Gaza

Dozens killed from an Israeli strike in a Gaza humanitarian zone, Palestinians say

2:13am September 10, 2024

Tuesday's strike was among the deadliest strikes yet in a sprawl of crowded tent camps along the Gaza coast that Israel designated as a humanitarian zone for hundreds of thousands of civilians.

Palestinian little girl playing in street killed in Israeli attack on Gaza

Killed in her pink roller skates, a Palestinian girl’s photo in Gaza goes viral

6:00am September 07, 2024

The photo of a girl in Gaza killed by an Israeli airstrike while wearing pink roller skates goes viral and draws attention to the plight of children nearly a year into the war.

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How Harris will distinguish her foreign policy from Biden — and Trump

6:00am September 07, 2024

by Asma Khalid

By necessity, Vice President Harris has worked in lockstep with President Biden on his foreign policy. What she would do in the White House if she wins on Nov. 5 will be in focus in Tuesday's debate.

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Husam Abukhedeir, a Palestinian neurosurgeon, photographed on Thursday at his home in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. He left his native Gaza in November because he felt that conditions caused by the war had stripped him of his power as a physician — and endangered his family.

Whatever happened to ... the Gaza neurosurgeon who faced a wrenching decision

10:42am September 06, 2024

Husam Abukhedeir, the chief neurosurgeon at Al-Shifa Hospital, helped the injured, watched many die, including his sister, then knew what he had to do to protect his family. How is he faring today?

Israel's labor strike over hostages is called off after court order

4:19am September 02, 2024

A general strike in Israel to protest the government's failure to return hostages from Gaza led to some closures and disruptions. A major union said it was calling off the strike after a court order.

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As polio vaccinations begin in Gaza, U.N. says success hinges on a pause in fighting

1:35pm August 31, 2024

Health care workers plan to reach more than 640,000 Palestinian children in a matter of days while Israel has agreed to staggered pauses in fighting.

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Israel's evacuation orders in Deir al-Balah displace Palestinians again

The U.S. urges major changes to Israel's evacuations in Gaza, a leaked memo says

11:07am August 29, 2024

In an internal memo obtained by NPR, U.S. officials warn that Israel's "drastically increased" evacuation orders in Gaza have further displaced Palestinians and could debilitate aid efforts.

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Pro-Palestinian Rally Held On Columbia University Campus

'Institutional neutrality': How one university walks a fine line on Gaza protests

5:00am August 28, 2024

School is back in session, and the line between providing campus security and allowing for free speech is still extremely thin.

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Biden pushed Gaza pier over warning it would undercut other aid routes, watchdog says

1:34am August 28, 2024

President Biden ordered a temporary pier be built to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza despite expressed concerns that the effort would be difficult to pull off, according to a USAID report.

Israel says it rescued a hostage found alone in an underground tunnel in Gaza

12:18pm August 27, 2024

Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, was taken to a hospital in Israel, where members of his large Bedouin Arab family gathered around his bedside in a joyful reunion.