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Mourners gather around the bodies of Israeli couple Eli Mizrahi and his wife, Natalie, victims of a shooting attack Friday in east Jerusalem, during their funeral at the cemetery in Beit Shemesh, Israel, early Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.

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Israel is moving to 'strengthen' settlements after shooting attacks

3:39am January 29, 2023

by The Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday announced a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians, including plans to beef up Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Palestinians clash with Israeli forces following an army raid in the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday.

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Here's what is driving the latest spiral of Israeli-Palestinian violence

1:04pm January 28, 2023

A 10-month military crackdown, a half-century occupation, increasing Palestinian militancy and a far-right Israeli government could impact the chances for more violence.

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Antony Blinken is on a trip to the Middle East amidst a spate of violence

9:17am January 28, 2023

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the Middle East next week following three violent incidents that left several civilians dead in recent days.

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A Dubai restaurant offers Ukrainians a taste of home

8:04am January 28, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

In a glitzy neighborhood in Dubai, the largest city in United Arab Emirates, a new restaurant offers Ukrainians a taste of home thousands of miles away.

Israeli security forces and emergency service personnel gather at a cordoned-off area in Jerusalem's predominantly Arab neighborhood of Silwan, where police say an assailant shot and wounded two people on Saturday.

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A 13-year-old Palestinian wounded 2 people in an attack in East Jerusalem, police say

7:22am January 28, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

The attack on Saturday morning comes just a day after a Palestinian gunman opened fire outside of a synagogue in Jerusalem at the start of the Jewish sabbath, killing seven people.

Israeli emergency service personnel and security forces stand near a covered body at the site of a reported attack in Jerusalem on Friday.

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At least 7 people killed in a Jerusalem synagogue shooting

6:00pm January 27, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

Israeli police say they shot and killed the gunman. The State Department condemned the "absolutely horrific" attack.

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An Israeli documentary challenges a narrative of what happened in one Palestinian village in 1948

4:29pm January 27, 2023

by Linah Mohammad

An Israeli documentary examines what happened to one seaside Palestinian village in the 1948 war.

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Jerusalem synagogue attacked as violence intensifies in Israeli-occupied West Bank

4:29pm January 27, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

A gunman killed at least 7 people gathering for the sabbath at a synagogue in Jerusalem. This comes as violence intensifies with Israeli forces conducting a campaign of raids in the occupied West Bank

Fire and smoke rise above buildings in Gaza City as Israel launched airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave.

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Gaza militants fire rockets toward Israel after Israeli troops killed 9 Palestinians

12:21pm January 27, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

Militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets toward Israel and Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas sites in Gaza a day after the deadliest Israeli raid in the West Bank in years.

People in Beirut are still looking for justice after the 2020 port explosion

5:10am January 27, 2023

Two years after an explosion at Beirut's port killed hundreds, no officials suspected of ignoring safety warnings have been tried. Now a prosecutor and a judge are trading charges — as protests grow.