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Palestinians react as they inspect the damage, a day after an Israeli strike, on Mawasi Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 5, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas militant group. Gaza's civil defence agency said on December 4, that 20 people, including five children, were killed in an Israeli strike on a displacement camp near Khan Yunis in the territory's south. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)

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People gather by the rubble of destroyed buildings for a mass gathering for a communal iftar fast-breaking meal on the second day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the area of al-Dahduh in Gaza City's Tal al-Hawa district on March 2, 2025 amid the ongoing truce in the war between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

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People look on as n Israeli bulldozer tears up a street in the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank, on February 23, 2025. Israel on February 23 said troops would stay in West Bank refugee camps for the coming year, announcing expanded military operations including tank deployments, after the displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)

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Palestinians react as they inspect the damage, a day after an Israeli strike, on Mawasi Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 5, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas militant group. Gaza's civil defence agency said on December 4, that 20 people, including five children, were killed in an Israeli strike on a displacement camp near Khan Yunis in the territory's south. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)

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Palestinians react as they inspect the damage, a day after an Israeli strike, on Mawasi Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 5, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas militant group. Gaza's civil defence agency said on December 4, that 20 people, including five children, were killed in an Israeli strike on a displacement camp near Khan Yunis in the territory's south. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)

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People gather by the rubble of destroyed buildings for a mass gathering for a communal iftar fast-breaking meal on the second day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the area of al-Dahduh in Gaza City's Tal al-Hawa district on March 2, 2025 amid the ongoing truce in the war between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

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People look on as n Israeli bulldozer tears up a street in the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank, on February 23, 2025. Israel on February 23 said troops would stay in West Bank refugee camps for the coming year, announcing expanded military operations including tank deployments, after the displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 13: Pro-Palestine demonstrators gather at Freedom Plaza for a rally on January 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. Officials are predicting at least 10,000 people will attend to protest the retaliatory actions taken by the Israeli government following the October 7th terrorist attacks by Hamas. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

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Egyptian political activist Ahmed Douma reacts as he stands behind dock bars during his trial in Cairo on June 3, 2013, on charges of insulting president Mohamed Morsi. Douma was convicted to serve six months in prison . AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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