deadly protests along Gaza-Israel perimeter fence have achieved some goals; $15 million from Qatar to help pay the salaries of civil servants. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel builds Gaza Strip border fence

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In this Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 photo, Palestinian actor and playwright Ali Abu Yaseen, 55, gives an interview in his home at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. A new documentary called “Gaza” is hitting the screens at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival this week, providing a colorful glimpse of life in the blockaded Hamas-ruled territory. But one of its main subjects, Abu Yaseen, won’t be attending the gathering due to the very circumstances depicted in the film. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Trapped in Gaza, star of Sundance doc misses film festival

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2015 file photo, then Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz meets with the Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, at the Pentagon. Gantz is launching his long-awaited political campaign, seeking to position himself as the first serious challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decade-long rule. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Israeli ex-army chief launches campaign to replace Netanyahu

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press