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June 14, 2023 at 10:51 pm

Through personal ups and downs, they’ve waited years to perform Hajj. These are their stories VIEW

This year’s Hajj is a landmark: the first full pilgrimage after a daunting period of three years when the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced the scale...

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June 14, 2023 at 9:15 pm

After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for Hajj’s return, the first major one since COVID-19 VIEW

This year’s Hajj is a landmark: the first full pilgrimage after a daunting period of three years when the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced the scale...

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May 14, 2023 at 10:44 am

Family with disabled children among hundreds of Gaza’s homeless after latest fighting with Israel VIEW

The Nabhan family is among some 600 Palestinians that rights groups say were left homeless by a five-day battle between Israel and militants in the...

May 13, 2023 at 11:16 pm

Israeli cease-fire with militants in Gaza appears to hold, despite new rocket launch VIEW

A fragile cease-fire between Israeli forces and militants in the Gaza Strip appears to be holding after a five-day clash that killed 33 Palestinians and...

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May 13, 2023 at 1:08 am

Israel and Islamic Jihad agree on cease-fire to end 5 days of fighting VIEW

Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip have agreed to an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire, ending five days of intense fighting that left...

May 11, 2023 at 11:34 pm

Palestinian militants fire more rockets, Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza despite cease-fire efforts VIEW

The most violent confrontation in months between Israel and Palestinian militants marks its third straight day, as Israeli warplanes struck targets in the Gaza Strip...

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May 11, 2023 at 12:00 am

New fighting kills 2 Palestinian militant commanders, elderly man in Israel as Egypt pushes truce VIEW

Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have killed two militant commanders, while a 70-year-old man has been killed by Palestinian rocket fire in the first...

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Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Gaza City, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Israeli aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip for a second straight day on Wednesday, killing at least one Palestinian and pushing the region closer toward a new round of heavy fighting. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) XOB106 XOB106

May 10, 2023 at 3:29 am

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