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Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

A sign at the entrance to Giv’at Oz veGa’on, a new outpost established by Israeli settlers in the West Bank in the name of three teenagers killed in June.

Jewish settlers establish a new West Bank outpost in the name of the murdered Israeli teens

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In the heart of the West Bank, Israelis have started building a settlement. The area is where three Israeli teenagers were killed — allegedly by Hamas — back in June. While the settlers say this is a peaceful occupation, it may prove to be a roadblock during peace talks.In the heart of the West Bank, Israelis have started building a settlement. The area is where three Israeli teenagers were killed — allegedly by Hamas — back in June. While the settlers say this is a peaceful occupation, it may prove to be a roadblock during peace talks.

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike over the northern Gaza Strip Tuesday. Military and civilian casualties are mounting as Israeli forces push into urban areas like this.

How Hamas is taking on the Middle East’s most powerful army — and holding its own

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Palestinians in Gaza City gather around the remains of a car which police said was targeted in an Israeli air strike on Tuesday.

Israel and Hamas seem to be moving toward all-out war

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Relatives of a Palestinian Hamas militant mourn during his funeral in the southern Gaza Strip on July 7, 2014. The Israeli military killed at least five Hamas militants in air strikes carried out in the Palestinians enclave.

Israel arrests right-wing soccer fans for the revenge murder of a Palestinian boy

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Tensions are high in the capital after 16-year-old Muhammed Abu Khdeir was was killed in an apparent revenge killing for three slain Jewish teens. Police watch as residents of the east Jerusalem neighborhood Shuafat set dumpsters on fire, throw rocks and

Israel is hunting Hamas members, but the family of a suspected killer says he’s not one of them

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Tensions are high in the capital after 16-year-old Muhammed Abu Khdeir was was killed in an apparent revenge killing for three slain Jewish teens. Police watch as residents of the east Jerusalem neighborhood Shuafat set dumpsters on fire, throw rocks and

Israel is hunting Hamas members, but the family of a suspected killer says he’s not one of them

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Israel’s hunt for the killers of three teenaged boys has focused squarely on Hamas, who Israel blames for the murders. But one suspect’s family says the search for Hamas members has wrongly pulled them in.

Suha, mother of 16 year-old Mohammed Abu Khudair, shows a picture of her son on her mobile phone at their home in Shuafat, an Arab suburb of Jerusalem. News of the discovery of Mohammed's body sparked clashes on Wednesday between rock-throwing Palestinian

Is it time to worry about Israeli-Palestinian violence spinning out of control?

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Clashes broke out in Jerusalem on Wednesday after the murder of a Palestinian teenagers. His death came shortly after the bodies of three missing Israeli teens were found near Hebron this week, and the killings have ratcheted up tensions in Israel and Palestine to new heights.Clashes broke out in Jerusalem on Wednesday after the murder of a Palestinian teenagers. His death came shortly after the bodies of three missing Israeli teens were found near Hebron this week, and the killings have ratcheted up tensions in Israel and Palestine to new heights.

An Israeli woman holds a sign with images of three missing Israeli teenagers, at a rally in Rabin Square in the coastal city of Tel Aviv June 29, 2014. Israel on Thursday named two Hamas Islamists as leading suspects in the June 12 kidnappings of the thre

Three missing Israeli teens are found dead outside the Palestinian town of Hebron

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The bodies of three Israeli teens were found dead after an intensive two-week search by the Israeli military. Sheera Fenkel, BuzzFeed’s Middle East correspondent, was in Jerusalem as the news broke.

An Israeli woman holds a sign with images of three missing Israeli teenagers, at a rally in Rabin Square in the coastal city of Tel Aviv June 29, 2014. Israel on Thursday named two Hamas Islamists as leading suspects in the June 12 kidnappings of the thre

Three missing Israeli teens are found dead outside the Palestinian town of Hebron

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The bodies of three Israeli teens were found dead after an intensive two-week search by the Israeli military. Sheera Fenkel, BuzzFeed’s Middle East correspondent, was in Jerusalem as the news broke.

Israel, Gaza rebels trade fire, accusations as Egypt works for cease fire

Israel last week launched an attack in Gaza to kill the leaders of some of the local rebel cells. In retaliation, Gaza-based terrorists have launched a series of attacks on Israel. But Monday evening, Egyptian diplomats said they’d reached a cease fire deal to be implemented over night.