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Illustration on Hamas and press freedom by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Reporters in Gaza have never been free

By Clifford D. May

FILE - Video journalists and photographers work as Mufid Hassayneh, Palestinian minister of public works, center, and Mohammed Abu Haloub of Qatar Charity, unseen, speaks during a cornerstone ceremony for rebuilding Zafer 4 Tower in Gaza, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Feb. 18, 2015. Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers issued sweeping new restrictions on journalists after the recent conflict there, but then rescinded them, a group representing foreign media in Israel and the Palestinian territories said Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Hamas issues, then rescinds, sweeping rules on Gaza coverage

By Tia Goldenberg and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

A Palestinian woman cleans her damaged house following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza strip, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Israel has killed two senior Islamic Jihad militants in three days of air strikes in the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian militants have launched nearly 600 rockets at Israel. Palestinian officials say at least 31 people in Gaza have died. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Fragile cease-fire between Israel, Gaza militants holding

By Fares Akram and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Medics treat a wounded girl at the al Najar hospital following an Israeli airstrike on their family building in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Israeli airstrikes have flattened homes in Gaza and Palestinian rocket barrages into southern Israel are persisting for a second day. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Israeli airstrike kills 2nd top Islamic Jihad commander

By Fares Akram and Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

Rockets fired by Palestinian militants toward Israel, in Gaza City, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have killed at least 10 people, including a senior militant, and wounded 55 others. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel and Gaza militants exchange fire after deadly strikes

By Fares Akram and Tia Goldenberg - 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

Israeli security forces escort a group of Jews outside Damascus Gate, in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Police prevented hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis from marching around predominantly Palestinian areas of Jerusalem's Old City. The event planned for Wednesday was similar to one that served as one of the triggers of last year's Israel-Gaza war. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Gaza violence intensifies as Jerusalem clashes resume

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Clashes erupt at Jerusalem holy site; 152 Palestinians hurt

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

A woman reacts at the scene of a shooting attack In Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Israeli health officials say two people were killed and at least eight others wounded in a shooting in central Tel Aviv. Israeli troops on Saturday raided the hometown of a Palestinian who carried out a deadly shooting in Tel Aviv, sparking a gunbattle in the occupied West Bank that left at least one Palestinian militant dead, according to Israeli and Palestinian accounts. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit). **FILE**

Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant in West Bank raid

Associated Press

In this file photo, a blast from an Israeli airstrike on a building in Gaza City throws dust and debris on May 13, 2021, as Hamas and Israel traded more rockets and airstrikes and Jewish-Arab violence raged across Israel at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Israel’s military said early Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022 that it launched strikes against militant targets in the Gaza Strip, a day after rockets were fired from the Hamas-ruled territory. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) **FILE**

Israeli aircraft hit militant targets in Gaza after rocket fire

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Israeli soldiers deploy on the Israel and Gaza border, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. The Israeli military said a civilian was injured by gunfire from the Gaza Strip, the first instance of cross-border violence along the border of the Palestinian enclave in months. The military said it responded with tank fire at multiple Hamas militant positions in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israel strikes Gaza after gunfire wounds civilian near fence

By Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

A general vuew of Gaza City is seen Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. Gaza’s Hamas rulers collect millions of dollars a month in taxes and customs at a crossing on the Egyptian border – providing a valuable source of income that helps it sustain a government and powerful armed wing. After surviving four wars and a nearly 15-year blockade, Hamas has become more resilient and Israel has been forced to accept that its sworn enemy is here to stay. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Defiant in war and isolation, Hamas plays long game in Gaza

By Joseph Krauss and Fares Akram - Associated Press

Why Hamas fights

Why Hamas fights Israel

By Clifford D. May

Israeli police check cars with Palestinian laborers as they search for two Palestinians who broke out of a maximum-security prison last week, on a road leading to the West Bank town of Jenin, near Gan Ner Israel, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. Israeli police on Saturday said they arrested four of the six Palestinians who broke out of the prison including Zakaria Zubeidi a famed militant leader whose exploits over the years have made him a well-known figure in Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza in response to rocket fire

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Medics move Osama Dueij, 32, who was shot in the leg by Israeli troops during a violent protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, into the treatment room of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Gaza Palestinians resume demonstrations on Israeli border

By Wafa Shurafa - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Willard Hotel in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP)

New Israeli prime minister wants Biden to see Iran deal as ‘no longer relevant’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A protestor helps a wounded youth, who was shot by Israeli troops in his foot during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, into the treatment room of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel strikes Gaza after violent protests along border

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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

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, whispers to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as Democrats rally outside the Capitol ahead of passage of H.R. 1, "The For the People Act," a bill which aims to expand voting rights and strengthen ethics rules, in Washington, Friday, March 8, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Pelosi insists House leadership statement on Ilhan Omar was not a rebuke

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Republicans propose censure of Ilhan Omar and ‘The Squad’ for anti-Israel, anti-U.S. rhetoric

By Joseph Clark and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times