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Rockets and "light bombs" are seen over the Gaza strip on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, from Sderot, Israel. As Israel's response to Hamas's Oct. 7 attacks entered its fourth week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war would be a long one and would amount to a "second war of independence." Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption

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Sunday

Workers stack supplies on Sunday at one of the warehouses in North Sinai, Egypt, where the Egyptian Red Crescent stores foreign aid destined for Gaza. The aid convoy, organized by a group of Egyptian NGOs, set off from Cairo for the Gaza-Egypt border crossing at Rafah. Mahmoud Khaled/Getty Images hide caption

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Sunday

Palestinians inspect a damaged building following an Israeli army raid in Nour Shams refugee camp in the northern West Bank, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. Palestinians said at least two people were killed in the raid, which the army said was carried out to destroy a militant command center and bomb-storage facility in the building. Majdi Mohammed/AP hide caption

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Majdi Mohammed/AP

Saturday

Lawyers gather in a demonstration against the Israeli government's controversial plans to overhaul the judicial system, outside the Tel Aviv District Court of Justice on Jan. 12. The new justice minister Yariv Levin outlined proposals such as allowing politicians to override Supreme Court decisions. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Israel's far-right government wants the power to override its Supreme Court

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Sunday

Mourners gather around the bodies of Israeli couple Eli Mizrahi and his wife, Natalie, victims of a shooting attack Friday in east Jerusalem, during their funeral at the cemetery in Beit Shemesh, Israel, early Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption

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Sunday

Israelis protest against the government's plans to overhaul the country's legal system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. The new government unveiled its plan this month proposing changes that critics say will weaken the country's judiciary and imperil its democratic system of checks and balances. Oded Balilty/AP hide caption

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