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From left to right, top: former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former President Donald Trump, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. From left to right, bottom: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy. Joe Raedle/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty Images; Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images; Scott Olson/Getty Images; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Author Shahnaz Habib next to the cover of her new book, Airplane Mode. Author photo by Eva Garmendia hide caption

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Israelis gather to witness the first batch of released hostages being brought to Schneider Hospital via helicopter on Nov. 24. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption

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Israeli protesters call for the release of the Bibas family, whose members are being held hostage in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption

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Nine-year-old Emily Hand, a released hostage, reunites with her father Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, in Israel. The Israeli Army /Associated Press hide caption

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Rebuilding Life After Captivity

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Hamas' leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar. MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Who is Yahya Sinwar?

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Hisham Awartani with his father, Ali Awartani, and mother, Elizabeth Price. On Saturday, Awartani was one of three men of Palestinian descent shot in Burlington, Vermont. Elizabeth Price hide caption

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Michal Worke, an Israeli artist with Ethiopian roots, shares her studio space and artwork. Much of her work is devoted to a kidnapped Ethiopian Israeli citizen who has been held in Gaza for over nine years by Hamas. Tanya Habjouqa/NOOR Images hide caption

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Palestinian prisoner Khalil Zama, right, hugs his mother after being released from an Israeli jail in exchange for Israeli hostages released by Hamas from the Gaza Strip, at his home in Halhul village north Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Monday. Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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This picture taken from a position in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing in the the Palestinian territory after an Israeli strike on November 21, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Civilian deaths are being dismissed as 'crisis actors' in Gaza and Israel

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Emily Hand, 9, shown with her father Tom Hand, was one of the Israeli hostage released Saturday by Hamas. Israeli authorities first thought she was killed in the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, but the Israeli military later determined she was alive. She was reunited with her father in the early hours of Sunday. Israeli military via AP hide caption

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A Red Cross vehicle carrying Israeli hostages drives by at the Gaza Strip crossing into Egypt in Rafah on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. Fatima Shbair/AP hide caption

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A mother and her children react to the news that Hanna Katzir, who the Palestine Islamic Jihad claimed died in captivity, is among the 13 Israelis released. They are watching the news on their phone outside the Museum of Tel Aviv on Friday. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images hide caption

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We came to the Hitten refugee camp in Jordan to ask how people were feeling. Ayman Oghanna for NPR hide caption

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We visited a camp for Palestinians and heard despair for Gaza — and anger at America

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Smoke and fire rise above buildings during Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 23, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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