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For Americans With Family In Israel And Gaza, The Conflict Hit Home — And Still Does

7:14am May 27, 2021

by Connor Donevan

Many stayed in constant touch with their loved ones during the hostilities. And despite the ceasefire, their fears and feelings about a conflict thousands of miles away are still raw.

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Sheryl Olitzky (left) and Atiya Aftab founded the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom in 2010. It has since grown to more than 150 chapters across the U.S. and in Berlin.

Mideast Violence Tests The Relationships That Interfaith Groups Work Hard To Build

5:00am May 26, 2021

by Deena Prichep

The fighting between Israel and Hamas is straining U.S. interfaith groups, even during the cease-fire. They've lost some members because of the pressure. But others are forging ahead.

A children's room in Beit Hanoun, the northern Gaza Strip, is damaged in a building destroyed by an airstrike prior to a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel.

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Parents In Gaza And Israel Are Doing Their Best To Shield Kids From The Trauma Of War

12:03pm May 25, 2021

by Ruth Sherlock

Parents on both sides had to find ways to protect their children. "Yes, the cease-fire has been enforced. But how are we going to deal with children traumatized by this?" asks a mother in Gaza.

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Palestinian people walk past a destroyed tower. (Photo by Ahmed Zakot/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Opinion: Remembering Lives Lost In The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

4:59pm May 22, 2021

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon remembers some of the more than 200 people killed during the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas.

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A Palestinian man sells balloons on Friday in Gaza City in front of the Al-Shuruq building, which was destroyed by an Israeli air strike.

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The Bombing Has Stopped, But Pain And Destruction Remain In Gaza City

6:14pm May 21, 2021

Fully intact buildings stood right next to where others had been flattened. Families walked together in the streets, dressed-up in fancy clothes to visit relatives for Eid.

A Palestinian woman sits with her son in front of her destroyed house in the town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, to which she returned following a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel.

World Leaders Call For Long-Term Resolution Of Gaza Conflict Following Cease-Fire

10:02am May 21, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

After 11 days of the worst fighting in the region since 2014, global leaders called for both sides to resolve the long-standing conflict to achieve lasting peace.

People gather near the rubble of a residential building hit by Israeli airstrikes Thursday in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip.

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Israel And Hamas Agree To A Cease-Fire In The Gaza Conflict

7:13pm May 20, 2021

Officials in Gaza say at least 230 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict. In Israel, 12 people have been killed.

Palestinian children walk past the rubble of a house hit by Israeli airstrikes this week in Beit Lahyia in the northern Gaza Strip.

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In Gaza, Families Have Huddled At Home, Hoping For A Warning Before An Israeli Strike

6:47pm May 20, 2021

by Ruth Sherlock

For a week and a half, Gazans have taken cover in their stairwells and other parts of the house, eating canned foods and hoping they can run out in time — if an airstrike warning comes.

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Young Palestinians inspect the damage an Israeli attack inflicted on houses in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City. A man who lives in the middle of the Gaza Strip says his family is traumatized by the violence.

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Families Say The Gaza Violence Is Taking An Immense Mental Toll On Their Kids

1:21pm May 20, 2021

After shrapnel struck where his young son plays, a father in the Gaza Strip says his neighbors are traumatized by the violence: "We just don't want to die under the rubble of our houses."

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A fire rages at sunrise in the city of Khan Yunis following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip early on May 12.

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Timeline: Israel-Hamas Fighting Takes A Dire Toll With No End In Sight

4:31pm May 19, 2021

Israel and the Palestinians are again locked in bitter fighting. Here is a look at some key events in the conflict over the past decade and a half.