Palestinians in Gaza celebrate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Tuesday, August 26. After more than seven weeks of heavy fighting, Israel and Hamas agreed to an open-ended ceasefire that puts off dealing with core long-term issues.
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Palestinians in Gaza celebrate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Tuesday, August 26. After more than seven weeks of heavy fighting, Israel and Hamas agreed to an open-ended ceasefire that puts off dealing with core long-term issues.
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Palestinians inspect the damage to a residential building following several late night Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on August 26.
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Palestinians inspect the damage to a residential building following several late night Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on August 26.
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Gila, center, mother of 4-year-old Israeli boy Daniel Tragerman, sits next to his grave during his funeral near the Israel-Gaza border on Sunday, August 24.
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Gila, center, mother of 4-year-old Israeli boy Daniel Tragerman, sits next to his grave during his funeral near the Israel-Gaza border on Sunday, August 24.
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Palestinians run away from debris after a bomb from an Israeli airstrike hit a house in Gaza on Saturday, August 23.
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Palestinians run away from debris after a bomb from an Israeli airstrike hit a house in Gaza on Saturday, August 23.
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An Israeli soldier smokes a cigarette in a large concrete pipe used as shelter at an army deployment point near the Israeli-Gaza border on Wednesday, August 20.
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An Israeli soldier smokes a cigarette in a large concrete pipe used as shelter at an army deployment point near the Israeli-Gaza border on Wednesday, August 20.
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Light trails made by rockets fired from the Gaza Strip stand out against the night sky on Tuesday, August 19. Despite efforts to come to a peaceful agreement, Gaza militants launched rockets into Israel on Tuesday, and Israel responded with its own rockets.
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Light trails made by rockets fired from the Gaza Strip stand out against the night sky on Tuesday, August 19. Despite efforts to come to a peaceful agreement, Gaza militants launched rockets into Israel on Tuesday, and Israel responded with its own rockets.
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An injured Palestinian man is helped into the Shifa hospital in Gaza City on August 19.
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An injured Palestinian man is helped into the Shifa hospital in Gaza City on August 19.
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Police examine the remains of a rocket launched from Gaza that landed near the kibbutz of Yad Mordechay on August 19.
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Police examine the remains of a rocket launched from Gaza that landed near the kibbutz of Yad Mordechay on August 19.
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Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City on August 19.
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Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City on August 19.
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Islam El Masri begins to sort through the rubble of her destroyed home in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, on Thursday, August 14.
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Islam El Masri begins to sort through the rubble of her destroyed home in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, on Thursday, August 14.
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Israelis gather in Tel Aviv during a protest August 14 calling on the government and the army to end Palestinian rocket attacks from Gaza once and for all.
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Israelis gather in Tel Aviv during a protest August 14 calling on the government and the army to end Palestinian rocket attacks from Gaza once and for all.
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Smoke rises in Gaza City after an airstrike on Saturday, August 9.
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Smoke rises in Gaza City after an airstrike on Saturday, August 9.
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Israeli soldiers walk past a Merkava tank as they patrol a field near Israel's border with Gaza on August 9.
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Israeli soldiers walk past a Merkava tank as they patrol a field near Israel's border with Gaza on August 9.
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A Palestinian boy salvages family belongings from the rubble of a four-story building after an airstrike in Gaza City on Friday, August 8.
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A Palestinian boy salvages family belongings from the rubble of a four-story building after an airstrike in Gaza City on Friday, August 8.
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Israelis flee after a rocket fired from Gaza hit the residential neighborhood of Sderot, Israel, on August 8.
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Israelis flee after a rocket fired from Gaza hit the residential neighborhood of Sderot, Israel, on August 8.
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A Palestinian man looks out over destruction in the al-Tufah neighborhood of Gaza City on Wednesday, August 6.
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A Palestinian man looks out over destruction in the al-Tufah neighborhood of Gaza City on Wednesday, August 6.
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Displaced Palestinians carry their belongings as they leave a United Nations school in Beit Lahiya, Gaza, to return to their homes Tuesday, August 5.
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Displaced Palestinians carry their belongings as they leave a United Nations school in Beit Lahiya, Gaza, to return to their homes Tuesday, August 5.
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The body of Avrohom Wallis is carried during his funeral in Jerusalem on Monday, August 4. Wallis was killed in what Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld called a "terror attack," when a man drove an earthmover into a bus in Jerusalem.
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The body of Avrohom Wallis is carried during his funeral in Jerusalem on Monday, August 4. Wallis was killed in what Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld called a "terror attack," when a man drove an earthmover into a bus in Jerusalem.
