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The Rafah border crossing has been opened to a select few in Gaza

4:28pm November 01, 2023

by Elissa Nadworny

For the first time since Oct. 7, people have been able to leave Gaza. More than 70 critically wounded Palestinians and more than 300 people with foreign passports crossed into Egypt Wednesday.

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A look at the laws that govern urban warfare in Gaza and beyond

4:28pm November 01, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Tom Dannenbaum, who teaches international law at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, about the law of armed conflict in the Israel-Hamas war.

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A look at Hamas' labyrinthine tunnel network

4:28pm November 01, 2023

by Greg Myre

As Israeli troops advance through Gaza, their target is elusive and dangerous: The Hamas tunnels. The underground network includes military headquarters, sleeping areas and workshops to make rockets.

Demonstrators rally to demand a cease-fire against Palestinians in Gaza on Independence Avenue near the U.S. Capitol last month in Washington, D.C.

Young progressive Democrats are splitting from the party on Israel

4:28pm November 01, 2023

by Danielle Kurtzleben

The Democratic Party is confronting internal divisions over the special relationship between the U.S. and Israel after the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war exposed political differences.

People enter the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before crossing into Egypt on Wednesday. The U.N. says some 500 foreign passport holders were allowed to leave Gaza.

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First Americans and other foreign nationals leave besieged Gaza

4:06pm November 01, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

It's the first time people have been allowed to exit the Palestinian territory since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Ambulances took dozens of seriously wounded people to hospitals in Egypt.

Scores of foreign passport holders trapped in Gaza started leaving the war-torn Palestinian territory on Nov. 1 when the Rafah crossing to Egypt was opened up for the first time since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

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Photos: A look at the scene of the Rafah border crossing opening

11:08am November 01, 2023

Wounded people, along with about 500 foreign or dual nationals and aid workers are expected be allowed to leave Gaza and enter Egypt on Wednesday, according to officials in Gaza.

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Israel keeps up airstrikes on Gaza, hopes are raised Egypt crossing will stay open

8:13am November 01, 2023

Israeli airstrikes have leveled apartment buildings in a refugee camp near Gaza City, while evacuees from northern Gaza wait for a chance to pass through the Rafah crossing into Egypt.

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How Palestinians in the occupied West Bank view Israel's military strikes on Gaza

8:13am November 01, 2023

by Steve Inskeep

Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep broadcasts from the West Bank, the other big Palestinian area which Israel occupied in a war more than 50 years ago. Palestinians there called for a general strike.

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People enter the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before crossing into Egypt on Wednesday.

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Up First briefing: Gaza-Egypt Rafah crossing partially opens; Trump family testifies

7:47am November 01, 2023

by Suzanne Nuyen

The Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt is open for some foreign passport holders and dozens of injured people to evacuate. Donald Trump Jr. and his family are set to testify in a civil fraut trial.

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Politics & Government

Morning news brief

5:27am November 01, 2023

Israeli airstrike hits Gaza's largest refugee camp. Donald Trump Jr. to testify Wednesday in civil fraud trail. It's Pakistan's deadline for all undocumented immigrants to leave or face deportation.