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Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Officially Hit by Famine, Global Group Says
ByVivian Yee August 22, 2025August 22, 2025

At least half a million people in the enclave were facing the most severe conditions measured by U.N.-backed international experts: starvation, acute malnutrition and death.

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Gazans Fear Looming Israeli Operation
ByAdam Rasgon and Iyad Abuheweila August 20, 2025August 22, 2025

Israel’s plan to invade Gaza City, the most populous city in the northern Gaza Strip, has forced many families to consider uprooting themselves.

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A Move on Gaza City Has Started, Israel’s Military Says
ByLara Jakes August 20, 2025

Troops have reached the city’s outskirts, an Israeli official said, adding that more reservists are being asked to report for duty to cover for other soldiers who will be involved in going into Gaza City.

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With Moves on West Bank and Gaza City, Israel Defies Global Outcry
ByLara Jakes August 20, 2025August 21, 2025

Israel approved new settlements in the occupied West Bank, while its troops have reached the outskirts of Gaza City. The developments raise questions about the viability of a cease-fire proposal.

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Protests Highlight Growing Discontent With Netanyahu and the Gaza War
ByIsabel Kershner August 18, 2025August 18, 2025

Many Israelis feel that freeing the hostages cannot happen if the government refuses to come to terms with Hamas and pursues its policy of trying to eliminate the group militarily.

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Protests Highlight Growing Discontent With Netanyahu and the Gaza War
ByIsabel Kershner August 18, 2025

Many Israelis feel that freeing the hostages cannot happen if the government refuses to come to terms with Hamas and pursues its policy of trying to eliminate the group militarily.

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The Trauma of Childhood in Gaza: No School, Few Toys, Little Hope
ByPatrick Kingsley and Bilal Shbair August 15, 2025

Over the past two years, tens of thousands of children in the territory have been killed, wounded or orphaned. Childhood as they once knew it has ceased to exist.

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The Trauma of Childhood in Gaza: No School, Few Toys, Little Hope
ByPatrick Kingsley and Bilal Shbair August 15, 2025August 18, 2025

Over the past two years, tens of thousands of children in the territory have been killed, wounded or orphaned. Childhood as they once knew it has ceased to exist.

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Plan for Israeli Settlements Advances and Will ‘Bury’ Palestinian Statehood, Minister Vows
ByEphrat Livni August 14, 2025August 14, 2025

Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, said on Thursday that a plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied East Jerusalem had won approval. But a procedural step remained.

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Israeli Settlers Unleash Record High Attacks in West Bank
ByPatrick Kingsley, Fatima AbdulKarim and Natan Odenheimer August 14, 2025August 14, 2025

Extremists are carrying out one of the most violent campaigns against Palestinian villages since the U.N. began keeping records.

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