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FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2020 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters. Abbas has announced that the first presidential and parliamentary elections since 2006 will be held later in 2021. The voting is seen as a key step in mending a rift between Abbas’ Fatah party that rules the West Bank and the Islamic militant group Hamas that controls the Gaza Strip. ( (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Explainer: Road to Palestinian vote full of obstacles

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Gaza militants fire rockets out to sea in military drill

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Israeli jets strike Gaza after militants fire rockets

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Alleged Boogaloo member pleads guilty to terrorism charge

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A Palestinian boy sells bananas on a donkey carte in an alley in the Shati refugee camp, in Gaza City, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. Israel's blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip has cost the seaside territory as much as $16.7 billion in economic losses and caused its poverty and unemployment rates to skyrocket, a U.N. report said Wednesday, as it called on Israel to lift the 13-year closure. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

UN agency: Israel’s Gaza blockade has devastated economy

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Israeli military strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after rockets

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This undated photo provided by the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office shows Michael Robert Solomon. Solomon and Benjamin Ryan Teeter who prosecutors say are members of an anti-government extremist group, who toted guns on Minneapolis streets during unrest following the death of George Floyd and spoke about shooting police, blowing up a courthouse and killing politicians, have been charged with federal terrorism counts. (Sherburne County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Alleged Boogaloo Bois face weapons charges in Minneapolis

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Rights group: Hamas frees Gazan man who met Israelis on Zoom

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Israel strikes Gaza after Palestinian militants fire rockets

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Israel says it uncovers deep militant tunnel dug from Gaza

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Israeli police inspect the damage at the site hit by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip in the southern city of Ashdod, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. The Israeli military says two rockets were fired from Gaza and one was intercepted by air defenses. Magen David Adom, the Israeli emergency service, says it treated two people for minor injuries from broken glass. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israel strikes Gaza after rocket fire during US ceremony

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

Prosecutors: New Jersey man admits he tried to aid Hamas

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Palestinian doctors wear protective clothing as they work at the emergency room of the al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. Dozens of front-line health care workers have been infected with the novel coronavirus, dealing a new blow to overburdened hospitals. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Virus puts new strain on Gaza’s overwhelmed health system

By Fares Akram - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2020, file photo, police spray a substance to clear the area where a colleague was down on the Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis. Two men from Minnesota and North Carolina who prosecutors say are members of an anti-government extremist group have been charged with terrorism counts for allegedly building weapons they believed were going to Hamas. They are allegedly members of the &quot;Boogaloo Bois.&quot; The investigation into the men began after they posted messages on social media about inciting violence after the May 25 death of George Floyd. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Alleged Boogaloo members face terrorism charges in Minnesota

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

In this Aug. 26, 2020, file photo, police spray a substance to clear the area where a colleague was down on the Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis. Two men from Minnesota and North Carolina who prosecutors say are members of an anti-government extremist group have been charged with terrorism counts for allegedly building weapons they believed were going to Hamas. They are allegedly members of the "Boogaloo Bois." The investigation into the men began after they posted messages on social media about inciting violence after the May 25 death of George Floyd. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Two self-proclaimed members of Boogaloo Bois charged with providing assistance to Hamas

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Palestinians wear face masks during a lockdown imposed following the discovery of a rise in coronavirus cases in Gaza City, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Hamas says deal reached to calm violence with Israel

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

A Palestinian women wears a face mask carries her shopping during a lockdown imposed following the discovery of coronavirus cases in the Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. On Wednesday Gaza's Hamas rulers extended a full lockdown in the Palestinian enclave for three more days as coronavirus cases climbed after the detection this week of the first community transmissions of the virus in the densely populated, blockaded territory. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Israel responds to explosive balloons with tank fire on Gaza

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A Palestinian girl wear a face mask during a lockdown imposed following the discovery of coronavirus cases in the Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. On Wednesday Gaza's Hamas rulers extended a full lockdown in the Palestinian enclave for three more days as coronavirus cases climbed after the detection this week of the first community transmissions of the virus in the densely populated, blockaded territory. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Virus lockdown brings new misery to long-suffering Gaza

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Hamas police officers guard the entrance of the Shifa Hospital after coronavirus cases were discovered in the hospital, in Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Gaza health officials have reported the first death from COVID-19 since authorities detected the first local cases of the coronavirus earlier this week. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Hamas extends Gaza lockdown for 72 hours as virus spreads

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Israeli soldiers sit in a tent next to their mobile artillery units near the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. The Israeli military said attack helicopters have struck observation posts of the militant Hezbollah group along the Lebanon border after shots were fired at Israeli troops. Israel has been bracing for a possible attack by Hezbollah since an Israeli airstrike killed a Hezbollah fighter in neighboring Syria last month. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel attacks Hezbollah posts after shots fired at soldiers

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press