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A Palestinian man inspects the rubble of a partially destroyed residential building after it was hit by Israeli missile strikes, at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, early Tuesday, May. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Israeli airstrikes hit Hamas commander’s home, Gaza tunnels

By Fares Akram and Karin Laub - Associated Press

Israelis run to shelters as air attack sirens goes off during a Jerusalem Day march, in Jerusalem, Monday, May 10, 2021. Explosions have been heard in Jerusalem after air raid sirens sounded. The sirens came Monday, shortly after the Hamas militant group in Gaza had set a deadline for Israel to remove its security forces from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hamas fires rockets deep into Israel, escalating tensions

By Ilan Ben Zion and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Gaza reporter says she was beaten for not wearing headscarf

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Israeli police officers detain a Palestinian demonstrator during a protest against the planned evictions of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of east Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Shadowy Hamas commander warns Israel over Jerusalem

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

People, some wearing masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, pray the evening prayer during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, outside a mosque in Gaza City, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, the worst fears are now coming true in the crowded, blockaded Gaza Strip: A sudden surge in infections and deaths is threatening to overwhelm hospitals weakened by years of conflict and Israeli border closures. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Virus surge in crowded Gaza threatens to overwhelm hospitals

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 22, 2021 file photo, Israeli border police block members of &quot;Lahava&quot;, a Jewish extremist group, from approaching the Damascus Gate to protest amid heightened tensions in the city, just outside Jerusalem's Old City. A year of relative calm between Israel and the Palestinians has come to an abrupt halt in recent days with the eruption of nightly clashes between Arab youths and Israeli police in east Jerusalem and a heavy barrage of rocket fire launched from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

EXPLAINER: New players add volatility in Jerusalem tensions

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Protesters chant anti Israel slogans during a protest in solidarity with fellow Palestinian worshippers in Jerusalem, at the main street of Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Saturday, April 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

EXPLAINER: New players add volatility in Jerusalem tensions

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Palestinians hold Hamas movement green flags attend a protest in solidarity with Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem, in Gaza City, Friday, April. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Jerusalem tension triggers Gaza-Israel fire exchange

By FARES AKRAM and JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Palestinians run away as a stun grenades are fired by Israeli police during clashes at Damascus Gate just outside Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April. 22, 2021. Palestinians clashed with Israeli police over restrictions on Ramadan gatherings ahead of a planned march by Lahava, a Jewish extremist group, to the area later on Thursday amid heightened tensions in the city. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israeli police arrest dozens in night of chaos in Jerusalem

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Rami Aman, a Palestinian Gazan peace activist, recalls his ordeal, during an interview on the roof of his family house in Gaza City, Feb. 10, 2021. After months of torture and interrogations in a Hamas prison, Aman says he was offered an unconventional proposition: Divorce your wife and you are free to go. Aman had recently signed a marriage contract with the daughter of a Hamas official, and the ruling Islamic militant group apparently wanted to dispel any insinuation that it supported Aman’s outreach to Israeli peace activists. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Gaza man says Hamas forced him to divorce after torture

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Rami Aman, a Palestinian Gazan peace activist, holds note's in which he recalled his ordeal, during an interview on the roof of his family house in Gaza City, Feb. 10, 2021. After months of torture and interrogations in a Hamas prison, Aman says he was offered an unconventional proposition: Divorce your wife and you are free to go. Aman had recently signed a marriage contract with the daughter of a Hamas official, and the ruling Islamic militant group apparently wanted to dispel any insinuation that it supported Aman’s outreach to Israeli peace activists. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Gaza man: After lengthy torture, Hamas forced me to divorce

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2021 file photo, poll workers from the Central Elections Commission register a local resident to the electoral roll, on the main road of Gaza City. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party and his militant Hamas rivals would each fall well short of a parliamentary majority if elections are held in May, forcing them to partner with each other or smaller parties to form a government, according to a poll released Tuesday, March 23, 2021, by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Poll: Fatah, Hamas face headwinds ahead of Palestinian vote

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Palestinians register to receive their first dose a of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a campaign to vaccinate front-line workers, those over 75, cancer patients and medical personnel, at the health ministry in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, March 21, 2021. On Sunday the Palestinian Health Ministry began administering the first coronavirus vaccines received through the global COVAX initiative to eligible people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians expand vaccination campaign after UN shipment

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

FILE - IN this May 10, 2018 file photo, Yehiyeh Sinwar, the Hamas militant group's leader in the Gaza Strip, speaks to foreign correspondents, in his office in Gaza City. Hamas is holding a leadership election in its Gaza Strip stronghold. The race has deep implications for its relations with Israel and other regional players. A Hamas official said the field had narrowed down to a tight race between Sinwar, the group’s current firebrand leader, and Nizar Awadallah, a co-founder of the movement. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Gaza’s Hamas rulers hold secret leadership election

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Explosion kills 3 Gaza fishermen, Hamas rocket suspected

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A Palestinian medic prepares a shot of the Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, in Gaza City, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Hamas-ruled Gaza launches coronavirus vaccination drive

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

File - In this Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 file photo, palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote during local elections at a polling station in the West Bank city of Ramallah. President Abbas called for legislative elections on May 22 and presidential elections on July 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Abbas orders Palestinian public freedoms boosted before vote

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2020 file photo, a Palestinian paramedic takes a nasal swab to test for the coronavirus, at a mosque in Gaza City. The Palestinian Authority said Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, 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. Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila said in a statement that the PA sent 2,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine for front-line medical workers through the Beitunia crossing between the occupied West Bank and Israel en route to Gaza. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

After delay, Israel allows vaccines into Hamas-run Gaza

By FARES AKRAM and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2020 file photo, a Palestinian paramedic wearing a full protective suit, takes a nasal swab to test for COVID-19 from a man, at a mosque in Gaza City. The Palestinian Authority said Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 that Israel was preventing it from sending coronavirus vaccines to the Gaza Strip that were intended for front-line medical workers in the territory controlled by the Islamic militant group Hamas. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Palestinians say Israel blocks shipment of vaccines to Gaza

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Hamas court says women need guardian’s approval to travel

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press