Displaced Palestinians, who flee from Rafah amid ongoing Israeli military operations following Israel's renewed offensive in the Gaza Strip, arrive in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Sunday. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption
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A woman grieves at a memorial for those killed and abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, cross-border attack by Hamas militants, near the kibbutz Reim, southern Israel on May 13, 2024. Leo Correa/AP hide caption
Mourners gather around the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel on Wednesday. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption
Israelis hold a funeral procession for Shiri Bibas and her two sons killed in Gaza
A man walks past a billboard bearing the portraits of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas-led militants, in Jerusalem on Monday, as the country marked the 500th day since their abduction. AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
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Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, performs a pilgrimage in Islam's holiest city, Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, on Monday. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Smoke from fighting billows on the edges of Hama, Syria, Dec. 3. Omar Albam/AP hide caption
Antigovernment fighters brandish their guns as they ride a vehicle in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on Nov. 30. Omar Haj Kadour/AFP hide caption
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Missiles launched from Iran towards Israel are seen in the West Bank city of Nablus on Oct. 1. Majdi Mohammed/AP hide caption
Yahya Sinwar, a founder of Hamas' military wing, talks during a rally in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, in 2011. Adel Hana/AP hide caption
Hanan Khdour, 47, stands beside the grave of her son Mohammad Khdour in Biddu, West Bank, on Sept. 19, 2024. Mohammad, 17, and his cousin Malek Mansour, 16, also from Biddu, were driving in the hills not too far from their home in February 2024, when a man shot at their car from a distance as they were driving back. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption
DOJ silent as families of Americans killed in West Bank and Gaza demand it investigate
Vice President Harris hands out food to people at the Henry Brigham Community Center in Augusta, Ga., on Oct. 2, during a tour of hurricane damage in the area. Brendan Smialowski/AFP hide caption
A portrait of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah sits amid destruction in an area targeted overnight by Israeli airstrikes in Saksakiyeh on Sept. 26. Mahmous Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is pictured at the U.S. Naval Academy on Aug. 6 in Annapolis, Md. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Supporters of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group raise their fists and cheer as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah appears via a video link, during a Nov. 3, 2023, rally in Beirut to commemorate Hezbollah fighters who were killed in South Lebanon while fighting against the Israeli forces. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption
Civil Defense first-responders carry a wounded man whose handheld pager exploded at al-Zahraa hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sep. 17, 2024. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption
An Jordanian citizen votes in historic elections for the Parliament of Jordan's 138-seat lower house on Tuesday in Amman, Jordan. Voters are deciding their representatives in the 20th Lower House of Parliament. Jordan Pix/Getty Images hide caption
People walk past a billboard showing a portrait of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (top) next to Palestine Square in the Tehran on Aug. 12, 2024. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A boy walks through the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip on August 14. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A new Israel-Hamas cease-fire talk starts this week. Is anything different this time?
Vice President Harris speaks after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the vice president's ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House on July 25. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
Whether Biden or Trump wins in November will mean very different things for America's place in the world. Jim Watson/Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
What a second Biden or Trump presidency could mean for American allies and foes
This image, taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip, shows smoke billowing in the Palestinian territory at sunset following Israeli bombardment on June 2. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Examining the state of Hamas on 3 fronts: troops, governance and narrative
Lebanese special forces patrol on a road that leads to the U.S. Embassy in Aukar, a northern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. A gunman was captured by Lebanese soldiers after attempting to attack the U.S. Embassy near Beirut on Wednesday, the military said. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption