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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.

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.

Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage as summer Gaza heat continues

By Wafaa Shurafa, Julia Frankel, Associated Press

Children trudge through water contaminated with sewage and scale growing mounds of garbage in Gaza's tent camps for displaced families.

WATCH: U.S. ‘urgently seeking’ diplomatic agreement to prevent Israel-Hezbollah escalation, Austin says

By Associated Press

“Another war between Israel and Hezbollah could easily become a regional war, with terrible consequences for the Middle East, and so diplomacy is by far the best way to prevent more escalation,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.

UN to Israel: Aid operations across Gaza will be suspended without improved safety

By Samy Magdy, Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

The ultimatum is the latest in a series of U.N. steps demanding Israel do more to safeguard aid operations from strikes by its forces and to curb growing lawlessness hindering humanitarian workers.

WATCH: Aid for Gaza brought by sea is piling up on beach, Pentagon says

By Associated Press

More than 6,800 metric tons, or 15 million pounds, of food and aid has flowed through the U.S. military-built pier in Gaza. However, the U.S. says very little of it has left the storage area and is stacking up on…

Israel’s highest court orders army to end draft exemption for ultra-Orthodox men

By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

The court ruled that in the absence of a law that distinguishes between Jewish seminary students and other draftees, Israel's compulsory military service system applies to the ultra-Orthodox like any other citizen.