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Israeli soldiers reveal systematic destruction of Palestinian property to create Gaza buffer zone

By Jeremy Diamond, Muhammad Darwish, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Mohammad al-Sawalhi, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s military has transformed every bit of Gazan territory within about half a mile of the Israeli border into a wasteland. Armored bulldozers have systematically leveled one home after another. Combat engineers have laid explosives and triggered controlled demolitions inside once-bustling

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Jennifer Vasquez Sura

Judge says deportation of man to El Salvador prison is ‘wholly lawless,’ with deadline to return him to America today

By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has until 11:59 p.m. Monday to return to the United States a Maryland man who the government admits was accidentally deported to a high-security prison in El Salvador. District Judge Paula Xinis on Sunday rejected efforts from the Trump administration to pause an order for the

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Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing.

‘War without limits’: Aid agencies sound the alarm as Israel’s Gaza blockade enters a second month

By Tim Lister and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — One month after Israel cut off humanitarian aid from the Gaza Strip, aid agencies say the humanitarian situation there has deteriorated dangerously, with the plight of two million civilians worsened by intensive Israeli military operations. The United Nations and several NGOs, as well as civilians in

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Palestinians carry the body of a Palestinian-American boy who was killed by Israeli forces in the village of Turmusaya

Palestinian American teen shot dead by Israeli soldiers in West Bank, official says

By Abeer Salman, Dana Karni, Hira Humayun and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian-American teenager and wounded two others in the occupied West Bank on Sunday night, according to Palestinian officials, after the Israeli military said it targeted a group throwing stones at cars. Ramallah governor Laila Ghannam said the 14-year-old

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Palestinian teen died in Israeli prison after suffering ‘likely prolonged malnutrition’, autopsy finds

By Kareem Khadder, Tim Lister and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old Palestinian boy died following “likely prolonged malnutrition” in an Israeli prison, according to an autopsy carried out by an Israeli pathologist. The teenager, Walid Khalid Ahmad, is the first minor to have died in Israeli custody since the conflict between Hamas and

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Blackwater Founder Erik Prince walks with police members during 'Apolo 13' Anti-Crime Operation on April 5

Blackwater founder Erik Prince joins security operation in Ecuador

By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Erik Prince, founder of the controversial security contractor formerly known as Blackwater, joined in law enforcement operations on Saturday in Guayaquil, one of Ecuador’s most violent cities, according to local officials. The operations saw 10 houses raided and 40 people detained, Ecuador’s Interior Minister John Reimberg said. “Since early

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