Israel-Hamas war continues as cease-fire negotiations underway
WARNING: Graphic content. President Joe Biden said Monday that he hopes a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that would pause hostilities and allow for remaining hostages to be released can take effect by early next week.
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A woman and her children walk past a wall with photographs of hostages who were kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel in Jerusalem, Israel, Monday, Feb. 26.ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Joe Biden arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Monday, Feb. 26, in New York.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman rides a scooter past a graffiti calling for the return of the hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel, in Kfar Saba, Israel, Monday, Feb. 26.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Palestinian Abdul Rahman Sharif holds the body of his four-year-old son Abdul Rahman Muamm, killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, during his funeral in Khan Younis, Monday, Feb. 26.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Palestinian woman prays for a relative killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis on Monday, Feb. 26.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Palestinians stand around the grave of a relative killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis on Monday, Feb. 26.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Palestinians bury a four-year-old Abdul Rahman Muamm, killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, during his funeral in Khan Younis, Monday, Feb. 26.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Family of Sergeant Oz Daniel mourn in grief during his funeral in Kfar Saba, Israel, Monday, Feb. 26. Daniel, 19, believed to have been among those killed in the initial Oct. 7 Hamas attack, was declared dead by the military, with his remains still in Gaza.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Israelis mourn in grief during the funeral of Sergeant Oz Daniel in Kfar Saba, Israel, Monday, Feb. 26. Daniel, 19, believed to have been among those killed in the initial Oct. 7 Hamas attack, was declared dead by the military, with his remains still in Gaza.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An Israeli solider mourns in grief over the grave of Staff sergeant Narya Belete during his funeral in Netanya, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 25. Belete, 21, was killed during Israel's ground operation in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli army has been battling Palestinian militants in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel.