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An Israeli soldier walks by a house damaged by a missile fired from the Gaza Strip in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. Palestinian militants bombarded Israel with dozens of rockets and mortar shells Monday, while Israeli warplanes struck targets throughout the Gaza Strip in what appeared to be the most intense exchange of fire since a 2014 war. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Hamas warns of more rocket attacks amid Israel-Gaza fighting

By Aron Heller and Fares Akram - Associated Press

The Latest: UN Security Council takes no action on Gaza

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An Israeli tank drives near the Israel Gaza border, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Underlying issues keep Israel, Hamas locked in violent loop

By TIA GOLDENBERG - Associated Press

The facade of an apartment building shows damage after it was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza , in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Civilians in Israel, Gaza feel helpless amid new fighting

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

Palestinians gather in front of a destroyed building that was hit by Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Gaza timeline: Main events in years of Israel-Hamas clashes

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

Smoke rises following Israeli strikes on Gaza City, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. Palestinian militants on Monday fired dozens of rockets and mortar shells into southern Israel, critically wounding an Israeli teen, in an intense barrage of projectiles aimed at seeking revenge for a deadly Israeli military incursion late Sunday. The Israeli military responded by dispatching fighter jets to strike throughout the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

The Latest: UN, Egypt working to end Gaza fighting

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and his wife Sara, with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, attend ceremonies at the Arc de Triomphe Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018 in Paris. Over 60 heads of state and government were taking part in a solemn ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the mute and powerful symbol of sacrifice to the millions who died from 1914-18. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool)

Benjamin Netanyahu rushes home after burst of Israel-Gaza violence

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Mourners cry during the funeral of Palestinian Mohammed Shreteh, in the West Bank village of Mazraa al-Gharbiya, near Ramallah, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. Shreteh succumbed to his wounds that were sustained during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the village last month. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israeli soldier, 7 Palestinians killed in new Gaza fighting

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, second left, and his wife Sara, left, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Moroccan King Mohammed VI, right, and Crown Prince Moulay Hassan attend ceremonies at the Arc de Triomphe Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018 in Paris. Over 60 heads of state and government were taking part in a solemn ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the mute and powerful symbol of sacrifice to the millions who died from 1914-18. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool)

The Latest: Israel says soldier killed in Gaza clashes

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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)

Hamas gets funds from Qatar to pay civil servants’ salaries

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Hamas: Gaza protests restrained to give diplomacy a chance

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Protesters run when burn tires near the fence of the Gaza Strip border with Israel during a protest east of east of Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Palestinian determination turns Israeli fence to warzone

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

Israeli soldiers observe the Gaza Strip border, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. The Israeli military has struck dozens of targets across the Gaza Strip in response to heavy rocket fire and threatened to expand its air campaign to Syria after accusing Iranian forces in Damascus of orchestrating the rocket attacks. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

3 Palestinian teens killed in Israeli strike buried in Gaza

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Central Council of the Palestinian Liberation Organization in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. Abbas is accused his Hamas rivals of serving U.S. interests by refusing to relinquish control of the Gaza Strip to him. Abbas has said he fears that the U.S. is planning a proposal that would offer the Palestinians limited statehood in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and some autonomy in parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian president says Hamas serving US interests

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Smoke rises from an explosion caused by an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City, early Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. Israeli aircraft struck several militant sites across the Gaza Strip early Saturday shortly after militants fired rockets into southern Israel, the Israeli military said. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

After Gaza strikes, Israel threatens Iranian forces in Syria

By FARES AKRAM and JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Protesters run when burn tires near the fence of the Gaza Strip border with Israel during a protest east of east of Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

After deadly Gaza protests, rockets hit southern Israel

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket fire

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FILE -In this Oct. 7, 2018 file photo, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem. On Sunday, Oct, 21, 2018, Netanyahu postponed the planned demolition of a West Bank hamlet to allow time for a negotiated solution with its residents. Israel has come under heavy criticism, with major European countries urging it to avoid the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar. The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor recently said such a move could constitute a war crime. (Abir Sultan/Pool via AP, File)

Netanyahu: If not for Israel, Hamas would topple Abbas

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

In this Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 photo, Taghreed Abu Teer, recalls being held by Hamas authorities for 11 days and interrogated under “humiliating circumstances” for her activities with the rival Fatah movement during an interview with The Associated Press at a relative's home in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. In a report released Tuesday, the New York-based watchdogHuman Rights Watch accused Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip of crushing dissent through routine torture, arbitrary arrest and other tactics. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Human Rights Watch: Palestinians crush dissent with torture

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Associated Press

Hamas security forces stand guard while they burn some 1,383 bars of hashish and 1,242,000 pills of Tramadol, that have been seized since the beginning of the year, before they burn it, in Gaza City, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Up in smoke: Hamas cracks down on Gaza drugs

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