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Strike on Khan Younis kills 9 people hours after Israel ordered mass evacuation

By Associated Press

An Israeli strike killed at least nine people in Khan Younis less than a day after Israel ordered parts of the city to evacuate ahead of a likely ground operation.

Ultra-Orthodox men clash with Israeli police in protest against court order to enlist in military

By Ohad Zwigenberg, Associated Press

Thousands of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men have clashed with Israeli police in central Jerusalem during a protest against a Supreme Court order for them to begin enlisting for military service.

Israel orders mass evacuation of Palestinians from Khan Younis

By Mohammad Jahjouh, Samy Magdy, Julia Frankel, Associated Press

Monday’s order is a sign that Israeli troops could soon return to the southern city, the second-largest in Gaza.

Israel releases the director of Gaza's main hospital, who alleges abuse while in custody

By Mohammad Jahjouh, Samy Magdy, Julia Frankel, Associated Press

Mohammed Abu Selmia and other health officials have repeatedly denied Israeli accusations that he played a role in Hamas' alleged use of Shifa Hospital.

Israeli airstrike in the West Bank kills a Palestinian militant, wounds 5 other people

By Majdi Mohammed, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press

Israeli troops carried out an airstrike in the northern West Bank on Sunday, killing a Palestinian militant and wounding five other people, Palestinian health officials said.

Western and Arab nations warn Lebanon's Hezbollah against triggering wider war with Israel

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months.

Attacker shot dead after firing crossbow at police officer outside Israel's embassy in Serbia

By Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press

An attacker with a crossbow wounded a Serbian police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade on Saturday, Serbia’s Interior Ministry said. The officer responded by fatally shooting the assailant.

U.S. removes Gaza pier due to weather. It may not return unless aid flow resumes, officials say

By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

While the military has helped deliver desperately needed food through the pier, the vast majority of it is still sitting in the adjacent storage yard and that area is almost full. Aid agencies have had difficulty moving the food further…

68 sick and injured children allowed to leave Gaza in first medical evacuation in weeks

By Mohamed Jahjouh, Wafaa Shurafa, Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press

Israeli authorities say 68 people - sick and injured children and their companions - have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the first medical evacuation since May.