Palestinians receive medical care at the European hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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This image provided by the U.S. Army shows trucks loaded with humanitarian aid from the United Arab Emirates and the United States Agency for International Development cross the Trident Pier before arriving on the beach on the Gaza Strip on Friday. Staff Sgt. Malcolm Cohens-Ashley/U.S. Army via AP hide caption
Basil Rodriguez was arrested linking arms outside Hamilton Hall, but said the arrest had strengthened their resolve to continue protesting. The trespassing charge Rodriguez faced was dismissed this week. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
Passersby observe the photos of hostages held in the Gaza Strip that are plastered to the walls of a plaza known as Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, May 17, 2024. Oded Balilty/AP hide caption
The U.S. military finished installing the floating pier in Gaza on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war. U.S. Central Command /AP hide caption
The image provided by U.S, Central Command, shows U.S. Army soldiers, U.S. Navy sailors and Israel Defense Forces placing the Trident Pier on the coast of Gaza Strip on Thursday. AP hide caption
Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stands at the opening to a tunnel near the border with Israel on Dec. 15, 2023, northern Gaza Strip. The Israeli military said this was the largest tunnel they'd found yet in Gaza. Amir Levy/Getty Images hide caption
A woman mourns as she carries the shrouded body of a child killed following overnight Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 6. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An Israeli army soldier walks past a main battle tank stationed at a position near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on April 30. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
How Israel's military investigates itself in cases of possible wrongdoing
Fourteen-year-old Mohammed Abu Samur found what he thought was a bottle of perfume or deodorant. He lost his left hand below the elbow, and all the fingers on his right hand. Anas Baba for NPR hide caption
Viewers in Tel Aviv gather to watch the joint Memorial Day ceremony honoring victims from all sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Daniel Estrin/NPR hide caption
Israelis and Palestinians held a joint memorial for all victims of the ongoing war
A damaged United Nations vehicle is seen in front of a hospital in the Gaza Strip after a U.N. employee was killed in an attack on Monday. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
A patient in European Gaza hospital this weekend — the last functioning hospital in Rafah. Staff placed an insect zapper above his bed to keep away the flies. Monica Johnston hide caption
A Palestinian boy sits near the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Al-Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In Gaza, a hidden threat could kill Palestinians even after a cease-fire
Graduate students and demonstrators at the University of Texas at Austin protest the war in Gaza after walking out of commencement at the DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium on May 11, 2024 in Austin. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Palestinians pile their belongings on a vehicle as it drives to safer areas in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Smoke rises over southern Gaza Strip after an Israeli airstrike on May 7. Amir Levy/Getty Images hide caption
Students and protesters raise peace signs in the air while listening to speakers at the encampment for Palestine on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at the University of Washington Quad in Seattle. Large crowds amassed ahead of a speech by Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at the HUB on UW's campus. Megan Farmer/KUOW hide caption
A Palestinian medic cares for babies born preterm at a hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 24. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. medical volunteers in Rafah hospital say they've never seen a worse health crisis
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2022. The U.N. General Assembly has voted on a resolution to grant new "rights and privileges" to Palestine and call on the Security Council to favorably reconsider its request to become a member of the United Nations. Julia Nikhinson/AP hide caption
Thousands of Palestinians, including women and children, migrated from the neighborhoods in the east of Rafah and reaches the coastal side of the city of Deir al-Balah. Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
Israel seized control of the Rafah border crossing. The impact could be devastating
An Israeli army battle tank moves along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on May 7. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike east of Rafah, Gaza Strip, this past Monday. Ismael Abu Dayyah/AP hide caption
President Biden arrives to speak at the annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on May 7. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption