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In this photo taken and released by the semiofficial Fars News Agency, a Noor missile is launched from the coast to the sea during Iranian naval maneuvers in the Oman Sea, near the port town of Bandar Jask, Iran on May 11, 2010. Yemen's Houthi rebels likely fired an Iranian-made anti-ship cruise missile at a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea in December, an assault that now provides a public evidence-based link between the ongoing rebel campaign against shipping and Tehran, the U.S. military said Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Hossein Zohrevand/Fars News Agency, File)

Yemen Houthi rebels fired Iranian missile at Norwegian-flagged ship, debris analyzed by U.S. shows

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to a hospital in Khan Younis, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

U.S. announces $100M additional aid for Palestinians

Associated Press

A Palestinian boy wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip is treated in a hospital in Khan Younis, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israeli strikes in central Gaza kill 20 Palestinians as mediators make new push on cease-fire deal

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Danny Gerokvich returns to the home of his daughter and son-in-law who died during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attacks on Israel. Photo courtesy of The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.

Faces of Iron: Danny Gerkovich lost his daughter, son-in-law in attacks but was able to save others

By Yael Eckstein and International Fellowship of Christians and Jews – Higher Ground Partner

Hassan Nofal, 53, who was displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, holds the keys to his home that he was forced to leave with his family at a makeshift tent camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 4, 2024. Over nine months of war between Israel and Hamas, Palestinian families in Gaza have been uprooted repeatedly, driven back and forth across the territory to escape the fighting. Each time has meant a wrenching move to a new location and a series of crowded, temporary shelters. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

House keys carry symbolic weight for Gaza families repeatedly displaced by war

By Mohammed Jahjouh and Fatma Khaled - Associated Press

Blood can be seen in the aftermath of the Israeli airstrike on a U.N.-run school that killed dozens of Palestinians in the Nusseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Saher Alghorra)

Gaza destruction likely helped push Hamas to soften cease-fire demands, several officials say

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest marking nine months since the start of the war and calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israeli protesters block highways, call for cease-fire to return hostages 9 months into war in Gaza

By Melanie Lidman and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip hold baby dolls during a performance marking nine months since the start of the war and calling for their return, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Nine months of war in Israel: How many Israeli captives have become pregnant from gang rape?

By Jonathan Feldstein – Special to Higher Ground

Demonstrators wave Israeli flags during a protest marking nine months since the start of the war and calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israeli protesters block highways, call for cease-fire to return hostages 9 months into war in Gaza

By Melanie Lidman and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip walk next to a dark streak of sewage flowing into the streets of the southern town of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Hamas has cleared the way for a possible cease-fire after dropping key demand, officials say

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Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip, light a fire to keep away mosquitoes and other insects, which have recently infested the streets of the southern town of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Hamas says it got a ‘positive response’ from mediators to its cease-fire amendments

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Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo /Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel weighs Hamas’ latest response to Gaza cease-fire proposal as diplomatic efforts are revived

By Tia Goldenberg and Kareem Chehayeb - Associated Press

Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo /Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel government approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements

Associated Press

Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo /Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements

By Tia Goldenberg and Kareem Chehayeb - Associated Press

Mourners carry the bodies of four Palestinians, killed by an Israeli airstrike late Tuesday, during their funeral in the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams, near Tulkarem, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Palestinian health officials say four Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike in a refugee camp in the northern West Bank late Tuesday. Israel's military said an aircraft struck a group of militants who were planting explosives in Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Settlement tracking group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decades

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

A participant holds miniature U.S. and Israeli flags as they stand on the National Mall at the March for Israel on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

NEA annual assembly stokes antisemitism alarm with anti-Israel resolutions

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip walk through a street market in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel releases director of hospital it says was used as a Hamas base. He alleges abuse in custody

By Mohammad Jahjouh, Samy Magdy and Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip queue for water at a makeshift tent camp in the southern town of Khan Younis, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel orders Palestinians to flee Khan Younis, signaling return of troops to southern Gaza city

By Mohammad Jahjouh, Samy Magdy and Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Mujahid Abadi, 24, poses for a portrait at the Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds and burns in the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. When the Palestinian man stepped outside to see if Israeli forces had entered his uncle's neighborhood, he was shot in the arm and the foot. That was only the start of his ordeal. Hours later, beaten and bloodied, he found himself strapped to the searing hood of an Israeli military jeep driving down a road. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

A Palestinian was shot, beaten and tied to an Israeli army jeep. The army says he posed no threat

By Julia Frankel and Maya Alleruzzo - Associated Press

U.S. Army soldiers gestures as trucks loaded with humanitarian aid arrive at the U.S.-built floating pier Trident before reaching the beach on the coast of the Gaza Strip, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

U.S. military shows reporters pier project in Gaza as it takes another stab at aid delivery

By Leo Correa and Ami Bentov - Associated Press