Bodies of Palestinians who were killed by Israeli airstrikes overnight during Israel’s renewed bombing of Gaza, European Hospital, Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, March 18, 2025. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)

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Community members in Khirbet Samra loading their flock into trucks before their departure on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (Dikla Taylor-Sheinman)

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Palestinians mourn the death of those killed in an Israeli airstrike outside the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, March 18, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

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With Trump’s green light, Israel’s renewed attack on Gaza threatens to become an all-out effort to empty the enclave of Palestinians.
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Palestinians mourn the death of Palestinians killed in an Israeli air strike outside the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, March 18, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

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After recovering a semblance of safety, Gazans are forced again to decide whether to flee their homes as Israel resumes its assault.
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Salah Diab in his home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem, March 4, 2025. (Oren Ziv)
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A promotional poster for Nidal Baderneh's show "Iron Kibbeh."
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Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham pictured at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles after their film "No Other Land" won the Oscar for best documentary, March 2, 2025. (Jordan Strauss/AP)
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Israeli forces destroy a building in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, Feb. 20, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
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An Israeli soldier photographs a Palestinian man using an AI facial recognition tool during a raid in Wadi Qutyna, Al-Mughayer, occupied West Bank, January 17, 2025. (Avishay Mohar/Activestills)
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Displaced Palestinians make their way back to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip via the Netzarim Corridor, Jan. 28, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)
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