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Netanyahu says Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar has been killed by Israeli forces
Speaking on Wednesday in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, Netanyahu said that Sinwar was killed in an Israeli airstrike, but did not provide specifics.
Almost 200,000 Palestinians displaced by latest Israeli military offensive
Israel has ordered tens of thousand of Gazans to move to zone in the south
U.S. Ambassador Huckabee is ‘outraged’ at European leaders for condemning Israel
In an interview with NPR, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said the U.K., Canada and France were "blaming the wrong perpetrator," and that Hamas is responsible for the suffering in Gaza.
U.K. suspends free trade talks with Israel and announces sanctions
Pressure from close allies is mounting on Israel following a nearly three-month blockade of supplies into Gaza. Even the United States has voiced concerns over the hunger crisis.
Israel says it will allow a ‘basic quantity’ of food into Gaza to prevent starvation
Israel blocked all supplies into Gaza for nearly three months, the longest blockade it has ever imposed on Gaza. But Israel is relenting amid international pressure to allow food into the territory.
Israel holds ceasefire talks with Hamas, as new ground operation in Gaza begins
Israel and Hamas have entered the most substantive negotiations in months in Qatar. The talks come amid intense Israeli airstrikes that have killed more than 500 Palestinians in the past five days.
More than 100 Palestinians are killed in Gaza in a day of Israeli airstrikes
It has been a deadly week of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.
Yuval Raphael, a Hamas attack survivor, is representing Israel at Eurovision
The 24-year-old survived the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on the Nova festival, and will perform a pop ballad, "New Day Will Rise." Israel's Eurovision participation has sparked protest due to the Gaza war.
Dozens are killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says
It was the second night of heavy bombing, after airstrikes Wednesday on northern and southern Gaza killed dozens of people, including almost two dozen children.
The U.S. has a plan for getting food into Gaza. Top aid groups object to the idea
The proposed solution would only provide food and aid to around 60 percent of Gaza's civilians initially, according to a copy of the proposal reviewed by NPR.
World Central Kitchen closes soup kitchens across Gaza due to dwindling supplies
Israel's ongoing blockade of aid for Gaza forced the humanitarian group to shut its soup kitchens as it faced empty warehouses and no replenishment of supplies in the war-battered enclave.
The U.S. backs Israel’s ban on the U.N.’s Palestinian aid agency at the World Court
The United States told the International Court of Justice Wednesday that Israel must provide aid to Gaza, but the country does not have to work with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees.
عائلة واحدة. هجوم واحد. 132 اسمًا. تحقيق غزة
أكثر من 51 ألف فلسطيني قُتلوا في حرب إسرائيل مع حماس، بحسب مسؤولي الصحة في غزة. أعدنا بناء ما حدث في واحدة من أكثر الغارات الإسرائيلية دموية في الحرب.
Huckabee arrives in Israel as new U.S. ambassador and visits the Western Wall
At the Western Wall, one of Judaism's holiest sites, Mike Huckabee said he'd brought a note with a prayer for peace handwritten by President Trump, who had instructed him to insert it into the wall.
New Israeli ceasefire offer demands Hamas discuss disarming, but group rejects it
Hamas is rejecting a new Israeli proposal to pause the war in Gaza, a Hamas official told NPR. Earlier, officials mediating talks had expressed optimism that a deal could be reached within weeks.
Gaza territory shrinks drastically as Israel seizes huge swaths of land
Israel's military is expanding buffer zones inside the Gaza Strip and taking over more areas of the territory, shrinking land Palestinians can access by more than half.
Syria’s dictator is gone. Its civil war is over. But Israel keeps attacking
Almost immediately after dictator Bashar al-Assad fled, Syria came under attack. Israeli airstrikes have hit several hundred times since December. Syria's new leaders are starting to speak up.
The Israeli troop killing of a U.S. teen in the West Bank sparks outrage
The killing of a Palestinian American teen by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank has sparked an outcry from relatives and community members in the Palestinian territory as well as the U.S.
Netanyahu is set to meet Trump to discuss Israeli hostages in Gaza and U.S. tariffs
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Trump expecting to discuss tariffs, hostages and war in Gaza and other issues.
Palestinian medics say a video of Gaza rescue crews under fire refutes Israeli claims
Palestinian medical officials say they obtained video footage that refutes Israel's claims about the killing of 15 rescue and aid workers in the southern Gaza Strip last month.
Palestinian soap gets UNESCO recognition as Israel’s military operation closes in
An age-old Palestinian tradition of making soap in the Israeli-occupied West Bank was recognized by UNESCO. A visit to one factory tells you why.
What Ramadan has been like this year in Gaza, from ceasefire to war
For the first week of Ramadan, Palestinians in Gaza marked the holy month with a respite from war. Then Israel broke a ceasefire with Hamas. The fighting and blockade mean there's little to celebrate.
Israel strikes a Beirut suburb, saying it was targeting a Hezbollah drone depot
The attack came as cross-border fire has escalated between Israel and militants in Lebanon, raising doubts about the state of a shaky ceasefire.
Food is running out in Gaza nearly a month into Israeli blockade
The World Food Programme says it has just five days left of flour and two weeks left of other food supplies in Gaza.
Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian director beaten by Israeli settlers, is now released
Hamdan Ballal, who won an Oscar for No Other Land about Palestinians under Israeli occupation, was attacked by Israeli settlers and later detained by the Israeli military, witnesses tell NPR.
Why Israel’s having some of its biggest protests since the war in Gaza began
They're demanding a deal between Israel and Hamas to release all the remaining hostages, and also demonstrating against government attempts to weaken the judiciary.
Israel’s latest war plans: To occupy Gaza and rule Palestinians
Occupying Gaza and establishing military rule there would go beyond Israel's stated war goals to end Hamas rule and free hostages captured in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
One family. One attack. 132 names. A Gaza investigation
More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war with Hamas, Gaza health officials say. We reconstructed what happened in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the war.
Palestinian deaths in Gaza rise above 50,000 as Israel expands its military campaign
The death toll reached the milestone just days after Israel resumed its military campaign in Gaza, breaking a ceasefire with Hamas.
Israel strikes multiple sites in southern Lebanon in response to rocket attack
Lebanese health officials said two people were killed, including a child, and several more were injured.
West Bank Palestinians displaced by Israel’s military fear they’ll never go home again
Even as the war in Gaza continues, Israel's prime minister says a "larger and more intense front could be opened" in the West Bank, where more than 40,000 have been displaced in the current operation.
Israel expands its ground offensive in Gaza as Hamas fires rockets back
The Israeli military expanded its ground offensive in Gaza, and killed at least 80 Palestinians in a new wave of strikes Thursday. Hamas fired its first rockets since Israel broke a recent ceasefire.
