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Sanaa Shalaby, estranged wife of Muntasser Shalaby, who Israeli security forces accuse of carrying out a May 2 shooting that killed an Israeli and wounded two others in the occupied West Bank, waters plants at her home in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya, Thursday, June 3, 2021. Shalaby is waging a legal battle to prevent Israel from demolishing the two-story villa where she lives with her three youngest children that's drawing attention to Israel's policy of punitive home demolitions, which rights groups view as collective punishment. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Palestinian mom fights to stave off punitive home demolition

By Joseph Krauss Jun. 07, 2021 02:05 AM EDT

A crater full of water and sewage remains where the home of Ramez al-Masri was destroyed by an air-strike prior to a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Beit Hanoun, the northern Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
After another war, displaced in Gaza face familiar plight

By Fares Akram May. 24, 2021 02:24 AM EDT

Muslim protesters shout slogans supporting Palestinians during a rally against Israel's attacks on Gaza, outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, May 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Indonesia Muslims protest at US Embassy over Israel strikes

By Niniek Karmini And Fadlan Syam May. 21, 2021 05:29 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press May. 19, 2021 01:25 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 19 The Boston Globe on U.S. aid to Israel should...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a briefing to ambassadors to Israel at the Hakirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Pool)
Israel's Netanyahu 'determined' to continue Gaza operation

By Fares Akram And Joseph Krauss May. 19, 2021 02:55 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, May 16, 2021, file photo, a Palestinian man carries Suzy Ishkontana, 7, who was rescued from under the rubble of a destroyed house following deadly Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City. Suzy and her father Riad were the only survivors of their family after an Israeli airstrike destroyed one of the buildings they lived in in Gaza City early Sunday, killing her mother and four siblings. The man and his daughter were pulled alive from under the rubble after several hours. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)
Gaza children bearing the brunt in Israel-Hamas conflict

By Fares Akram May. 18, 2021 05:32 PM EDT

A protester stands under a large Palestinian flag during an anti-Israel rally outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Pro-Palestinian protesters marched to the heavily guarded embassy on Tuesday to demand an end to Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Indonesians protest at US Embassy over Israeli airstrikes

By Niniek Karmini And Fadlan Syam May. 18, 2021 03:32 AM EDT

A Palestinian man inspects the damage of a house destroyed by an early morning Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Israel carried out a wave of airstrikes on what it said were militant targets in Gaza, leveling a six-story building in downtown Gaza City, and Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel early Tuesday, the latest in the fourth war between the two sides, now in its second week. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Palestinians go on strike as Israel-Hamas fighting rages

By Fares Akram And Ravi Nessman May. 18, 2021 02:31 AM EDT

Israeli security forces and emergency services work on a site hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ramat Gan, central Israel, Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Israeli warplanes stage more heavy strikes across Gaza City

By Fares Akram And Ravi Nessman May. 16, 2021 02:11 PM EDT

Palestinian demonstrators take cover during clashes with Israeli forces at the Hawara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, May 14, 2021. Health officials say several Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire, at protests that took place in several locations across the West Bank of Friday. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
West Bank erupts in protest amid more Israel-Hamas fighting

By Fares Akram And Lee Keath May. 14, 2021 09:38 AM EDT

Bangladeshi Muslims protesting against Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Gaza, gather after Eid al-Fitr prayers in front of Baitul Mukarram Mosque and wave Palestinian and Bangladeshi flags in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
The Latest: Israeli airstrike on Gaza house kills at least 7

The Associated Press May. 14, 2021 07:55 AM EDT

An Israeli soldier stands guard next to an Iron Dome air defense system as smoke rises from an oil tank on fire after it was hit by a rocket fire from Gaza Strip, near the town of Ashkelon, Israel,, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
The Latest: Netanyahu raps 'anarchy' of Jewish-Arab fighting

By The Associated Press May. 12, 2021 06:40 AM EDT

Members of a civil society group burn representations of Israeli, U.S. and Indian flags during a demonstration in support of Palestinians during the latest round of violence in Jerusalem, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
The Latest: Israeli aircraft strike another building in Gaza

May. 11, 2021 09:22 AM EDT

Jewish nationalist demonstrators look at a barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip toward central Israel, in the Israeli town of Ramla, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The protesters had gathered in an attempted show of strength in a predominantly Arab neighborhood. (AP Photo/Heidi Levine)
Israel, Hamas trade deadly fire as confrontation escalates

By Fares Akram And Josef Federman May. 11, 2021 08:38 AM EDT

FILE - This Feb. 17, 2021 file photo, shows a full-scale model of the Ingenuity helicopter displayed for the media at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Space engineer Loay Elbasyouni was part of the NASA team that made history this month by launching an experimental helicopter from the surface of Mars. But he says an expedition to his hometown in the Gaza Strip, where posters celebrate his achievement, feels even farther off because of Israeli and Egyptian restrictions. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Gazan behind Mars drone says visiting home is no small step

By Fares Akram Apr. 29, 2021 01:13 PM EDT

FILE- In this Nov. 7, 2019 file photo, the International Criminal Court, or ICC, is seen in The Hague, Netherlands. The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Wednesday, March 3, 2021 that she has launched an investigation into alleged crimes in the Palestinian territories. Fatou Bensouda said in a statement the probe will be conducted “independently, impartially and objectively, without fear or favor.”(AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
ICC launches war crimes probe into Israeli practices

By Josef Federman And Mike Corder Mar. 03, 2021 10:19 AM EST

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)
After delay, Israel allows vaccines into Hamas-run Gaza

By Fares Akram And Joseph Krauss Feb. 17, 2021 04:53 AM EST

In this photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry, Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami speaks during a funeral ceremony for Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a scientist who was killed on Friday, shown in the banner at background, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. Iran held the funeral Monday for the slain scientist who founded its military nuclear program two decades ago, with the Islamic Republic's defense minister vowing to continue the man's work "with more speed and more power." (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
Iran says Israel killed military nuclear scientist remotely

By Nasser Karimi And Jon Gambrell Nov. 30, 2020 01:16 AM EST

An Israeli firefighter attempts to extinguish a fire caused by an incendiary balloon on the Israeli side of the border between Israel and Gaza Strip, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
Israel responds to explosive balloons with tank fire on Gaza

Aug. 30, 2020 03:45 PM EDT

Israel strikes Gaza after Palestinian militants fire rockets

By Fares Akram Aug. 28, 2020 01:15 AM EDT
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says it struck militant targets in Gaza, including a weapons manufacturing site, after six rockets were fired...