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The bodies of Israelis killed in an unprecedented Hamas attack are gathered for identification at a military base in Ramla, Israel, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Israeli officials say 1,300 people were killed when Hamas militants burst across the border last Saturday and went on a deadly rampage through Israeli border towns, villages, army bases and a music festival. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Palestinians stream south in Gaza as Israel urges a mass evacuation and conducts brief raids

By Wafaa Shurafa and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

An Israeli soldier walks by a house destroyed by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Be'eri on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. The kibbutz was overrun by Hamas militants from Neraby Gaza Strip Saturday when they killed and captured many Israelis. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

Live updates | Day 6 of the latest Israel-Hamas war

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

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 admits intel, readiness failures ahead of Hamas attacks

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations, killing hundreds and taking captives. Palestinian health officials reported hundreds of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel orders evacuation of 1.1 million people from northern part of Gaza, UN says

By Joseph Krauss and Wafaa Shurafa - Associated Press

Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations, killing hundreds and taking captives. Palestinian health officials reported hundreds of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel strikes university in Gaza it said was training Hamas fighters

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, about the war between Israel and the militant Palestinian group Hamas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden calls Hamas’ attacks ‘pure evil,’ says Israel must respond

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Palestinians walk amid the rubble following Israeli airstrikes that razed swaths of a neighborhood in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel Saturday, killing over 1,000 people and taking captives. Israel launched heavy retaliatory airstrikes on the enclave, killing hundreds of Palestinians. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Signs point to ground war in Gaza as scale of Hamas atrocities emerges

By David R. Sands and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Israeli soldiers deploy in kibbutz Kfar Azza on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Hamas militants overran Kfar Azza on Saturday, where many Israelis were killed and taken captive. (AP Photo/Erik Marmor)

Border with Gaza finally sealed, say Israeli officials

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations, killing hundreds and taking captives. Palestinian health officials reported scores of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel declares war; Iran-backed Hezbollah joins Hamas in the fight

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Palestinians wave their national flag and celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis southern Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday. (AP Photo/Yousef Masoud)

Israel’s Netanyahu says ‘we are at war’ after unprecedented, wide-ranging incursion by Hamas

By Josef Federman and Issam Adwan - Associated Press

A masked Palestinian protester waves his national flag next to burning tires during clashes with Israeli security forces along the frontier with Israel, east of Gaza City, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Six Palestinians are killed in latest fighting with Israel, at least 3 of them militants

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Palestinian patients carry their belongings on their way back to the Gaza Strip after receiving medical treatment in Israel, near the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel, in the town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. Israel shut down the main personnel crossing between Israel and Gaza to thousands of Palestinian laborers on Tuesday, following a resurgence of violent protests at the Israeli border fence in recent days. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israeli military raid kills 3 in West Bank. Officials say 4th man killed by Israeli fire in Gaza

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

A Palestinian family member inspects the damage at his family's house that was besieged during an Israeli army raid in the West Bank town of Aqaba, near Tubas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. The Israeli military on Friday raided the Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, besieging an apartment and sparking a gunfight with local militants that killed an apparently uninvolved Palestinian teacher, his family and Palestinian health officials said. The Israeli army said it searched the hide-out and found improvised explosive devices in a children's room, along with other military equipment like high-capacity gun magazines. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israeli forces raid a West Bank town, sparking a firefight that kills a Palestinian teacher

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

A Palestinian police officer inspects illegal motorcycles that police have newly confiscated as part of a wider crackdown on crime in Jenin, that are gathered in a scrap yard at the Beit Qad police station, north of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

After Israeli raids, Palestinian police struggle in militant hotbed, reflecting region on the brink

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Tourists take cover from the mid-day heat at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israeli army kills 14-year-old Palestinian as an Israeli minister visits a flashpoint holy site

By Tia Goldenberg and Isaac Scharf - Associated Press

Israeli soldiers stand by a car used by three alleged Palestinian gunmen after they were killed in Nablus, West Bank, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Israeli security forces said they opened fire at Palestinian militants who had shot at them from a car, while Palestinian media described the Israeli killing of the gunmen as an ambush following the militants' attempted attack on Israeli forces near a Jewish settlement overlooking Nablus. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israeli military kills 3 alleged Palestinian gunmen in volatile West Bank

By Majdi Mohammed - Associated Press

Palestinian mourners carry the body of Tariq Idris, 39, during his funeral, in Askar refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Palestinian health officials said that a 39-year-old man, Tariq Idris, died of wounds suffered in violent confrontations with Israeli forces in the northern city of Nablus the day before during an Israeli military arrest raid. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israeli military kills Palestinian gunman as settlers rampage through Palestinian town

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

An international delegation examines a torched building as they tour the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, days after a rampage by Jewish settlers, Friday, June 23, 2023. Israeli settlers entered the town, setting fire to Palestinian cars and homes after four Israelis were killed by Palestinian gunmen in the northern West Bank on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israel arrests 3 settlers suspected in violent attacks in Palestinian towns

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Palestinians, some armed, celebrate as Israeli security forces withdraw from Balata refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank after their alleged failure to arrest a wanted militant in the heavily militarized camp, near the city of Nablus Tuesday, June 13, 2023. An Israeli military raid set off a gunfight with militants that killed a 19-year-old Palestinian man on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israeli military raid kills 1 Palestinian, 4 people wounded in separate West Bank shooting attack

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Israeli soldiers mourn during the funeral of Sgt. Lia Ben Nun, 19, in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Sunday, June 4, 2023. The Israeli army says Ben Nun was among three soldiers who were killed by an Egyptian border guard who crossed into Israel on Saturday before he was fatally shot by troops. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel disciplines soldiers over blunders that led to fatal Egyptian border attack

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