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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.

Israel has launched a new ground invasion into Gaza after breaking ceasefire

Israel's military launched a new ground offensive in Gaza, sending troops into areas they retreated from during a two-month ceasefire. This comes a day after airstrikes killed more than 400 people.

Mahmoud Khalil’s immigration case moves to New Jersey from New York

The decision offers a venue compromise in the bellwether case, while Khalil's legal team seeks to release him from detention and block his deportation.

Why did Israel resume the war in Gaza?

Israel launched deadly strikes in Gaza to pressure Hamas to agree to a new ceasefire. Hamas isn't budging, and more than half of recently freed hostages oppose the renewed war. Why is Israel doing it?

Why are the Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks stuck? An explainer on the latest

Arab mediators are working to reach a new Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal that would secure the release of 12 living hostages out of the 24 still believed to be held alive by Hamas in Gaza.

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 9, including aid workers and journalists, witnesses say

Two back-to-back Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza killed at least nine people on Saturday, according to Gaza civil defense. Witnesses say several of those killed were aid workers and journalists.

Mediators seek a new deal to release more than half of the hostages in Gaza

President Trump's Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff is taking part in ceasefire talks in Qatar, the most serious Israel-Hamas talks since Trump took office.

This synagogue calls itself ‘anti-Zionist.’ Here’s what that means in practice

Tzedek Chicago calls itself anti-Zionist congregation, meaning it does not support a Jewish nation-state.

Palestinians freed in the ceasefire say Israeli forces harass them and their families

Several Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed during this ceasefire deal have been harassed by Israeli forces after their release, their homes raided or their family members arrested.

In a policy shift, U.S. and Hamas say they’re in direct talks on hostages

A Hamas official tells NPR that the United States has held direct talks with the Palestinian militant group over the release of several American-Israeli dual citizens taken hostage during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel.

Israel’s culture minister calls a Palestinian-Israeli film’s Oscar a ‘sad moment’

The Oscar documentary win by the movie No Other Land is garnering very different reactions in Israel and the West Bank.

Israeli military cites ‘fundamental misunderstanding’ of Hamas ahead of Oct. 7 attack

The report is the Israeli military's first official account of mistakes that preceded the 2023 attack, which launched Israel's subsequent war against Hamas in Gaza that killed more than 48,000 Palestinians.

Hamas returns bodies of four hostages and Israel releases hundreds of Palestinians

Both sides agreed there would be no Hamas ceremonies for the hostage bodies and in exchange Israel would release the Palestinian detainees and prisoners whose freedom had been held up since Saturday.