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Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israeli troops kill ‘dozens’ of Hamas terrorists as fighting ramps up in Gaza: IDF spokesman

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Palestinians stand around a building destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Israel expands ground assault into Gaza as fears rise over airstrikes near crowded hospitals

By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy and Lee Keath - Associated Press

Hamas Strategy of Human Sacrifice Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Hamas’ strategy? Human sacrifice

By Sean Durns

Palestinians inspect the damage of destroyed buildings caused by the ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)

Live updates | Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, hospital damaged by nearby bombs

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Palestinian supporters shout slogans as they cross the Brooklyn Bridge during a demonstration demanding a cease-fire on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensive

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Israeli soldiers walk through a tunnel discovered near the Israel-Gaza border Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. An extensive labyrinth of tunnels built by Hamas stretches across the dense neighborhoods of the Gaza Strip, hiding militants, their missile arsenal and the over 200 hostages they now hold after an unprecedented Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

A spider web of Hamas tunnels in Gaza Strip raises risks for an Israeli ground offensive

By Jon Gambrell and Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Wounded Palestinians receive treatment at the al-Shifa hospital, following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)

Live updates | Israel knocks out Gaza communications as protesters call for end to the war

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Cars are on fire after they were hit by rockets from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, Israel, on Oct. 7, 2023. Just three weeks into the deadliest war between Israel and Hamas, it already is clear that the bloodshed has shaken the region for years to come and flipped long-standing Israeli assumptions upside down. Israelis' sense of personal security was shattered, and the international community's traditional approach of urging Israel to withdraw from occupied land in exchange for peace appears out of the question. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) **FILE**

Israel accuses Hamas of launching attacks from hospitals in Gaza

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A Israeli soldier inspects a damaged residential building, a day after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Israel raids northern Gaza ahead of expected invasion

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Smoke and fire rise following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. The war between Israel and Hamas has brought carefully calibrated condemnations and warnings to both sides by Russia. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Israel kills Hamas leader as troops await order for Gaza invasion

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi speaks during his transition ceremony with the prime minister, defense minister, and the outgoing chief, in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo, Pool) ** FILE **

Israel’s top general tells waiting troops they are ready for Gaza invasion

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Palestinian mourners carry the body of Oday Mansour, 17, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Kafr Qallil, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. Mansour was killed in clashes with Israeli forces Friday during a protest in support of the Gaza Strip, at a military checkpoint in the flash point town of Hawara, West Bank. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian death toll in West Bank surges as Israel pursues militants following Hamas rampage

By Amy Teibel - Associated Press

A Palestinian girl reacts as a child is carried from the rubble of a building after an airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Live updates | Israel says it’s stepping up attacks on the Gaza Strip

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Palestinians rescue a woman after an Israeli airstrike on buildings of the Abu Asad family in Deir el-Balah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Eslaiah)

Israel strikes Gaza, Syria and West Bank as war against Hamas threatens to ignite other fronts

By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy and Ravi Nessman - Associated Press

An Israel soldier gestures to passers-by as he drives a military vehicle near the border between Israel and Gaza Strip, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Airstrikes hit Gaza as Israel says it doesn’t plan to control life there after destroying Hamas

By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

A Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of the building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Bureij refugee camp Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Gaza awaits aid from Egypt as Israel readies troops for ground assault

By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab and Ravi Nessman - Associated Press

Protesters take cover from tear gas fired by riot police during a demonstration in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza, near the U.S. embassy in Aukar, a northern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Hundreds of angry protesters are clashing with Lebanese security forces in the Lebanese suburb Aukar near the United States Embassy. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Protesters in Lebanon decrying Gaza hospital blast clash with security forces near U.S. Embassy

By Kareem Chehayeb - Associated Press

Palestinians take shelter from the Israeli bombardment at a school in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Monday, Oct.16, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Live updates | Intense Israeli bombardments strike Gaza as the war rages on

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A Palestinian child wounded in Israeli bombardment is brought to a hospital in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Source: President Mahmoud Abbas cancels planned meeting with Biden after hospital strike

By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab, Raiv Nessman and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Wounded Palestinians sit on the floor at the al-Shifa hospital, following Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)

Israel-Hamas war escalates; civilian suffering grows

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times