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Israeli soldiers run for cover under armored vehicles as a siren sounds warning of incoming rockets fired from Gaza strip in a staging area near the Israeli-Gaza border southern Israel, Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)a

Gaza medics: Israeli strikes kill 23 in Gaza City

By FARES AKRAM and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

The building housing the offices of The Associated Press and other media in Gaza City collapses after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike Saturday, May 15, 2021. The attack came roughly an hour after the Israeli military warned people to evacuate the building, which also housed Al-Jazeera and a number of offices and apartments. There was no immediate explanation for why the building was targeted. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Israel airstrike destroys AP office in Gaza: ‘Shocking and horrifying’

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

An Israeli artillery unit fires toward targets in Gaza Strip, at the Israeli Gaza border, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli-Palestinian fighting sparks bitter political battles

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Israeli police patrol during clashes between Arabs, police and Jews, in the mixed town of Lod, central Israel, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. As rockets from Gaza streaked overhead, Arabs and Jews fought each other on the streets below. Rioters torched vehicles, a restaurant and a synagogue in one of the worst spasms of communal violence that Israel has seen in years. (AP Photo/Heidi Levine)

Israeli-Palestinian clash rattles Trump Abraham Accords, Biden agenda

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Somaya, the wife of Palestinian Osama Mansour, who was shot to death by Israeli soldiers at a temporary checkpoint in the occupied West Bank earlier this month, speaks to journalists at her family house, in the West Bank village of Biddu, west of Ramallah, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Somaya, who was in the car with her husband and was wounded by the gunfire, says they followed the soldiers' instructions and posed no threat. The shooting death has revived criticism of the Israeli military's use of deadly force. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Shooting revives criticism of Israel’s use of deadly force

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Israel: Rocket from Gaza is 2nd in 24 hours; no injuries

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Israeli army demolishes home of alleged Palestinian attacker

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File - In this Monday, July 27, 2020 file photo, Israeli medical workers operate a ventilation machine on a training mannequin during an exercise of the new COVID-19 department at Rambam Hospital in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Israel. The Israeli military opened a new coronavirus unit in a converted parking garage at the hospital in a first-of-its-kind effort by the army to assist the country's overloaded health care system, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Israeli army teams up with hospital amid new COVID-19 crisis

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian during a protest against expansion of Israeli settlements in the village of Shufa in the West Bank, Tuesday, Sep. 1, 2020.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Video shows Israeli soldier kneeling on protester’s neck

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Associated Press

Palestinian residents walk in the Shati refugee camp in west Gaza City as the coastal enclave gets maximum four hours of electricity a day, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Gaza militants fire 12 rockets, Israel strikes Hamas targets

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

US military chief visits Israel amid tensions with Iran

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Israeli court gives Palestinian attacker life sentence

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File - In this Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020 file photo, a Palestinian demonstrator covers his face from tear gas fired by Israeli forces as he holds a poster of -U.S. President Donald Trump during a protest against President Donald Trump's Mideast initiative, in Jordan Valley in the West Bank. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to annex the valley and all of Israel's far-flung West Bank settlements, in line with President Donald Trump's Middle East plan, which overwhelmingly favors Israel and has been rejected by the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinians fear displacement from an annexed Jordan Valley

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Israeli soldiers stand with police officers at a roadblock near Rabin square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Israel's military has deployed hundreds of troops to assist police in enforcing health regulations meant to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. Soldiers and police are setting up roadblocks and inspecting passing cars, asking motorists for their reasons for leaving the house. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

World’s militaries face a new enemy in virus outbreak

By TIA GOLDENBERG and ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

Microsoft hires ex-AG Holder to audit face-scanning firm

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

An explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes is seen in Gaza City, early Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Israeli aircraft struck Islamic Jihad targets throughout the Gaza Strip on Wednesday while the militant group rained scores of rockets into Israel for a second straight day as the heaviest round of fighting in months showed no signs of ending. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

The Latest: Israel resumes strikes on Gaza after rocket fire

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Palestinians check the damage of a house targeted by Israeli missile strikes in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. The Israeli military says it has struck a Gaza City house, targeting a commander from the Islamic Jihad group in a resumption of pinpointed killing. The Iranian-backed Palestinian group confirmed Tuesday that Bahaa Abu el-Atta, it's north Gaza Strip commander, was killed. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Israeli airstrike kills Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza home

By Fares Akram and Aron Heller - Associated Press

Rockets are launched from Gaza Strip to Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Israel killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza early Tuesday in a resumption of pinpointed targeting that threatens a fierce round of cross-border violence with Palestinian militants.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

The Latest: 8 die as Israeli planes hit Gaza

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Israeli border police officers, stand in the village of Azzun near the West Bank city of Qalqilya, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. An Israeli father and his son were stabbed near the town of Qalqilya. Israeli medical services said the 17-year-old son was in a serious condition. The military says it's examining the backgrounds of the incident. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israeli aircraft strike targets in Gaza after drone attack

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press