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Longtime Middle East analyst weighs in on how the Israel-Gaza conflict may play out

12:12pm October 12, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Aaron David Miller, the State Department's former deputy special Middle East coordinator, about the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza and the U.S. response.

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Israeli forces strike a residential tower in Gaza City on Thursday.

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An overdue reunion became a nightmare for this American family now trapped in Gaza

12:10pm October 12, 2023

Wafaa Abuzayda, her husband and baby were visiting family in Gaza when the fighting broke out. Now they're trapped and running low on diapers and milk. She says the U.S. embassy isn't helping.

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An Israeli army self-propelled howitzer fires rounds near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on Wednesday.

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Up First briefing: Gaza's humanitarian crisis; Scalise gets House speaker nomination

8:10am October 12, 2023

by Suzanne Nuyen

People trapped in Gaza describe the worsening humanitarian crisis. Republicans nominate Majority Leader Steve Scalise for House speaker.

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Gabriel Berrio Fabré, 18, looks out the window of his room in Los Pocitos, Havana. He is a visual artist, and like most of his friends, he wants to leave Cuba once he finishes his studies.

The Farewell Generation: A look into the Cuban youth exodus through love stories

6:15am October 12, 2023

More Cubans have fled to live in the United States in 2022 and 2023 than the waves of migration in the '80s and '90s. Three couples' stories show the complex realities of the current exodus.

President Biden addressed Jewish community leaders at the White House Wednesday, in a meeting led by Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse of any U.S. president or vice president.

Biden steps up security for Jewish communities in the U.S. after the attack in Israel

8:53pm October 11, 2023

by Deepa Shivaram

President Biden spoke with Jewish community leaders at the White House Wednesday, and said he had asked his administration to boost security for any potential threats to Jews in the United States.

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How Israel's Iron Dome detects and intercepts incoming rockets

6:39pm October 11, 2023

Israeli civilians are greatly benefiting from the country's advanced missile defense system — the Iron Dome. It's a network of radar detectors and missile launchers that intercept incoming rockets.

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The aftermath in an Israeli town hit by rocketfire and Hamas fighters

5:53pm October 11, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

Israelis in the town of Sderot, just a couple miles from The Gaza Strip, recount the carnage that Hamas militants unleashed there over the weekend.

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Young Japanese people work to revive a vanishing village

5:23pm October 11, 2023

by Anthony Kuhn

Entrepreneurial young Japanese people are trying to reinvigorate Japan's most aged village — where more than two thirds of residents are over 65 — and keep it from vanishing from the map.

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Palestinians attend a rally in support of Hamas and the Gaza Strip in the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday.

Why Hamas and Israel reached this moment now — and what comes next

5:06pm October 11, 2023

by Fatma Tanis

The conflict is expected to escalate even further in the coming days. But for now, Hamas sees itself with the upper hand.

Without power or a place to go, civilians in Gaza shelter in fear of airstrikes

4:47pm October 11, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Juliette Touma, director of communications for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, about the situation in Gaza.

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