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This image provided by World Press Photo and taken by Mohammed Salem of the Reuters news agency won the World Press Photo Award of the Year and shows Palestinian woman Inas Abu Maamar, 36, embracing the body of her 5-year-old niece Saly, who was killed in an Israeli strike, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters/World Press Photo via AP)

Reuters photographer wins World Press Photo of the Year with poignant shot from Gaza

Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem captured this year’s prestigious World Press Photo of the Year award Thursday with his heartrending image of a Palestinian woman cradling the body of her young niece — a powerful depiction of loss and sorrow in Gaza.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, walks with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi during their bilateral meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Willy Kurniawan/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese foreign minister criticizes US role in Gaza talks during visit to Indonesia

This undated photo provided by John Flickinger, Friday, April 5, 2024, shows Sandy Leclerc, left, and Jacob Flickinger with their son Jasper. Flickinger was one of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers unloading food from their vehicles when they were killed by Israeli airstrikes Monday, April 1, in Gaza. (John Flickinger via AP)

In a call with Blinken, the father of a killed aid worker urges tougher US stance on Israel in Gaza

Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip on Salah al-Din Street in Bureij, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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Smoke seen on the Gaza skyline from southern Israel

Columns of smoke were seen rising from the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning, as tensions in the Middle East region remain high. (AP video: Joeal Calupitan)

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CORRECTS DATE - This combination of photos provided by World Central Kitchen/WCK.org, shows seven aid workers who were killed in Gaza Monday, April 1, 2024. Israeli airstrikes that killed the aid workers in Gaza reverberated around the world, as friends and relatives mourned the losses of those who were delivering food to besieged Palestinians with the charity World Central Kitchen. Top left to right: Palestinian Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom of Australia, Damian Soból of Poland, and Jacob Flickinger of the U.S. and Canada. Bottom left to right: John Chapman of Britain, James Henderson of Britain and James Kirby of Britain. (World Central Kitchen/WCK.org via AP)

Family and friends recall dedication of World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza

Israeli airstrikes that killed seven aid workers in Gaza have reverberated around the world. Friends and relatives are mourning the losses of those who were delivering food with the charity World Central Kitchen.

FILE - A member of the World Central Kitchen prepares a pallet with the humanitarian aid for transport to the port of Larnaca from where it will be shipped to Gaza, at a warehouse near Larnaca, Cyprus, on March 13, 2024. World Central Kitchen, the food charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, called a halt to its work in the Gaza Strip after an apparent Israeli strike killed seven of its workers, mostly foreigners. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

What is World Central Kitchen and how has it helped people in Gaza?

World Central Kitchen, the food charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, announced it is immediately pausing its work in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli strike killed seven of its workers, mostly foreigners.

People run away from police during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government outside of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israelis stage largest protest since war began to increase pressure on Netanyahu

Tens of thousands of Israelis have gathered outside the parliament building in Jerusalem in the largest anti-government demonstration since the country went to war in October.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks after his visit to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 23, 2024. Arabic reads, "Rafah border crossing". (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

UN chief says it’s time to ‘truly flood’ Gaza with aid and calls starvation there an outrage

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says it’s time to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid” and calls the starvation inside the enclave a “moral outrage.”

FILE - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday Oct. 17, 2023. The Palestinian Authority's prime minister announced his government's resignation on Monday, seen as the first step in a reform process demanded by the United States as part of its latest ambitious plans to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

Incoming Palestinian prime minister lays out plans for reform but faces major obstacles

The incoming Palestinian prime minister says he will appoint a technocratic government and establish an independent trust fund to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction.

Soldiers of LLV Monterrey from 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) prepare to deploy to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

US Army boats head out on a mission to build a floating pier off Gaza’s shore for food deliveries

Four U.S. Army boats, loaded with tons of equipment and steel pier segments, have left Virginia and are heading to Gaza.

United States Air Force drops humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Essa)

Another top donor says it will resume funding the UN agency for Palestinians as Gaza hunger grows

Another top donor to the U.N. agency aiding Palestinians says it will resume its funding. Sweden’s decision on Saturday comes weeks after more than a dozen countries halted hundreds of millions of dollars in response to Israeli allegations against the organization.

FILE - Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. President Joe Biden has proposed the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Gaza via a temporary port on the territory’s Mediterranean coast. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

How the US military is scrambling to build a floating dock for urgently needed aid to Gaza

A massive floating pier that will allow ships to sail up to Gaza and offload aid will soon sail from the U.S. to the Mediterranean Sea as the U.S. looks at ways to address Gaza’s dire food needs.

President Joe Biden shakes hands after delivering the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP)

Biden in a hot mic moment shows his growing frustration with Netanyahu over Gaza humanitarian crisis

The comments came as Biden spoke with Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado on the floor of the House following his Thursday night State of the Union address.

