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Steve Witkoff helped negotiate the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. His visit to Gaza on Wednesday was the first by a senior U.S.

On Monday, Israeli forces carried out a detention campaign, abusing dozens of Palestinians in the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilia in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank.… ...