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Israeli soldiers fire a mortar shell toward Gaza from the Israeli side of the border on August 4.
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Israeli soldiers fire a mortar shell toward Gaza from the Israeli side of the border on August 4.
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Palestinians remove rubble from a house hit by an airstrike in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on August 4.
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Palestinians remove rubble from a house hit by an airstrike in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on August 4.
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An Israeli drone circles over Gaza City on Sunday, August 3.
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An Israeli drone circles over Gaza City on Sunday, August 3.
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A Palestinian man sits in a hospital in Rafah, Gaza, on August 3.
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A Palestinian man sits in a hospital in Rafah, Gaza, on August 3.
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An honor guard caries the coffin of Israeli Lt. Hadar Goldin during his funeral in Kfar-saba, Israel, on August 3. Goldin was thought to have been captured during fighting in Gaza but was later declared killed in action by the Israel Defense Forces.
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An honor guard caries the coffin of Israeli Lt. Hadar Goldin during his funeral in Kfar-saba, Israel, on August 3. Goldin was thought to have been captured during fighting in Gaza but was later declared killed in action by the Israel Defense Forces.
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A Palestinian boy looks for belongings after an airstrike in Rafah on Saturday, August 2.
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A Palestinian boy looks for belongings after an airstrike in Rafah on Saturday, August 2.
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Israeli soldiers walk to their tank at a staging area near the border with Gaza on August 2.
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Israeli soldiers walk to their tank at a staging area near the border with Gaza on August 2.
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A young Palestinian carries damaged copies of the Quran from the rubble of the Imam Al Shafaey mosque in Gaza City on August 2.
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A young Palestinian carries damaged copies of the Quran from the rubble of the Imam Al Shafaey mosque in Gaza City on August 2.
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Palestinians displaced from their houses return to check their homes in Gaza City on Friday, August 1.
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Palestinians displaced from their houses return to check their homes in Gaza City on Friday, August 1.
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An Israeli soldier carries a shell as he prepares a tank along the Israel-Gaza border on Thursday, July 31. Israel called up 16,000 additional reservists, bolstering forces for its fight against Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza.
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An Israeli soldier carries a shell as he prepares a tank along the Israel-Gaza border on Thursday, July 31. Israel called up 16,000 additional reservists, bolstering forces for its fight against Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza.
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Smoke rises from a building after an airstrike in Rafah on July 31.
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Smoke rises from a building after an airstrike in Rafah on July 31.
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The parents and a sister of Israeli soldier Guy Algranati mourn during his funeral in Tel Aviv on July 31.
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The parents and a sister of Israeli soldier Guy Algranati mourn during his funeral in Tel Aviv on July 31.
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U.N. workers remove a donkey injured at a U.N.-run school in Gaza on Wednesday, July 30.
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U.N. workers remove a donkey injured at a U.N.-run school in Gaza on Wednesday, July 30.
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Palestinians walk under the collapsed minaret of a destroyed mosque in Gaza City on July 30.
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Palestinians walk under the collapsed minaret of a destroyed mosque in Gaza City on July 30.
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Palestinians gather leaflets that fell from an Israeli plane on July 30. The leaflets warned residents of airstrikes in Gaza City.
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Palestinians gather leaflets that fell from an Israeli plane on July 30. The leaflets warned residents of airstrikes in Gaza City.
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Israelis take cover from a Palestinian rocket attack from Gaza during the funeral of Israeli soldier Meidan Maymon Biton, which was held at a cemetery in Netivot, Israel, on Tuesday, July 29.
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Israelis take cover from a Palestinian rocket attack from Gaza during the funeral of Israeli soldier Meidan Maymon Biton, which was held at a cemetery in Netivot, Israel, on Tuesday, July 29.
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Smoke and fire rise above Gaza City after an Israeli airstrike on July 29.
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Smoke and fire rise above Gaza City after an Israeli airstrike on July 29.
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An Israeli soldier prays on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza on July 29 as smoke billows from the only power plant supplying electricity to Gaza.
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An Israeli soldier prays on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza on July 29 as smoke billows from the only power plant supplying electricity to Gaza.
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Near the rubble of their home in Rafah, Palestinian men mourn July 29 for people killed during an airstrike.
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Near the rubble of their home in Rafah, Palestinian men mourn July 29 for people killed during an airstrike.
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A Palestinian man places a portrait of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya on the rubble of Haniya's Gaza City home July 29 after it was hit by an overnight airstrike.
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A Palestinian man places a portrait of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya on the rubble of Haniya's Gaza City home July 29 after it was hit by an overnight airstrike.
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Flares from Israeli forces light up the night sky of Gaza City on July 29.
