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Illustration on the complicated peace process in Gaza by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Hopeless in Gaza

By Clifford D. May

Palestinian mourners carry the body of 29-year-old activist Ibrahim Abu Thuraya who was shot and killed by Israeli troops Friday, in clashes on the Israeli border with Gaza, during his funeral in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. Abu Thuraya lost legs and an eye in Israeli bombing during the 2008 Israel and Gaza war. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Israel finds no wrongdoing in paraplegic Palestinian’s death

By TIA GOLDENBERG - Associated Press

Palestinian mourners carry the body of 29-year-old activist Ibrahim Abu Thuraya who was shot and killed by Israeli troops Friday, in clashes on the Israeli border with Gaza, during his funeral in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. Abu Thuraya lost legs and an eye in Israeli bombing during the 2008 Israel and Gaza war. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Israel to probe fatal shooting of Palestinian paraplegic

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Palestinians board a bus in their way to the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem for visa interviews at the Palestinian side of the Erez checkpoint between Israel and Gaza, at Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. Israel on Wednesday launched a new shuttle service for Gazans who need to travel to the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem _ briefly easing one of the many restrictions it places on Palestinians who want to exit the blockaded territory. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel eases restrictions on US-bound Gazan travelers

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

File - In this June 23, 2017 file photo, armed masked militants from the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, a military wing of Hamas, stand on a vehicle during a rally marking Al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day) in Nusseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip. In comments Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, Hazem Atallah, the Palestinian national police commander, cast doubt on whether a reconciliation agreement with the Hamas militant group can be carried out, warning that his forces cannot guarantee law and order unless Hamas disarms in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Palestinian police chief says Hamas must give up Gaza arms

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Associated Press

An employee of the Palestinian Authority stands guard on the Palestinian side of the Erez checkpoint between Israel and Gaza, at Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. The Islamic militant Hamas group has handed over control of Gaza’s border crossings with Israel and Egypt to the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority. Wednesday’s handover was the first tangible step in implementing a reconciliation deal between and the rival Fatah party, which controls the Palestinian Authority.(AP Photo/Adel Hana)

In key step, Hamas gives up control of Gaza border crossings

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Senior Hamas official wounded in Gaza car explosion

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad (right) and Hamas' representative, Saleh al-Arouri, kissed after signing a reconciliation deal Thursday in Cairo. (Associated Press)

Egypt’s Palestinian unity talks pressure Israel

By Jacob Wirtschafter and Asma Jawabreh - Special to The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017 photo, a bulldozer removes sand at Tel Es-Sakan hill, south of Gaza City. Palestinian and French archaeologists began excavating Gaza’s earliest archaeological site nearly 20 years ago; unearthing what they believe is a rare 4,500-year-old Bronze Age settlement. But over protests that grew recently, Gaza’s Hamas rulers have systematically destroyed the work since seizing power a decade ago, to make way for construction projects, and later military bases. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

In Gaza, Hamas levels an ancient treasure

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Israeli security deploys at an entrance to Har Adar settlement near Jerusalem, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. Israeli police said that a Palestinian attacker opened fire at the entrance to the settlement killing three Israeli men and critically wounding a fourth. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) ** FILE **

Palestinian kills 3 Israelis in settlement near Jerusalem

By Aron Heller - Associated Press

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a joint press conference with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, following their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

UN chief takes helicopter tour of Israel-Gaza border

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Enforce Nuclear Nonproliferation Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Iran supports Hamas once again

By L. Todd Wood

FILE - In this May 1, 2017 file photo, Yehiyeh Sinwar, a top Hamas official in Gaza attends a news conference in Gaza City. On Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, Sinwar, Hamas’ new leader in the Gaza Strip, said his group has restored relations with Iran after a five-year rift and is using its newfound financial and military aid to gear up for a new round of battle with Israel. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

New Hamas leader says it is getting aid again from Iran

By FARES AKRAM and JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

File - In this Sunday, March 26, 2017 file photo, Palestinian residents of Gaza strip wait on the Israeli side of the Erez terminal to cross to Gaza Strip. New Israeli restrictions on Palestinians leaving the blockaded Gaza Strip, include a ban on laptop computers, hard-shell suitcases and even toothpaste. Israel is citing unspecified security concerns as the reason for forcing engineers, journalists, businessmen and human rights workers to leave their electronic work tools behind. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

Gazan travelers face new restrictions from Israel

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Rights group: Israel bans Gazans from traveling with laptops

Associated Press

Gaza’s Hamas rulers put to death 3 accused of killing member

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Hamas Supreme Leader Ismail Haniyeh announces the arrest of a suspect in the March shooting death of Mazen Faqha, a top Hamas militant commander, in a hastily arranged news conference in front of Fagha's home, in Gaza City, Thursday, May 11, 2017. Haniyeh refused to identify the suspect, but said that Hamas had determined the gunman, apparently a local Palestinian, had acted on the orders of Israel and he expected the suspect would face execution. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Hamas leader announces arrest in shooting of commander

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Human Rights Watch slams Hamas holding of 2 Israelis in Gaza

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Human Right Watch says Israel blocking access to Gaza

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

File - In this Tuesday, March 1, 2016 file photo, American servicemen and Israeli soldiers participate in a joint drill simulating a rocket attack at a base in Hatzor, central Israel. Israel is making contingency plans to evacuate up to a quarter million people from communities along the Gaza and Lebanese borders to get them away from missile attacks if war erupts again with Hamas or Hezbollah. The mass evacuations would be the biggest in Israel's history, part of a bigger plan where the army works with municipalities to keep civilians safe. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Israel plans mass evacuation if war erupts again

By IAN DEITCH - Associated Press