Over the past two years, tens of thousands of children in the territory have been killed, wounded or orphaned. Childhood as they once knew it has ceased to exist.

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Extremists are carrying out one of the most violent campaigns against Palestinian villages since the U.N. began keeping records.

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Zakaria Zubeidi inspired Palestinians and horrified Israelis. Freed from jail during a recent truce, he questions what his many lives have achieved.

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There have been vague statements by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but there is little clarity over the operation.

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