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Flares from Israeli forces light up the night sky of Gaza City on July 29.
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Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of 2nd Lt. Roy Peles, an infantry officer who was killed in combat, during his funeral in Tel Aviv on Sunday, July 27.
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Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of 2nd Lt. Roy Peles, an infantry officer who was killed in combat, during his funeral in Tel Aviv on Sunday, July 27.
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During a 12-hour cease-fire in Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood on Saturday, July 26, a Palestinian man sits atop a car filled with belongings that were salvaged from a destroyed home.
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During a 12-hour cease-fire in Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood on Saturday, July 26, a Palestinian man sits atop a car filled with belongings that were salvaged from a destroyed home.
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Israeli soldiers watch a bomb explode along the border with Gaza before the 12-hour cease-fire on July 26.
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Israeli soldiers watch a bomb explode along the border with Gaza before the 12-hour cease-fire on July 26.
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As her brother-in-law Mazen Keferna weeps on the ground, Manal Keferna cries upon discovering her family home destroyed by airstrikes in Beit Hanoun on July 26.
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As her brother-in-law Mazen Keferna weeps on the ground, Manal Keferna cries upon discovering her family home destroyed by airstrikes in Beit Hanoun on July 26.
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Palestinians dig a body out of the rubble of a destroyed house in Gaza during the cease-fire on July 26.
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Palestinians dig a body out of the rubble of a destroyed house in Gaza during the cease-fire on July 26.
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An Israeli soldier mourns at the grave of reserve Master Sgt. Yair Ashkenazy during his funeral at the military cemetery in Rehovot, Israel, on Friday, July 25. Ashkenazy was killed during operations in northern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces reported.
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An Israeli soldier mourns at the grave of reserve Master Sgt. Yair Ashkenazy during his funeral at the military cemetery in Rehovot, Israel, on Friday, July 25. Ashkenazy was killed during operations in northern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces reported.
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A Palestinian man cries after bringing a child to the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya on Thursday, July 24. The child was wounded in <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/24/world/meast/mideast-crisis/index.html">a strike on a school</a> that was serving as a shelter for families in Gaza. It's unclear who was behind the strike. The Israeli military said it was "reviewing" the incident, telling CNN that a rocket fired from Gaza could have been responsible.
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A Palestinian man cries after bringing a child to the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya on Thursday, July 24. The child was wounded in a strike on a school that was serving as a shelter for families in Gaza. It's unclear who was behind the strike. The Israeli military said it was "reviewing" the incident, telling CNN that a rocket fired from Gaza could have been responsible.
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Israeli soldiers carry a wounded soldier to a helicopter near the Israel-Gaza border on July 24.
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Israeli soldiers carry a wounded soldier to a helicopter near the Israel-Gaza border on July 24.
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Israeli soldiers patrol the Israel-Gaza border on July 24.
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Israeli soldiers patrol the Israel-Gaza border on July 24.
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A trail of blood is seen in the courtyard of the school that was hit July 24 in the Beit Hanoun district of Gaza.
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A trail of blood is seen in the courtyard of the school that was hit July 24 in the Beit Hanoun district of Gaza.
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An Israeli tank fires toward Gaza from a position near Israel's border on July 24.
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An Israeli tank fires toward Gaza from a position near Israel's border on July 24.
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A photograph <a href="https://twitter.com/Astro_Alex/status/492003157531451392/photo/1" target="_blank" target="_blank">tweeted by astronaut Alexander Gerst</a> on Wednesday, July 23, shows major cities of Israel and Gaza. Gerst said in his tweet: "My saddest photo yet. From #ISS we can actually see explosions and rockets flying over #Gaza & #Israel."
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A photograph tweeted by astronaut Alexander Gerst on Wednesday, July 23, shows major cities of Israel and Gaza. Gerst said in his tweet: "My saddest photo yet. From #ISS we can actually see explosions and rockets flying over #Gaza & #Israel."
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A woman in Philadelphia passes by a departure board that shows US Airways Flight 796, scheduled to fly to Tel Aviv, has been canceled on Tuesday, July 22. The Federal Aviation Administration told U.S. airlines they were temporarily prohibited from flying to the Tel Aviv airport after a Hamas rocket exploded nearby.
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A woman in Philadelphia passes by a departure board that shows US Airways Flight 796, scheduled to fly to Tel Aviv, has been canceled on Tuesday, July 22. The Federal Aviation Administration told U.S. airlines they were temporarily prohibited from flying to the Tel Aviv airport after a Hamas rocket exploded nearby.
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Smoke and fire from the explosion of an Israeli strike rise over Gaza City on July 22.