The Palestinians view the expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank as the main barrier to any lasting peace agreement and most of the international community considers them illegal or illegitimate.
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Hezbollah’s deputy leader says group would stop fighting with Israel after Gaza cease-fire
In recent weeks, with Gaza cease-fire talks faltering, fears have increased of an escalation on the Lebanon-Israel front.
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Israel orders Palestinians to flee Khan Younis, signaling likely new assault on southern Gaza city
Meanwhile, Israel releases the director of what was once Gaza’s largest hospital after holding him for seven months without charge or trial.
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Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank kills a Palestinian militant and wounds 5 other people
The strike took place in Nur Shams, an urban refugee camp that has been a frequent target of the Israeli military and is known as a stronghold of Palestinian militants.
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19 sick and injured children, plus companions, leave Gaza in first medical evacuation since May
Family members earlier bade a tearful goodbye to the children as they and their escorts left the Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis bound for the Kerem Shalom cargo crossing with Israel.
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Israel’s high court orders army to draft ultra-Orthodox men, rattling Netanyahu’s government
The prime minister would struggle to pull together a ruling coalition without the politically powerful ultra-Orthodox parties, who oppose any change to the system.
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Netanyahu says he won’t agree to a deal that ends the war in Gaza
The viability of a U.S.-backed proposal to wind down the 8-month-long war in Gaza was cast into doubt after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would only be willing to agree to a “partial” cease-fire deal that would not end the war
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Democrats wrestle with whether to boycott Netanyahu’s address to Congress
While some Democrats are saying they will come out of respect for Israel, a larger and growing faction wants no part of it.
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At least 39 people killed in Israeli strikes across northern Gaza, officials say
At least 549 Palestinians in the territory have been killed by Israeli fire since the war began, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, which tracks the killings.
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Israeli strikes on camps near Rafah kill at least 25 and wound 50, Gaza health officials say
The strikes came as Israel pushed ahead with its military operation in Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge from fighting elsewhere in Gaza.