Gaza Strip

Families and friends enjoy their time on a Gaza City beach. Israel allows in international aid workers, journalists and diplomats, but tourists are prohibited.

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Here's What Tourists Might See If They Were Allowed To Visit Gaza

8:37pm August 08, 2019

Gaza has been off-limits to tourists since Hamas took over in 2007. A veteran Palestinian tour guide leads NPR to see the sites, including a palace, a mosque and a bathhouse.

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A Palestinian man checks the damage of a multi-story building following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Sunday. Palestinian militants have fired more than 600 rockets and mortars into Israel, drawing dozens of retaliatory airstrikes on targets across the

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Netanyahu Orders Continued Pounding In Gaza As 600 Rockets Fired Into Israel

10:15pm May 05, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Violence stretches into a third day amid mounting casualties and fatalities, with no immediate end in sight. Three Israeli men and nine Palestinians have been killed thus far.

Protesters run to cover from teargas fired by Israeli troops near fence of Gaza Strip border with Israel on Saturday. The day marked the first anniversary of the Gaza border protests.

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4 Palestinians Killed Along Gaza Border In 'Great March of Return' Protest

3:51pm March 31, 2019

Despite these deaths, the day was calmer than expected, as Israel and Palestine work to negotiate a deal. "This was not something extraordinary," retired Israeli Brig. Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser told NPR.

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Palestinian prosthetics technicians in Gaza prepare leg stump casts in the first step of building a prosthetic leg socket for young Palestinian amputees who lost a leg after being shot by Israeli troops during protests at the Gaza-Israel border.

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Inside Gaza's Factory Making Prosthetic Legs For Palestinian Protest Amputees

4:38pm November 02, 2018

As many as 75 Palestinians have needed a leg amputation after suffering Israeli gunshot wounds at Gaza border protests, according to the Artificial Limbs and Polio Center in Gaza City.

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An explosion caused by an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City early Thursday.

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Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza After Hamas Launches Rocket Attacks

9:09am August 09, 2018

by Scott Neuman

At least three people are reportedly dead and a dozen injured in the Gaza Strip, while at least 11 people reportedly were wounded when Hamas rockets landed in the southern Israeli city of Sderot.

At St. John Eye Hospital in Gaza, a Palestinian surgeon removes a woman's cataract using surgery equipment branded with a sticker that says, in Arabic, "From The American People." U.S. funding subsidizes these surgeries for Palestinians who could not othe

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U.S. Palestinian Aid Cuts Hit Programs Providing Food And Health For Gaza's Poorest

4:06pm August 01, 2018

by Daniel Estrin

Cuts in U.S. aid to Gaza are being felt in poor communities where people are losing food vouchers and some medical services.

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A pro-Palestinian protester raises her fist at a rally outside the U.S. Consulate General in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The South African demonstrators were just some of those who took to city streets to protest the killing of dozens of people along the Gaz

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After Gaza Killings, World Reacts With Wave Of Condemnations, Calls For Restraint

8:52pm May 15, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The day after Israeli troops shot dozens dead during protests on the Gaza border, envoys traded barbs at the U.N., countries confronted ambassadors — and Guatemala readied an embassy move of its own.

Palestinian demonstrators run or take cover from tear gas fired by Israeli forces at the Israel-Gaza border.

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With 60 Killed In Gaza, U.N. Rights Commissioner Criticizes Israel

12:41pm May 15, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Attempts to cross or damage a fence "are not sufficient grounds for the use of live ammunition," the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said.

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The Israeli military is working on a 40-mile wall that will run the length of the nation's border with the Gaza Strip to counter tunnels dug by Palestinian militants.

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Israel Speeds Up Underground Border Wall To Block Gaza Tunnels

12:51pm January 24, 2018

by Daniel Estrin

The Israeli military says the 40-mile barrier will run along the country's border with the Gaza Strip in an effort to thwart attacks by Palestinian militants.

Sabah Abu Ghanim (right), began surfing at age 5 in the Mediterranean off the coast of the Gaza Strip. She was taught by her father, Rajab Abu Ghanim (left). But now that she's 17 and has graduated from high school, Sabah's parents have arranged a marriag

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Gaza's Surfer Girl Hangs Up Her Board — And Not By Choice

8:09am November 06, 2016

by Lauren Frayer

Palestinian Sabah Abu Ghanim started surfing off Gaza's coast at age 5. She's featured in a documentary. She's 17 now, and her parents have arranged a marriage and told her it's time to stop surfing.