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Farah Abu Assi, 12, collects used paper to light a fire for cooking in the hall of Bilal Mosque, which has been converted into a shelter for displaced people, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli fire in Gaza kills 5 people, including a little girl, health officials say

By Wafaa Shurafa and Natalie Melzer - Associated Press

Palestinians carry the body of Mohamed al-Wahidi, director of public relations for the Egyptian Committee in Gaza, who was killed in an Israeli military strike, during his funeral in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)

Israeli strike kills World Cup screening organizer in Gaza just before kickoff

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Ismail al-Thawabta, general director of the Hamas-run government media office, speaks during a press conference at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Hamas dissolves its government in Gaza to transfer power to a U.N.-backed committee

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Palestinians walk along a road surrounded by buildings destroyed in Israeli military strikes during the Israel-Hamas war, in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Trump’s optimistic post-war Gaza plan meets the hard reality of Hamas’ grip

By Waseem Abu Mahadi - Special to The Washington Times

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, June 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli strikes and shelling in Gaza kill at least 4 Palestinians, health workers say

By Wafaa Shurafa - Associated Press

Palestinians collect their belongings from their evacuated homes after the Israeli army issued a number of short term access permits for residents of the occupied West Bank refugee camp of Tulkarem, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

More than 1,000 people have been killed in Gaza during ceasefire, Health Ministry says

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People fill water containers at a free distribution point amid water outages in Khartoum, Sudan, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali, File)

U.N. food agencies warn acute hunger will worsen in 13 hot spots as famine risks rise

By Giada Zampano - Associated Press

Palestinians clear the rubble of a building that was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, at al-Maghazi refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 73,000, officials say, as Israel strikes despite ceasefire

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Relatives mourn around the body of 6-year-old Palestinian girl Menna Allah Abu Labda, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during her funeral at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A Palestinian woman and a young girl were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, officials say

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Ne'man Abu Jarad and his daughter push a cart loaded with jerrycans filled with water as they walk at a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians in Gaza mark anniversary of 1948 mass uprooting and say today’s catastrophe is worse

By Julia Frankel and Wafaa Shurafa - Associated Press

Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila, center, a member of the Global Sumud Flotilla, is escorted by prison service guards to a hearing at the District Court in Ashkelon, Israel, on Sunday, May 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel deports 2 activists detained for leading an aid flotilla to Gaza

By Melanie Lidman and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

People march during a rally to protest against the interception of the Gaza aid ships "Global Sumud Flotilla" by Israeli forces near Greek waters, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Heads of Gaza-bound aid flotilla taken to Israel for questioning, others released to Greek custody

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Displaced Palestinian Reem Abu Lahia uses water to do laundry inside the tent where she lives in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

In Gaza, a desperate rush for water trucks persists more than 6 months after the ceasefire

By Wafaa Shurafa, Toqa Ezzidin and Sam Metz - Associated Press

Palestinians walk through a flooded area in a temporary tent camp after heavy rainfall in Gaza City, Thursday, March 26, 2026 (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Gaza marks 6 months of a ceasefire that may offer lessons for the Iran war

By Wafaa Shurafa and Cara Anna - Associated Press

A group of toddlers return to Gaza more than two years after being evacuated as premature infants for medical treatment in Egypt, arriving at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Evacuated from Gaza as newborns, a group of Palestinian toddlers returns to an uncertain future

By Wafaa Shurafa and Sam Metz - Associated Press

Houthi supporters shout slogans during a rally against Israel and the United States' war in Iran, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Houthi launch first strikes on Israel of war, Pakistan offers to host Iran, U.S. peace talks

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A boy pushes a bicycle carrying jerrycans of water through a sandstorm in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Hospital officials say Israeli strikes killed 12 in Gaza, including 2 children and a pregnant woman

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Hamas police officers guard a truck containing a shipment of Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines at the Kerem Shalom border crossing, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. The Palestinian Authority said Wednesday that it dispatched the first shipment of coronavirus vaccines to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, two days after accusing Israel of preventing it from sending the doses amid objections from some Israeli lawmakers. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Palestinian president’s rival promises vaccines for Gaza

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press