Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systemic, soldiers and former detainees tell AP
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A protest against the Netanyahu government calling to release the hostages held in Gaza, Tel Aviv, Saturday.
 
Approaching 600 Days of War, Hostages' Families Call on Israel's Public to Protest
 
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and David Zini, earlier in May.
 
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Yair Netanyahu in Kfar Sava's district court in 2023.
 
Netanyahu Demanded Classified Shin Bet Information on Probe Into Son's Miami Photos
 
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IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir in northern Gaza, earlier this week.
 
IDF Chief Dismisses Netanyahu's Shin Bet Head Pick After He Kept His Appointment Secret
 
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Shahar Gotshtat Lahav, childhood friend of Yagev Buchshtab who was taken hostage and killed in captivity after October 7, 2023.
 
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Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrives in Baghdad ahead of the 34th Arab League summit on May 17, 2025.
 
Egypt Is Stuck Between a Cold American Shoulder and the High Price of the War in Gaza
 
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A video by Guy Christensen, a pro-Palestinian influencer with more than 3 million followers.
 
Pro-Palestinian TikToker With 3.4M Followers Endorses Murder of Israeli Embassy Employees
 
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People gather to light candles in a makeshift memorial to honor Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim who were killed as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington
 
Let's Be Honest About What Killed the D.C. Israeli Embassy Staffers: Antisemitic Terrorism
 
Gil Preuss / Opinion  
 
Police secure the area in front of the embassy of Israel in Berlin, Germany, May 22, 2025.
 
D.C. Deaths: How Israel Guards Its Embassy Staff Abroad, and What Can Go Wrong
 
Yossi Melman / Analysis  
 
 
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Elizabeth Tsurkov in an undated video from her captivity, released in November 2023.
 
Report: Progress in Talks to Release Elizabeth Tsurkov, Israeli Held in Iraq Since 2023
 
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Students attending a pro-Palestinian rally at Columbia University in New York City in 2023.
 
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This photo provided by Breaking the Silence, a whistleblower group of former Israeli soldiers, shows two soldiers behind Palestinian detainees being sent into a Gaza City-area house to clear it in 2024.
 
Israeli Use of Human Shields in Gaza Was Systemic, Soldiers and Former Detainees Tell AP
 
The Associated Press  
 
Palestinians at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Jabalya, northern Gaza, on Friday.
 
As Gaza Deaths Mount and Soldiers Burn Out, an Anti-war Movement Is a Matter of Time
 
Amos Harel / Analysis  
 
 
 
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