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LIVEUAE calls for UN Security Council to discuss West Bank escalation
UN calls for urgent action to address humanitarian situation in Gaza
This picture taken from a position along the border in northern Israel on December 27, 2023 shows smoke billowing in the southern Lebanese village of Marwahin following Israeli bombardment amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.  (Photo by jalaa marey  /  AFP)
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An Israeli soldier takes position in Gaza. Despite pressure from the US to reduce civilian casualties and scale down operations, Israel's leadership appears more committed than ever to its current course. Reuters
Gaza needs a peace plan, not far-fetched demands
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An art work "Nativity under the Rubble" by Palestinian artist Tariq Salsa is seen in Manger Square near the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank. Getty Images
For Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem, adversity tells the story of Christmas
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Palestinians wait to collect food in a refugee camp in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 23. AFP
The future of Gaza is tied to a mature Palestinian leadership
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The 1914 Christmas Truce during the First World War influenced holiday truces in later conflicts. Getty
Are holiday truces just a myth in modern warfare?
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Judith Weinstein and her husband Gad Haggai were taken hostage by militants on October 7.  APSecond American hostage declared dead after being kidnapped by Hamas
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A Palestinian woman holds a child wounded in an Israeli strike at a hospital in Khan Younis on Thursday. ReutersIsraeli air strikes kill 50 in Gaza, Health Ministry says
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The designations against the Houthis include one person and three entities. EPAUS targets Iran's financing of Houthis with new sanctions
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Ahmad Bazzi, the father of a Hezbollah fighter and his civilian son who killed by an Israeli airstrike that hit their house Tuesday night, mourns over one of is sons coffin during their funeral processions, in Bint Jbeil, South Lebanon. APThree killed in Israeli strike on home in Lebanon
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Mourners carry the coffin of a woman who was killed together with a Hezbollah fighter in Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, during a funeral procession in Bint Jbeil, near the border with Israel. AFP
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Razi Moussavi (left), a senior adviser for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed by an Israeli strike in Syria on December 25, 2023, the military force said. AFP
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Pope Francis presides over Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on December 24, 2023. AFP
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