Fatima Tawfeeq, 63, has lived through numerous Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank. She witnessed Israel’s takeover of the Palestinian territory in 1967 and lived through Israel’s crackdown during the first and second intifadas,

The U.N. estimates some 37,000 Palestinians have been driven out by a month-old offensive against militant groups in the occupied West Bank.

Watching her granddaughter sleep in cramped quarters for displaced Palestinians, Sanaa Shraim hopes for a better life for the baby, born into a weeks-long Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank.

The Trump administration has approved a major nearly $3 billion arms sale to Israel, bypassing a normal congressional review to provide the country with more of the 2,000-pound bombs that it has used in the war against Hamas in Gaza.

The Trump administration, for the second time in February, invoked an emergency to fast-track weapons sales to Israel, with Biden also using emergency powers.

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The Gaza war is the latest in decades of conflict between Israel and Palestinians. It began on Oct. 7, 2023, when fighters from the Islamist group Hamas stormed border defences from Gaza and attacked Israeli communities, killing around 1,200 people and seizing about 250 as hostages, according to Israeli tallies.

As the deadline for the first phase of the ceasefire approaches on Sunday, Egypt said intensive discussions between Israel and Hamas have begun in Cairo. Hamas stated they were ready to start talks after Israel released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the bodies of four Israeli hostages.

The first phase of the ceasefire that paused 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas militants is set to end on Saturday. It’s unclear what comes next.