“So many men were killed, like grains of sand,” says one survivor.

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“So many men were killed, like grains of sand,” says one survivor.

“The enemy killed us using this small device!” mourners chanted at the funeral for Fatima Abdullah, a fourth grader.

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Three years after the military staged a coup, intensifying a civil war, civilians continue to pay the price, according to a coming United Nations report.

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In a move brokered by China, Fatah and Hamas endorsed a unified government for the West Bank and Gaza, but Palestinians are skeptical that the two parties can put aside their differences.