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- Attempted evacuation, then shells take 15 lives at Gaza shelter
Witnesses said more than 1,000 people were in the courtyard of the UN school-turned shelter, waiting for buses to take them to a safer place, when the site was shelled.
- Under fire in Gaza, and not a drop to drink
The conflict has exacerbated chronic water shortages in Gaza, with water treatment facilities under fire and sewage spewing into streets. Israel says it doesn't target critical infrastructure.
- From Aleppo to Armenia: Syrian auto-repair tycoon starts over
In Aleppo, Sako owned an auto-repair business that employed 15 workers. Now the Syrian-Armenian, one of 11,000 to settle in Armenia since the conflict began, runs a small falafel and shwarma stand.
- With a single rocket, Hamas rattles its enemy
The suspension of nearly all foreign flights to Israel came after a rocket landed near Ben Gurion Airport, possibly giving Hamas leverage in any negotiated end to the conflict.
- Egypt: Deaths in police custody, once a spark for revolt, now met by shrugs
At least 80 detainees have died since last July, when the military seized power and launched a crackdown on dissidents. Former prisoners speak of overcrowding, denial of medical treatment, and mistreatment.
- Israelis firmly behind Gaza operation as military losses mount
Twenty-eight soldiers have been killed just four days into the Gaza ground incursion – almost triple the number killed in Israel's last Gaza campaign.
- Pulverized by Israel, Palestinians hold out for favorable cease-fire in Gaza
Support for Hamas is growing in Gaza after weeks of Israeli bombardment. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that the US supports an Egyptian cease-fire proposal rejected by Hamas.
- As Kerry heads to Cairo, renewed urgency for Gaza cease-fire
Israel's insistence that its military offensive in Gaza is justified by the threat from Hamas may be undercut by the weekend's spike in civilian deaths and graphic scenes of suffering.
- Iran nuclear talks: Is a comprehensive deal still on the table?
Iran and five world powers agreed last week to extend by four months a deadline for reaching a final deal aimed at preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb. But a yawning gulf still has to be bridged.
- Israeli ground offensive in Gaza triggers shelter crisis for fleeing civilians
Overnight fighting killed at least 60 Palestinians in a Gaza neighborhood, while Israel's army reported its deadliest day in a 13-day offensive. Aid agencies are struggling with more evacuees than during the 2008-09 war.
- In Gaza, a patriarch speaks of 'senseless' deaths of 8 family members
One day after he lost children and grandchildren, a stricken Moussa Abu Jarad struggles to comprehend what happened. 'We have no relation to Hamas or Fatah,' he says. 'We're businessmen and we don't care about politics. ... We didn't fire one bullet.'
- 'One blood, one enemy': Solidarity for Gaza boils in West Bank
Anger is building in the West Bank amid the ongoing Israeli operation in Gaza, particularly toward Palestinian Authority security forces trying to tamp down demonstrations.
- Gaza conflict: Israeli fears shift from skies to below ground
For years, Israel has considered rocket fire from Gaza to be the largest security threat. But now the Jewish state is more worried about what's going on below.
- Israeli ground invasion of Gaza ramps up stakes of conflict with Hamas
Palestinians in northern Gaza fled south as Israeli tanks rolled over the border. A hospital for the disabled took a direct hit in a stepped-up Israeli bombardment.
- In social media battle, IDF uploads while Hamas accounts are deleted
Twitter and Facebook have suspended several accounts used by Hamas. But neither Palestinian militants nor Israeli forces have paused their social media campaigns to sway public opinion.
- Why Gaza doesn't have bomb shelters
While Hamas has built an extensive network of underground tunnels and bunkers since 2009, it hasn't built infrastructure for protecting civilians.
- Gaza cease-fire affords brief respite, then a buzz of drones
A UN-brokered lull of fighting today gave residents in Gaza a chance to stock up after more than a week of Israeli bombardment. Fighting quickly resumed after the cease-fire ended.
- Covert war against Iran's nuclear scientists: a widow remembers
The wife of the first scientist to be assassinated speaks about her husband's growing fear of a net closing around him – and of meeting his Israeli-trained assassin before his execution.
- To trim or not to trim? For Syrian men, beards matter under militant rule
The ascendancy of the Islamic State, an extremist Islamist group that has overrun swathes of Iraq and Syria, is forcing fighters in other rebel groups in Syria to defect or try to melt into civilian population.
- Israelis scrawl the names of the Gaza dead on their city walls
Anonymous Israeli artists have graffitied the names and ages of some of the nearly 200 Palestinian casualties to make sure Israelis notice the growing death toll in Gaza.