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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 2nd left, his wife Sara Netanyahu, left, Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner, 3rd left, US President's daughter Ivanka Trump, center, US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, attend the opening ceremony of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, Monday, May 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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55 dead in Gaza protests as Israel fetes US Embassy move

by Fares Akram Associated Press, and Josef Federman Associated PressMay 14, 2018

Palestinian protesters evacuate a wounded youth during clashes with Israeli troops along Gaza’s border with Israel, east of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday. Thousands of Palestinians joined the fourth weekly protest on Gaza’s border with Israel on Friday, some burning tires or flying kites with flaming rags dangling from their tails.

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Israeli fire in new Gaza border protest kills 4 Palestinians

by Fares Akram Associated Press, and Karin Laub Associated PressApril 20, 2018

Fateh masked militants carry the body of Hamdan Abu Amsha, 23, during his funeral out side of the cemetery in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 31, 2018. Israel will target “terror organizations” in Gaza if violence along the territory’s border with Israel drags on, the chief military spokesman warned Saturday, a day after thousands of Palestinians staged protests near the border fence.

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Israel says it will expand response if Gaza clashes go on

by Fares Akram Associated Press, and Aron Heller Associated PressMarch 31, 2018

Palestinian protesters carry a wounded man who was shot by Israeli troops during a demonstration near the Gaza Strip border with Israel in eastern Gaza City, Friday, March 30, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

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Deadly clashes in Gaza mark start of Palestinian campaign

by Fares Akram Associated Press, and Karin Laub Associated PressMarch 30, 2018

Palestinians are setting up tents in preparation for mass demonstrations along the Gaza strip border with Israel, in eastern Gaza City, Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Gaza’s embattled Hamas rulers are imploring hundreds of thousands of people to march along the border with Israel in the coming weeks — a high risk gambit meant to shore up their shaky rule, but with potentially deadly consequences.

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Hamas prepares for mass rallies along Gaza-Israel border

by Fares Akram Associated PressMarch 28, 2018

Supporters hold a photo of exiled former Gaza strongman Mohammed Dahlan during a protest against metal detectors that Israel has installed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, in Gaza City, Thursday, July 20, 2017. A Gaza power-sharing deal between Dahlan and Hamas, two former arch foes, is slowly taking shape.

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Power-sharing deal between former foes taking shape in Gaza

by Fares Akram Associated Press, and Mohammed Daraghmeh Associated PressJuly 20, 2017

Hamas Supreme Leader Ismail Haniyeh announces the arrest of a suspect in the March shooting death of Mazen Faqha, a top Hamas militant commander, in a hastily arranged news conference in front of Fagha's home, in Gaza City, Thursday, May 11, 2017. Haniyeh refused to identify the suspect, but said that Hamas had determined the gunman, apparently a local Palestinian, had acted on the orders of Israel and he expected the suspect would face execution. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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Hamas leader announces arrest in shooting of commander

by Fares Akram Associated PressMay 11, 2017