The ship belonging to the Open Arms aid group is seen docked as it prepares to ferry some 200 tonnes of rice and flour directly to Gaza, at Larnaca harbor, Cyprus, on Friday, March 8, 2024. A ship bearing humanitarian aid was making preparations to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza, the European Commission president said Friday as international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory that is facing widespread hunger after five months of war. (AP Photo/Marcos Andronicou)

A ship with Gaza aid is preparing to inaugurate a sea route from Cyprus to the war-ravaged strip

A ship bearing humanitarian aid is making preparations to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza after international donors launched a sea corridor to supply aid for the besieged territory facing widespread hunger after five months of war.

Omar Abu Kuwaik poses for a photo at the Global Medical Relief Fund residence, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in the Staten Island borough of New York. On Dec. 6, 2023 two Israeli airstrikes slammed into Omar's grandparents' home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza. The explosion peeled the skin from his face, exposing raw pink layers peppered with deep lacerations. His left arm could not be saved below the elbow. His parents, 6-year-old sister, grandparents, two aunts and a cousin were killed. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)

A 4-year-old Gaza boy lost his arm – and his family. Half a world away, he’s getting a second chance

A severely wounded 4-year-old boy from Gaza has come to the U.S. for medical care and a prosthetic arm after an Israeli airstrike killed his family.

FILE - The Commissioner-General of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the UNRWA headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023.The head of the main United Nations agency supporting people in Gaza alleges that Israel is intent on “destroying” it along with the idea that Palestinians are refugees and have a right one day to return home. Philippe Lazzarini in an interview with a Swiss newspaper accuses Israel of having a “long-term political goal” of eliminating the agency created decades ago to assist Palestinians who fled during the war over Israel’s creation. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

The EU says it will send funds to Gaza’s main aid provider after the UN agency agrees to an audit

The European Union says it will pay $54 million to the main provider of aid in Gaza next week. It says the cash-strapped U.N. agency has agreed to allow EU-appointed experts to audit the way it screens staff to identify extremists.

FILE - Speaker of the Commons, Lindsay Hoyle arrives to attend a service of thanksgiving for the reign of Queen Elizabeth II at St Paul's Cathedral in London, June 3, 2022 on the second of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. U.K. lawmakers have called for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. But the move came after dozens of lawmakers walked out of the House of Commons in protest at how the vote was handled on Wednesday Feb. 21, 2024. (Daniel Leal/Pool Photo via AP, File)

UK Parliament is in turmoil after a debate over a Gaza cease-fire raised fears for lawmakers’ safety

The chaotic debate over a cease-fire in Gaza reverberated through Britain’s Parliament as the speaker of the House of Commons faced calls to resign and lawmakers said they feared for their safety amid pressure from all sides of the issue.

Palestinians ride on donkey carts through destruction from the Israeli bombardment at the main road of Salah el Dein in the Maghazi refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

UN Security Council to vote Tuesday on resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire, US vows to use its veto

The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote Tuesday on an Arab-backed resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, which the United States announced it will veto.

Activists hold placards during a protest demanding countries to resume funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinians Refugees (UNRWA) and to support Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, near the European Union headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Chief of UN aid agency in Gaza calls EU funds ‘absolutely critical’ but the bloc wants an audit

The head of the U.N. agency delivering most aid to Gaza says it’s vital that it receives new European Union funding within weeks.

This undated image provided by Yasmeen Elagha shows Elagha, right, with her cousin Borak Alagha. Relatives of Borak Alagha, 28, and Hashem Alagha, 20, two American brothers trapped in Gaza, say Israeli forces have detained the two U.S. citizens, along with their Canadian father, in a raid on their home early Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (Yasmeen Elagha via AP)

Family says two American brothers, 18 and 20, detained in Israeli raid in Gaza

The family of two American brothers trapped in Gaza says Israeli forces have detained the two U.S. citizens in a raid on their home.

French President Emmanuel Macron walks past French Republican Guards who hold portraits of the French victims of the Oct.7 2023 Hamas' attack, during a ceremony at the Invalides monument, Wednesday, Feb.7, 2024. France is paying tribute to French victims of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, in a national ceremony led by President Emmanuel Macron four months after the deadly assault in Israel that killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and saw around 250 abducted.(Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP)

France denounces ‘largest antisemitic massacre of our century’ in tribute to victims of Hamas attack

French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in Israel in a national ceremony and denounced what he described as the “largest antisemitic massacre of our century.”

Police officers cordon off the area outside the Procter & Gamble factory near Gebze, northwest Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Two gunmen took hostages at a factory owned by U.S. company Procter & Gamble in northwest Turkey on Thursday, according to media reports, apparently in protest of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. (Dia Images via AP)

Turkish police rescue hostages held at gunpoint for hours in Procter & Gamble plant in Gaza protest

Turkish officials say police rescued seven hostages held at gunpoint for hours at a factory owned by U.S. company Procter & Gamble in northwest Turkey.

Federal judge dismisses case seeking to force US to pressure Israel to stop bombing Gaza

A federal judge in California has dismissed a lawsuit accusing the Biden administration of failing to stop the killing of Palestinians.

CORRECTS CITY TO KHAN YOUNIS, INSTEAD OF RAFAH - Palestinians flee from the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza after an Israeli ground and air offensive on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Israel has expanded its offensive in Khan Younis, saying the city is a stronghold of the Hamas militant group. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Live updates | Fighting across Gaza as UN aid agency faces more cuts

Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants in different parts of Gaza, even in northern areas where the army has been operating for months.

FILE- San Francisco Mayor London Breed smiles during a news conference in San Francisco at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. Amid a tough reelection fight, Breed has declined to veto a non-binding resolution from the San Francisco supervisors calling for an extended cease-fire in Gaza, a measure she blamed for inflaming tensions in the city. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Amid tough reelection fight, San Francisco mayor declines to veto resolution she criticized on Gaza

Amid a tough reelection fight, Mayor London Breed has declined to veto a non-binding resolution from the San Francisco supervisors calling for an extended cease-fire in Gaza.

A Palestinian child wounded during the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip receives treatment at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)

UN: Palestinians are dying in hospitals as estimated 60,000 wounded overwhelm remaining doctors

Palestinians are dying every day in Gaza’s overwhelmed remaining hospitals which can’t deal with the estimated 60,000 injured people and daily arrival of hundreds more hurt in Israeli’s military offensive, a U.N. health emergency expert said Wednesday, while a doctor with the International Rescue Co

Sharon Alony Cunio weeps as she poses for a portrait in the ruins of her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, from where she and her family were kidnapped by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023. Cunio and her 3-year-old twin daughters were released in November, but her husband David remains captive in Gaza. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

A freed Israeli hostage relives horrors of captivity and fears for her husband, still held in Gaza

It’s been weeks since Sharon Alony Cunio and her twin 3-year-old girls were released from Gaza, where they were taken hostage from the Nir Oz farming village.

This undated image provided by Fadi Sckak shows a family photo of Abedalla Sckak with his wife Zahra Sckak and children. Abedalla Sckak, 56, died after being shot in the fighting in Gaza last month. He is the father of three American sons, including a U.S. service member. The U.S. coordinated with Israel, Egypt and others to rescue the mother of a U.S. service member who had been trapped by fighting in Gaza. A official said Zahra Sckak made it out of Gaza on New Year's Eve, along with her American brother-in-law.(Fadi Sckak via AP)

Mother and uncle of a US serviceman are rescued from Gaza in a secret operation

The U.S. has coordinated with Israel, Egypt and others in rescuing the mother of a U.S. serviceman and her American brother-in-law who were pinned down during heavy fighting in Gaza City.

This undated image provided by Fadi Sckak shows a family photo of Abedalla Sckak with his wife Zahra Sckak and children. Abedalla Sckak, 56, died after being shot in the fighting in Gaza last month. He is the father of three American sons, including a U.S. service member. The family is hoping for rescue for the mother, Zahra Sckak, who is still trapped with another American relative in Gaza City. They are among 300 Americans, green card holders or close relatives still in Gaza and seeking help out. (Fadi Sckak via AP)

Americans beg for help getting family out of Gaza. “I just want to see my mother again,’ a son says

The State Department says some 300 U.S. citizens, green-card holders or close family members are trapped in Gaza by the fighting between Israel and Hamas militants.

FILE - A view of the rubble of buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike, in Jabalia, Gaza strip, on Oct. 11, 2023. After 11 weeks of war in Gaza, the Israeli military campaign against Hamas now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in history. The Palestinian death toll is approaching 20,000 and satellite data shows that one-third of structures across the tiny enclave have been destroyed. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)

Israel’s military campaign in Gaza seen as among the most destructive in recent history, experts say

After 11 weeks of war in Gaza, the Israeli military campaign against Hamas now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in recent history.

People stand in the mostly empty Security Council chambers at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. The United States, key allies and Arab nations are engaging in high-level diplomacy in hopes of avoiding another U.S. veto of a new U.N. resolution on desperately needed aid to Gaza ahead of a long-delayed vote. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

UN again delays vote on watered-down Gaza aid resolution. The US backs it, others want stronger text

The U.N. Security Council has again delayed a vote on a watered-down resolution to deliver desperately needed aid to Gaza.

Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to the hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Live updates | Israel strikes hit Gaza as UN delays vote on a cease-fire resolution

Israeli troops have launched more deadly strikes in Gaza and raided the last working hospital in Gaza City. The U.N.

Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

UN Security Council delays vote on resolution urging cessation of hostilities in Gaza to deliver aid

The U.N. Security Council has delayed a vote on an Arab-sponsored resolution calling for a halt to hostilities in Gaza to allow unhindered access to deliver humanitarian aid to the massive number of civilians in need of food, water and medicine until Tuesday morning, as members intensified negotiati

This image made from an undated video shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, shows Israeli Army troops with their arms slung around each other, chanting racist slogans as they dance in a circle, in Gaza. Several viral videos of Israeli soldiers behaving inappropriately in Gaza have emerged in recent days, creating a headache for the Israeli military as it faces an international outcry over its tactics and the rising civilian death toll in its war against Hamas. (X via AP)

Amid outcry over Gaza tactics, videos of soldiers acting maliciously create new headache for Israel

Several viral videos of Israeli soldiers behaving maliciously in Gaza have emerged in recent days, creating a headache for the Israeli military as it faces an international outcry over its tactics and the rising civilian death toll in its war against Hamas.