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Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza Strip, late Tuesday, May 2, 2023. The Israeli military said it had started airstrikes on Gaza targets, in response to earlier rocket salvos from the coastal strip, run by the militant Hamas group. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza kill Palestinian as violence ebbs

Associated Press

A mourner draped in the Israeli flag attends the funeral for Lucy Dee at a cemetery in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kfar Etzion, Tuesday, April 11, 2023. The British-Israeli woman died of wounds from an April 7 shooting attack that killed her daughters, Maia and Rina Dee, by Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israeli army kills 2 alleged Palestinian gunmen in West Bank

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

People gather and lay flowers at the site where Alessandro Parini, an Italian tourist, was killed in a Palestinian attack, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 8, 2023. Israeli authorities said an Italian tourist was killed and five other Italian and British citizens were wounded Friday when a car rammed into a group of tourists in Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israeli military: 3 rockets fired from Syria toward Israel

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Israeli police are deployed at the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound following a raid at the site during the Muslim Holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Palestinian media reported police attacked Palestinian worshippers, raising fears of wider tension as Islamic and Jewish holidays overlap. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Violence at holy Jerusalem site raises tension over holidays

By Mahmoud Illean and Fares Akram - Associated Press

Israeli security forces search for a suspect in a shooting attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 9, 2023. Israeli police said a Palestinian gunman shot and wounded three people in central Tel Aviv before the attacker was shot and killed. Police initially suspected there was a second attacker but later determined the gunman had acted alone. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Palestinian suspect killed by Israeli fire in West Bank

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Bassem, 55, right and Lamia, 47, the parents of Palestinian militant Ezzeddin Hamamrah, 24, who was killed during an Israeli army raid on Jan. 14th, 2023, pose next to a poster with their son's name and picture, at the family house in the West Bank village of Jaba, near Jenin, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. The words on the picture read, "The Martyr hero, we will keep the track". Across the West Bank, small independent groups of disillusioned young Palestinians are taking up guns against Israel's open-ended occupation, defying Palestinian political leaders that they disdain as Israeli collaborators. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

With West Bank in turmoil, new Palestinian militants emerge

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Palestinians run from tear gas fired by Israeli forces raiding Aqbat Jabr camp, southwest of the city of Jericho on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, during a search for the Palestinian suspects behind a shooting attack at a restaurant in a nearby settlement last week. The army said it surrounded several residences that Palestinians were using to hide out and plan future attacks and ultimately arrested several suspects who surrendered. During the raid, the army said Palestinian protesters shot at Israeli security forces, who responded with live fire. The Palestinian Health Ministry said six people were wounded, two seriously. (AP Photo/ Majdi Mohammed)Palestinians clashes with Israeli forces during during a military raid the West Bank Aqabat Jaber camp near Jericho, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israeli army besieges homes of fugitives in West Bank raid

By Majdi Mohammed - Associated Press

Israeli police secure the site of a shooting attack near a synagogue in Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. A Palestinian gunman opened fire outside an east Jerusalem synagogue Friday night, killing seven people, including a 70-year-old woman, and wounding three others before police shot and killed him, officials said. It was the deadliest attack on Israelis in years and raised the likelihood of further bloodshed. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israel to ‘strengthen’ settlements after shooting attacks

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Palestinians burn tires and wave the national flag during a protest against Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, along the border fence with Israel, in east of Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. During the raid in the West Bank town of Jenin, Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman, and wounded several others, Palestinian health officials said, in one of the deadliest days of fighting in years. The Israeli military said it was conducting an operation to arrest militants when a gun battle erupted. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Clash kills nine Palestinians, inflames tensions ahead of Blinken trip to Israel

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Israeli soldiers gesture to a vehicle at Tapuah Junction, next to a campaign poster for former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near the West Bank town of Nablus, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

Palestinians: Israeli forces kill teenage girl in West Bank

By Nasser Nasser and Isabel DeBre - Associated Press

Mourners gather around the body of Palestinian Mahmoud Al-Sous, covered Islamic Jihad militant group flag, during his funeral in the West Bank town of Jenin, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians on Saturday in an exchange of fire that erupted during a military raid in the West Bank. The Israeli military said it had arrested a 25-year-old operative from the Islamic Jihad militant group who has previously been imprisoned by Israel. It said the man had recently been involved in shooting attacks on Israeli soldiers. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian gunman wounds 2 Israelis in Jerusalem shooting

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

FILE - Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial, at the site where Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin, May 19, 2022. The Israeli military acknowledged for the first time on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, that one of its soldiers likely killed veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May, saying its own investigation shows she was shot by mistake and that no one will face punishment. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Israeli army: ‘High probability’ soldier killed reporter

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Benny Gantz speaks at the announcement of former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot's election bid in Ramat Gan, Israel, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. Gantz said Friday, Aug. 26, it was important to maintain capabilities for “defensive and offensive purposes” as he met with a senior U.S. official to reiterate Israel's opposition to an emerging nuclear deal with Iran. (AP Photo/ Tsafrir Abayov, File)

Israel’s deputy military chief nominated for top spot

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - Palestinian Bassam al-Saadi, center, a senior Islamic Jihad militant, appears in a courtroom for a hearing, at the Israeli Ofer military base near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. The Israeli military filed terror charges Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022 against the Senior Islamic Jihad commander.(AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Israel indicts militant whose arrest fueled Gaza tensions

By Emily Rose - Associated Press

In this April 19, 2022, file photo, an explosion is caused by Israeli airstrikes on a Hamas military base in town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, April 19, 2022. Israel conducted a similar airstrike in Gaza City early on the morning of July 16, hours after President Biden concluded a Middle East visit in neighboring Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Yousef Masoud, File)

Israel strikes Gaza after rocket attacks, hours after Biden visit

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A mural of slain of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is on display, in Gaza City, Sunday, May 15, 2022. Abu Akleh was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin on May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Independent probe points to Israeli fire in journalist death

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Journalists and medics wheel the body of Shireen Abu Akleh, a journalist for Al Jazeera network, into the morgue inside the hospital in the West Bank town of Jenin, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The well-known Palestinian reporter for the broadcaster's Arabic language channel was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin early Wednesday, the Palestinian health ministry said. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank

By Joseph Krauss and Fares Akram

FILE - An Israeli soldier guards an opening in Israel's West Bank separation barrier that was reinforced with barbed wire to prevent Palestinians from crossing into Israel, in the West Bank village of Nilin, west of Ramallah, April 10, 2022. Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man during clashes on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, as Israeli troops continued a days-long operation in the occupied West Bank in response to a spate of deadly attacks. The death is the latest in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence that has erupted as Muslims mark the holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

Israeli forces kill Palestinian as West Bank raids continue

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Israeli soldiers use teargas to disperse Palestinian protesters during clashes at the entrance the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, background, Tuesday, June. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israel launches airstrikes in Gaza after incendiary balloon attacks

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

An Israeli artillery unit fires toward targets in the Gaza Strip, at the Israeli-Gaza border, Sunday, May 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Heidi Levine)

Israel says Gaza tunnels destroyed in heavy airstrikes

By Fares Akram and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press