Gaza Strip

• Israel Backed Gazans to Oppose Hamas. For One, It Ended Violently. - Officials said Israel helped arm and back Yasser Abu Shabab’s Popular Forces, part of a strategy against Hamas, before a local clan killed him this week.
• Deadly Attacks in Gaza Test Cease-Fire as Body of Another Captive Is Returned - Israel launched a military strike after it said Hamas militants attacked its soldiers, the latest clashes in the two months since a truce was signed.
• Mass wedding in Gaza celebrates new life after years of war and tragedy - Eman Hassan Lawwa was dressed in traditional Palestinian prints and Hikmat Lawwa wore a suit as they walked hand-in-hand past the crumbled buildings of southern Gaza in a line of other couples dressed in exactly the same way. The 27-year-o