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In this Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 photo, Palestinian Ahlam Abu Toaimeh, 47, holds a picture of her son Mohammed Abu Toaimeh, 22, as she speaks to an Associated Press reporter at her house in the town of Abasan, in the southern Gaza Strip. Desperate to flee Gaza after suffering through years of border closures and three wars, Mohammed paid traffickers to smuggle him to Europe. But he and dozens of other Gazans are missing amid reports that smugglers sunk their vessel on purpose. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Desperate Gazans flee to Europe in risky sea trips

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September 17, 2014 7:05 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2014 file photo, Palestinians look for their belongings after houses were destroyed in Israeli strikes in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Amid fear that Hamas had captured an Israeli soldier, the Israeli military sealed off the Rafah area and began shelling on Aug. 1, 2014. By the end of the next day, 190 Palestinians were dead, according to a list of names compiled by two Gaza human rights groups. The suspected capture of the soldier turned out to be a false alarm and the Rafah operation is almost certain to be a focus of U.N. investigators and rights groups looking into possible war crimes because it highlights a key concern: The treatment of civilians. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)

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Israeli fire on Gaza town raises war crimes claim

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August 31, 2014 12:00 pm

A relative guides a girl in prayer at the grave of their loved one in a cemetery in Gaza city, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, July 28, 2014. Monday marked the beginning of the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday, which caps the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Muslims usually start the day with dawn prayers and visiting cemeteries to pay their respects to the dead, with children getting new clothes, toys, shoes and haircuts, and families visiting each other. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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In war-struck Gaza, civilians struggle to get by

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July 28, 2014 12:06 pm

A woman cries as Palestinians flee their homes in the Shajaiyeh neighborhood of Gaza City, after Israel had airdropped leaflets warning people to leave the area, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. A Hamas website says Israel has fired missiles at the homes of four of its senior leaders as it resumed bombardment of Gaza, following a failed Egyptian cease-fire effort. Health officials say the Palestinian death toll in nine days of fighting has reached 204. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Nowhere to go for Gaza civilians urged to evacuate

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July 16, 2014 8:23 pm

File - In this April 22, 2014 file photo, Palestinians wave their national flags during a rally to demand the end of Palestinian political divisions, at the main square of Gaza City. Propelled by crises, rivals Hamas and Fatah are moving toward forming a unity government by next week, in what appears to be their most promising attempt yet to end a seven-year rift that weakened the Palestinian case for statehood. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

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Palestinian rivals closer to ending 7-year rift

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May 19, 2014 6:12 pm

UN photo archive tells story of Palestinian exodus

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UN photo archive tells story of Palestinian exodus

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May 15, 2014 5:49 am