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Children play among tents set up for Palestinians seeking refuge on the grounds of an UNRWA center in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 19.

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4 things to know about UNRWA, Gaza's largest aid organization

5:00am November 13, 2023

by Emily Olson

For over 70 years, one key U.N. agency has provided relief to Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip. As Israel continues to bombard the territory, UNRWA says it's struggling to keep up with demand.

Patients and internally displaced people are pictured at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Nov. 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas.

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Gaza's 2 largest hospitals have ceased to function, health officials say

9:36pm November 12, 2023

Health officials say the hospitals are out of electricity. The U.N. and World Health Organization pleaded for "decisive international action" to preserve what's left of the health care system in Gaza.

A view of the rubble of buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike in Jabalia in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 11, days after the territory's militant rulers carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel killing hundreds of people and taking captives.

The brutal calculus of war: Is the killing of civilians ever justified?

7:34pm November 11, 2023

by Tom Bowman

The numbers are classified, but U.S. military planners use what's called a collateral damage estimate to gauge how many civilians might be killed in an attack on a target. Here's what that means.

People check the bodies of victims killed in a reported Israeli strike, as they lie on the ground in the vicinity of Gaza City's Al Shifa hospital compound on Friday.

As Israel orders Gaza hospitals to evacuate, health care is 'on its knees'

2:23pm November 11, 2023

Israel says it wants hospitals in northern Gaza to empty out so it can go after Hamas militants operating there. Palestinians say health care is collapsing in the territory.

Itay Levy makes music and Kinnors — intricately-carved wooden harps.

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In the shops of Jerusalem, empty seats and anguished hearts are all that's left

10:16am November 11, 2023

The Old City of Jerusalem is thousands of years old. People from all over the world travel here to see the expansive history and the foundation of religions and empires — until now.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks as he meets with President Biden, Oct. 18, in Tel Aviv.

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After Hamas attack, most Israelis want Netanyahu to resign, according to poll

9:55am November 11, 2023

by Lauren Frayer

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was already under pressure for other problems. Now, a recent poll says 76% of Israelis want him to resign.

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A man passes the scene where a rocket fired from Gaza strip hit a building on Oct. 7, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli officials revised down the estimated number of people killed in the Oct. 7 attacks to 1,200 from 1,400 on Friday.

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Israel revises down its death toll from the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks to about 1,200

3:42am November 11, 2023

by Lauren Frayer

In a text message to journalists, a spokesperson from Israel's Foreign Ministry said "around 1,200" is now what he called "the official number of people" killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7.

Children sit amid the rubble of a building in the aftermath of an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday.

Israel has agreed to a daily 'humanitarian corridor.' What does this mean?

12:05pm November 10, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Israel has already allowed civilians to use a "humanitarian corridor" into southern Gaza in the past week. Thousands of Palestinians have managed to use this time to head south.

An injured Palestinian boy is carried away in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike outside the entrance of the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Nov. 3. Israel said it targeted Hamas members using an ambulance to leave the hospital. Hamas denied this. Hospital officials said 13 people were killed and dozens injured.

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Hospitals are protected in war. But the safeguard is not absolute

10:57am November 10, 2023

by Greg Myre

This question is part of the bitter Israeli-Palestinian debate over the war in Gaza, where thousands of civilians have been killed.

A Thai worker labors in Israeli fields adjacent to the Gaza Strip on Oct. 12.

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Thai farmhands in Israel face a grim choice: work in a war zone or go home to poverty

10:56am November 09, 2023

by Scott Neuman

Some 30,000 Thais were working in Israel prior to the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. More than 7,000 have left Israel since. More than 50 Thai citizens were killed or taken hostage in the attacks.