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A kid holds a poster of Palestinian Fadi al-Batsh portrait at a mosque in Selayang, on the outskirt of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. The Palestinian envoy in Malaysia says the body of the Hamas militant killed last week in Kuala Lumpur will be repatriated to the Gaza Strip for burial. Fadi al-Batsh, an electrical engineering lecturer at a Malaysian university, was gunned down by two men on a motorcycle as he was on his way to a mosque early Saturday. (AP Photo/Sadiq Asyraf)

The Latest: Hamas buries, vows revenge for slain engineer

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Palestinian protesters evacuate a wounded youth during clashes with Israeli troops along Gaza's border with Israel, east of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, April 20, 2018. Thousands of Palestinians joined the fourth weekly protest on Gaza's border with Israel on Friday, some burning tires or flying kites with flaming rags dangling from their tails. Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops firing from across the border fence, health officials said. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

The Latest: Hamas mourns slain engineer ‘commander’

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Palestinian protesters evacuate a wounded youth during clashes with Israeli troops along Gaza's border with Israel, east of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, April 20, 2018. Thousands of Palestinians joined the fourth weekly protest on Gaza's border with Israel on Friday, some burning tires or flying kites with flaming rags dangling from their tails. Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops firing from across the border fence, health officials said. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel’s Lieberman blames Hamas over Gaza deaths

By FARES AKRAM and KARIN LAUB - Associated Press

A Palestinian woman hurls stones at Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Friday, April 20, 2018. Since weekly mass marches began in late March, 28 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds wounded by Israeli army fire from across the border fence.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

The Latest: Palestinians will seek UN probe of Gaza violence

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Palestinians watch a bulldozer raises protective sand berms around the tents at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Thursday, April 19, 2018. Palestinian activists are moving protest encampments closer to Israel's fence ahead of mass demonstration. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Israeli leaflets tell Gaza residents to shun border protest

By Fares Akram - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, April 6, 2018 file photo, Palestinian protesters run for cover from teargas fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes with Israeli troops at the Gaza's border with Israel near Khan Younis. The flareup of deadly violence in Gaza is of a new kind, even in the inventive annals of Mideast conflicts: Israeli soldiers shooting at Palestinian demonstrators burning tires and hurling firebombs across what looks like an international border, inflicting casualties while claiming concerns of a mass breach of the barrier. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

What the thick tire smoke at the Gaza-Israel border means

By Ziva Dahl

Arab Realignment Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Iran, the Palestinians’ seductive ally

By Jed Babbin

Mourners carry the body of Palestinian cameraman who was shot and killed, Friday by Israeli troops while covering a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, during his funeral in Gaza City, Saturday, April 7, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Israel says slain Gaza journalist was Hamas militant

By IAN DEITCH - Associated Press

Mourners carry the body of Palestinian cameraman who was shot and killed, Friday by Israeli troops while covering a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, during his funeral in Gaza City, Saturday, April 7, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

The Latest: US aided slain Gaza reporter’s media firm

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Palestinian protesters burn tires during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Friday, April 6, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

7 killed by Israeli fire, scores hurt in Gaza border protest

By Fares Akram - Associated Press

A Palestinian boy poses for a photograph as he paints his face in black during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Friday, April 6, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

The Latest: Palestinian journalist dies from gunshot wounds

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A protester holds a Palestinian flag on top of tires to be burned during an ongoing protest next to Gaza's border with Israel, east of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Israel's defense minister said Tuesday that the military will not change its tough response to Hamas-led mass protests, warning that those who approach the border are putting their lives at risk. Eighteen Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire last Friday, the first day of what Hamas says will be six weeks of intermittent border protests against a stifling blockade of the territory. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Gaza protests driven by desperation, Hamas organization

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Palestinian protesters evacuate a wounded youth during clashes with Israeli troops along Gaza's border with Israel, east of Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Israel's defense minister said Tuesday that the military will not change its tough response to Hamas-led mass protests, warning that those who approach the border are putting their lives at risk. Eighteen Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire last Friday, the first day of what Hamas says will be six weeks of intermittent border protests against a stifling blockade of the territory. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel vows tough response to Gaza protests

By FARES AKRAM and KARIN LAUB - Associated Press

Right-wing Israelis demonstrate across from a left-wing demonstration for Gaza in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, April 1, 2018. Israel's defense minister on Sunday rejected international calls for an investigation into deadly violence along Gaza's border with Israel, saying troops acted appropriately and fired only at Palestinian protesters who posed a threat. But video from the scene showed at least a handful of incidents in which people appear to have been shot either far from the border or while they were not actively rioting. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Gaza terrorists spur Passover, Easter terror

By Renee Garfinkel

A man walks next to a tent with a painting with Arabic writing that reads, &quot;Palestine,&quot; near the Gaza Strip border with Israel, in eastern Gaza City, Sunday, April 1, 2018. Israel’s defense minister on Sunday rejected international calls for an investigation into deadly violence along Gaza’s border with Israel, saying troops acted appropriately and fired only at Palestinian protesters who posed a threat. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Gaza toll rises to 18, Israel rejects excessive force claims

By FARES AKRAM and KARIN LAUB - Associated Press

Palestinian protesters run for cover from teargas fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes with Israeli troops along the Gaza Strip border with Israel, east of Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel rejects calls for inquiry into Gaza violence

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Israel says it destroys new Hamas tunnel network in Gaza

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Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah waves to the media as he arrives to head the Cabinet session in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' former official resident in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. Hamdallah has held the first government meeting in the Gaza Strip as part of a major reconciliation effort to end the 10-year rift between Fatah and Hamas. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Explosion strikes Palestinian prime minister’s convoy in Gaza

By Fares Akram - Associated Press

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

Hopeless in Gaza

By Clifford D. May

People protest against President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, near the U.S embassy in Brussels on Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

On Jerusalem, let ‘em rage

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times