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Updates from the field, the office and beyond.

May 2025

Israeli settlers look towards their neighboring Palestinian village of Bruqin the morning after a Palestinian gunman killed Tzeela Gez, who was on her way to the hospital to give birth, outside of the West Bank settlement of Bruchin, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Protesters hold pictures of Palestinian children killed during Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip in a protest demanding the end of the war, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israeli Police clear a main road blocked by protesters as lawmaker meet at the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, during the Summer session, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israeli activist holds a photo of Palestinian Naya Kareem, 5, who was killed during the Israel Hamas war in Gaza, during a protest calling for an end to the war, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Smoke rises following an Israeli army airstrike in northern Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

An Israeli tank moves in a staging area in southern Israel, near the border with Gaza, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip are seen at the Kerem Shalom Crossing in southern Israel, Tuesday May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Ruhama Bohbot, mother of hostage Elkana Bohbot, poses for a portrait with his poster at home in Mevaseret Zion, Israel, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

A woman watches the opening session of the People's Peace Summit in Jerusalem, Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israeli girls covered with Israeli flags overlooking the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, during Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, in Jerusalem' sOld City, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Jewish youth take a break from the flag march on Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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