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      Settlement homes on a road towards the occupied West Bank Palestinian village of Umm Al Khair. AFP

      Anti-settlement groups suspicious of Israel's latest West Bank 'heritage' drive

      Israeli plan to invest in 'heritage assets of the Jewish people' stokes fears of annexation

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      UAE sends 540 tonnes of Eid clothing for children in Gaza

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      Hamas fighters stand guard as others search for the bodies of Israeli hostages alongside Red Cross workers in the east of Gaza on Sunday. AFP

      Hamas refusal to disarm is still main obstacle, says Board of Peace report

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      US imposes sanctions on four people associated with Gaza aid flotilla

      US
      A ceasefire took effect in Gaza last October but Israeli strikes persist and a peace plan has shown few recent signs of progress. Bloomberg

      Gaza's constant terror: Israeli attacks leave people 'afraid to walk streets'

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      How lessons learnt from the Nakba help Gazans with daily survival

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      Gaza sisters win Middle East award for turning war debris into bricks

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      Lack of machinery leaves thousands of Gaza’s dead still buried under rubble

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      'No one should be stranded': Gaza family return to UAE after plea to President

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      Defence Ministry says new institutions will replace 'machinery of terror and incitement against Israel'

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      Egypt deepens Eritrea ties as it seeks to isolate Ethiopia in Horn of Africa

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      Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended but violence continues on the ground

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