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Wringing Hope From the Rubble of Gaza

The cease-fire last October ostensibly brought an end to Israel’s war in Gaza after the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7, 2023. A year later, however, Israeli strikes, though less frequent, haven’t stopped.

It’s been a year since Israel and Hamas signed an agreement to end the war in Gaza. But life in Gaza looks nothing like peace.
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Palestinian Authority Formally Delays Elections, Despite Western Pressure

The aging Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, pushed off the planned vote until late 2027. Palestinians haven’t had major elections for about two decades.

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President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority in the city of Ramallah last month, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Israel Denounces the Decision to Award the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay

Ms. Pillay, a human rights lawyer, was drawn into the international spotlight last year as chair of a commission that found that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza.

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Palestinians waiting for food distribution in Gaza City last year.
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Palestinian Authority Says Elections Are to Be Postponed

The delay, outlined in a letter to France, comes as Fatah, the governing party, is suffering from deep internal rifts.

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Hussein al-Sheikh, deputy to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah, West Bank, in February. He was said to have sent the letters to European officials notifying them of the postponement.
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For Twin Brothers Abducted in the Oct. 7 Attacks, Adjusting to Freedom Is a New Challenge

Gali and Ziv Berman were taken hostage when their kibbutz was attacked on Oct. 7, 2023. They were freed a year ago but are still adjusting to freedom and trying to rebuild their lives.

The twin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman were abducted by gunmen in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.
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For Twin Brothers Abducted in the Oct. 7 Attacks, Adjusting to Freedom Is a New Challenge

Gali and Ziv Berman were taken hostage when their kibbutz was attacked on Oct. 7, 2023. They were freed a year ago but are still adjusting to freedom and trying to rebuild their lives.

The twin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman were abducted by gunmen in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.
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UK Security Adviser Jonathan Powell Traveled to Israel Ahead of Consulate Closure

Jonathan Powell, Britain’s national security adviser, visited Israel last week to try to negotiate over the looming closure of his country’s consulate in Jerusalem, according to three officials.

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Jonathan Powell, Britain’s national security adviser, on Downing Street last year.
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Israel Lists 170 Killed in Gaza It Says Were Militants Posing as Media Workers

The Israeli military published an investigation it said rebuts accusations that it intentionally targeted journalists. But it and a journalists group disagree over 78 people who are on the list.

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The site, near a hospital in Gaza City, was hit by an Israeli strike that killed an Al Jazeera reporter and several of his colleagues in August last year.
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