AP Month in Pictures: Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan

Palestinians clash with Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Nablus, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Israeli troops moved into the city, setting off fighting that killed several Palestinians, including a 72-year-old man, Palestinian health officials said. The Israeli military gave few details about its operation in the northern city, which is known as a militant stronghold, and the army frequently operates there. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Mourners carry the body of Mahmoud Al-Aydi, 17 during his funeral in the West Bank refugee camp of Faraa, near Jenin, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Al-Aydi was killed early Tuesday during an Israeli army raid in a refugee camp in the northern West Bank, Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israeli troops demolish the house of Palestinian Muhammed Kamel al-Jabari, who carried out a deadly shooting attack last year that killed one Israeli, in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Palestinians carry national flags during a protest against Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, along the border fence with Israel, east of Gaza City, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Palestinian officials say several Palestinians have been killed and over a hundred were wounded during a rare daytime Israeli army arrest raid in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry says a 72-year-old man was among the dead. The raid took place on Wednesday in the city of Nablus, a scene of frequent military activity. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Palestinian protesters block the main road with burning tires in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Israeli forces killed five Palestinian gunmen in a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the latest bloodshed in the region that will likely further exacerbate tensions. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Anti-aircraft missiles are launched from the Gaza Strip after an Israeli airstrike, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. The Israeli military said Palestinian militants fired six rockets toward the country’s south early Thursday. Israeli aircraft then struck several targets in northern and central Gaza. There were no reports of injuries in Israel or Gaza. The rocket fire followed a deadly Israeli military raid in the West Bank on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

A Palestinian man walks between scorched cars in a scrapyard, in the town of Hawara, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Scores of Israeli settlers went on a violent rampage in the northern West Bank, setting cars and homes on fire after two settlers were killed by a Palestinian gunman. Palestinian officials say one man was killed and four others were badly wounded. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Family members and friends of Hillel Yaniv, 21, and Yagel Yaniv, 19, mourn over their graves during their funeral at Israel’s national cemetery in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. The Israeli brothers were killed Sunday in the West Bank town of Hawara by a Palestinian gunman who fled the scene. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Mourners bury family members who died in a devastating earthquake that rocked Syria and Turkey at a cemetery in the town of Jinderis, Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Collapsed buildings are seen through the windows of a damaged house following a devastating earthquake in the town of Jinderis, Aleppo province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. The quake that razed thousands of buildings was one of the deadliest worldwide in more than a decade. . (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Civil defense workers and residents search through the rubble of collapsed buildings in the town of Harem near the Turkish border, Idlib province, Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful earthquake has caused significant damage in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. Damage was reported across several Turkish provinces, and rescue teams were being sent from around the country. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A man carries the body of an earthquake victim in the Besnia village near the Turkish border, Idlib province, Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful earthquake has caused significant damage in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. Damage was reported across several Turkish provinces, and rescue teams were being sent from around the country. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Mourners pray over coffins of family members who died in a devastating earthquake that rocked Syria and Turkey at a cemetery in the town of Jinderis, Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. The quake has brought down thousands of buildings and killed thousands of people. In Syria, it also came on the heels of over a decade of conflict and a crippling economic crisis. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A family, who fled the war in Syria and live in Beirut, sit outside their home following an earthquake that hit neighboring Turkey early Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, in south of Beirut, Lebanon. Many residents in Lebanon left their homes and took to the streets or drove in their cars away from buildings. A powerful earthquake hit southeast Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling buildings and sending panicked residents pouring outside in a cold winter night. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Civil defense workers and security forces carry an earthquake victim as they search through the wreckage of collapsed buildings in Hama, Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful earthquake has caused significant damage in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. Damage was reported across several Turkish provinces, and rescue teams were being sent from around the country. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government to overhaul the judicial system, near the Knesset, Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. Israel’s government is pressing ahead with its contentious plan to overhaul the country’s legal system. A vote in parliament on Monday is due despite an unprecedented uproar that has included mass demonstrations, warnings from military and business leaders and calls for restraint from the U.S. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Protesters supporting women’s rights dressed as characters from The Handmaid’s Tale TV series attend a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. Israel’s government on Monday was pressing ahead with a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s legal system, despite an unprecedented uproar that has included mass protests, warnings from military and business leaders and calls for restraint by the United States. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Sadigura Hasidic dynasty celebrate the Jewish feast of ‘Tu Bishvat’ or “New Year of the Trees,” as they sit with their rabbis around a long table filled with all kinds of fruits, in the ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Visitors light candles at the art work “Communications” of Egyptian artist Mahmoud Hawary in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

A person struggles with the wind on sea foam that covered parts of the boardwalk at the Tel Aviv’s port on the Mediterranean Sea, Israel, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, as strong winds and waves from Storm Barbara hit the country. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Palestinians enjoy the day on the beach during hot weather in Gaza City, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

A student of Baghdad Ballet Academy performs in a play entitled at Al-Rashid national theater in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)