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An injured United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) worker is brought into al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital following what the U.N. described as a strike in which an explosive ordnance was "dropped or fired" in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

UN to reduce staff in Gaza, blaming Israel for a strike that killed its employee

The United Nations has said it will “reduce its footprint” in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli tank strike hit one of its compounds last week, killing one staffer and wounding five others.

Members of the Al-Kahlout family mourn over the bodies of their relatives killed during an Israeli army strike before their burial at the Baptist hospital in Gaza City, Monday, March 24, 2025.(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill scores in Gaza as Egypt offers new ceasefire proposal

Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinians killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israel has struck the largest hospital in the territory’s south

Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl yells towards his players during the second half in the second round of the NCAA college basketball tournament against Creighton, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Auburn coach Bruce Pearl makes plea for return of American hostage Edan Alexander from Gaza

From left, Yael and Adi Alexander, parents of Eden Alexander, who was abducted and brought to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023, listen to Liz Hirsh Naftali, great aunt of Abigail More Edan, as families and victims of the Hamas attacks meet with the House Foreign Affairs Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 29. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Father of the last living American hostage in Gaza hopes Trump can bring his son home

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Palestinians stand outside their tents at a camp for displaced people in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli strike in Gaza kills 25 people as US makes new push for a ceasefire

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erodgan, during their meeting at Ankara Esenboga Airport on December 12, 2024. (Andrew Caballero Reynolds, Pool Photo via AP)

Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast

Palestinian girls struggle to reach for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

UN General Assembly demands ceasefire in Gaza and backs UN agency helping Palestinian refugees

An Israeli soldier fixes a tank next to the security fence near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 33 including children, Palestinian medics say

Thousands of Israelis protest in Tel Aviv before police bring out water cannon

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump smiles at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Analysis: At dueling Mideast forums, officials ask what will happen when Donald Trump takes office

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Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Israel rejects the allegations

Hamas says mediated talks with Israel to reach ceasefire in Gaza; hostage exchange deal have begun

Bassem Naim, an official in Hamas' political wing, speaks in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Hamas official says Gaza ceasefire talks have resumed after weekslong hiatus

Israel military spokesperson announces recovery of body of hostage Itay Svirsky from Gaza

Mohammad Shouman carries the body of his daughter, Masa, who was killed in an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, during her funeral in Rafah, southern Gaza, Jan. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Israel rejects the allegations

Palestinians stand next to bodies of people killed in an Israeli airstrike in Muwasi, after they were brought to the morgue of a hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammad Jahjouh)

Israeli strikes on a Gaza tent camp kill at least 21 people, hospital says

Israelis demolish houses damaged by Oct. 7 militants to pave way for new homes, fresh beginnings

Injured Palestinian teen arrives in San Francisco to receive prosthetic eye and leg

An image of Omer Neutra is displayed at his memorial service Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024 at the Midway Jewish Center in Syosset, N.Y. (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo)

Israeli American soldier killed during Oct. 7 Hamas attack remembered at New York memorial service

Palestinian boy, injured in Gaza, flown to U.S. for medical treatment

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Israeli troops enter the complex of the Turkish hospital, where they searched for the bodies of those killed in an airstrike, in the West Bank city of Tubas, Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Muhammad)

Hamas and Fatah are near an agreement on who will oversee postwar Gaza

FILE - President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the House GOP conference, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (Allison Robbert/Pool via AP, File)

Trump demands immediate release of Oct. 7 hostages, says otherwise there will be ‘HELL TO PAY’

With high flour prices, displaced Palestinians in Gaza buy fewer loaves to feed their families

A view of Lebanese village through a window of a damaged house that was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in the Kibbutz Manara, located in the upper Galilee, northern Israel, Monday Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon after fire exchanges with Hezbollah that test ceasefire’s limits

Israelis visit bordering area with Lebanon for first time after ceasefire, hoping for peace

Asma Al-Kharobi, 16, feeds her 10-month-old baby sister bread mixed with water at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

UN halts aid shipments through Gaza’s main crossing after looting. It blames the crisis on Israel

An Israeli strike in Gaza kills workers with World Central Kitchen charity

Shireen Daifallah, who was displaced with her children from northern Gaza, checks the fire next to their tent at a camp for displaced people in Deir al-Balah. Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

An Israeli strike in Gaza kills World Central Kitchen workers. Israel says 1 was an Oct. 7 attacker

Israeli pop artist Noga Erez hopes the Israel-Hamas war will end

Palestinian children line up in Gaza Strip hoping to be distributed a warm meal

Displaced Palestinians living in school-turned shelters in Gaza City struggle with life necessities

Hundreds more Palestinians flee from war-ravaged northern Gaza