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Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024.

Famine in northern Gaza is 'imminent,' warns the world's leading authority on hunger

2:33pm March 19, 2024

by Jaclyn Diaz

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification issued a new report that concluded that the entire population in the Gaza Strip, more than 2 million, face serious food insecurity as war continues.

President Biden sits with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18, 2023.

Biden speaks with Netanyahu as tensions rise over the war in Gaza

5:41pm March 18, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

National security adviser Jake Sullivan described a "business-like" meeting between two leaders with different perspectives about the proposed military operation for the city of Rafah in Gaza.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shake hands prior to a meeting at the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Nov. 30, 2023.

Who is Mohammad Mustafa, the new prime minister of the Palestinian Authority?

6:00am March 16, 2024

by Jaclyn Diaz

Mustafa was appointed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a move seen as an attempt to appease U.S. demands for reform.

Israel's war on Gaza has caused a large increase in population density in Rafah, as shown in these comparison graphics. Pre-war, there were 17 people per acre. Now, there are an estimated 63-88 people per acre.

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War has forced half of Gaza into Rafah. Palestinians there are at a breaking point

5:01am March 15, 2024

Five months into the war, about half of Gaza's population has been squeezed into Rafah. The governorate was crowded before the war, but mass displacement has made it the site of a spiraling crisis.

A large sign calling for a cease-fire in Gaza hangs from a building in Dublin on Feb. 12.

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Why Ireland is one of the most pro-Palestinian nations in the world

8:52pm March 14, 2024

One of the most pro-Palestinian nations in the world is not an Arab or Muslim country. It's not even in the Middle East. Polls show Ireland has some of the highest support for the Palestinians.

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Open Arms members carry humanitarian aid for Gaza in a joint mission between NGOs Open Arms and World Central Kitchen at a port of Larnaca, Cyprus, March 9.

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An aid ship is en route to Gaza, in a test of a sea corridor for the war-torn enclave

3:28pm March 14, 2024

by Jane Arraf

A humanitarian ship is piloting a new sea route to bring food to Gaza to help avert famine after five months of war and Israeli restrictions on aid.

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Pro-Palestinian supporters wave flags and carry placards during a march in central Stockholm last month in which demonstrators demanded Israel be excluded from the Eurovision Song Contest.

After facing criticism, Israel has revised its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest

5:03pm March 10, 2024

by Itay Stern

Eden Golan's original song, titled "October Rain," has been renamed "Hurricane" after objections that it was not politically neutral. Israel's public broadcaster will reveal the amended song Sunday.

Carmit Palty Katzir prepares to speak at a weekly rally in Tel Aviv, Israel, calling for the immediate release of the hostages being held in Gaza, Feb. 17.

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The long, lonely fight of an Israeli hostage's sister, who fears time is running out

6:08am March 10, 2024

by Eve Guterman

On Oct. 7, Gaza militants killed Carmit Palty Katzir's father and took her mother and brother hostage. Her mother was released, but Katzir fears time is running out to get her brother back alive.

President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign rally Saturday, March 9, 2024, at Pullman Yards in Atlanta.

Biden: Netanyahu 'hurting Israel' by not preventing more civilian deaths in Gaza

5:36am March 10, 2024

by The Associated Press

President Joe Biden said Saturday that he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "hurting Israel more than helping Israel" in how he is approaching its war against Hamas in Gaza.

A tattered Israeli flag waves on Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday.

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Five ways Israelis have changed, after 5 months of war

1:41pm March 09, 2024

The state of Israeli society, five months after the Oct. 7 attack, is crucial to understanding where the Israel-Hamas conflict might lead. Here are five ways Israel has been transformed.

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