Gaza

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U.S. begins airdropping food in Gaza, but it's a less-than-ideal means of aid delivery

12:40pm March 02, 2024

by D. Parvaz

The U.S. military on Saturday began dropping food over the war-torn enclave. Costly and inefficient, delivering humanitarian aid by air is no substitute for delivering it by land, aid groups say.

Palestinians holding foreign passports collect their luggage as they prepare to cross to Egypt from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing on Feb. 6.

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What does it take to flee Gaza? Thousands of dollars, paid to an Egyptian broker

10:29am March 02, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

Gaza's borders are tightly controlled and most Palestinians cannot escape the war. Those who can afford it are managing to cross into Egypt by paying thousands of dollars.

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This building in Rafah, in southern Gaza, was destroyed by Israeli bombardment in December. amid continuing battles between Israel and Hamas.

Health & Safety

'Excess deaths' in Gaza for next 6 months projected in first-of-its-kind effort

5:26pm March 01, 2024

by Jonathan Lambert

A team of researchers tried something that's never been done as a conflict rages. Instead of trying to calculate the toll of war in the moment, they looked forward. What's the reaction to their study?

Jordanian air force personnel inside a C-130 aircraft after airdropping pallets of aid over Gaza on Thursday.

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Aboard Jordan's aid airdrop over Gaza, a last resort for relief to Palestinians there

5:11pm March 01, 2024

by Jane Arraf

NPR flew along as the Jordanian air force dropped pallets of boxes of much-needed aid attached to parachutes into the Gaza Strip.

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State Representative Abraham Aiyash speaks at a "Vote Uncommitted" rally on Feb. 25, 2024 in Hamtramck, Mich.

On primary day, young Michigan voters are leading call to be 'uncommitted' to Biden

10:30am February 27, 2024

by Elena Moore

The campaign to check "uncommitted" on the Michigan Democratic primary ballot has gained nationwide attention. At its center are the next generation of activists, leaders and voters.

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President Biden boards Air Force One on Feb. 26 after a quick trip to New York for a campaign event.

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Biden says there could be a cease-fire in Gaza by Monday. Talks are still ongoing

7:04pm February 26, 2024

by NPR Staff

Negotiators have been trying to reach a deal on a temporary cease-fire to to move hostages held in Gaza out of the territory. President Biden says he's optimistic the cease-fire could begin in a week.

Police in Tel Aviv, Israel, use water cannons to disperse demonstrators during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, and calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas, on Saturday.

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With or without a cease-fire, Netanyahu says Israeli operation in Rafah will happen

2:33pm February 26, 2024

by D. Parvaz

As talks over a cease-fire in Gaza continue, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his cabinet was reviewing military plans for Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians are sheltering.

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A child standing inside a damaged building stares at the Al-Faruq mosque, leveled by Israeli bombardment in Rafah on a foggy day on Sunday, Feb. 25.

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Photos: Humanitarian crisis grows in Gaza as mediation attempts resume

1:36pm February 26, 2024

by NPR Staff

In the past week, the number of people displaced in Gaza reached 1.7 million, Egypt fears a border crisis in the Sinai Peninsula and negotiators began work toward a potential pause in the fighting.

Abbas Alawieh, a spokesperson for the group Listen to Michigan, pictured at a coffee shop in Detroit, Mich., on Thursday.

What could Biden's Israel-Gaza stance mean for his campaign? Michigan is an early test

6:01am February 25, 2024

Some Arab American, Muslim and young voters in the Detroit area plan to vote "uncommitted" in Tuesday's primary. They want to send a message to Biden: Call for a ceasefire or lose us in November.

Palestinian children wait to collect food at a donation point in a refugee camp in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 23, 2023.

Health & Safety

Humanitarian crises abound. Why is the U.N. asking for less aid money than last year?

2:36pm February 21, 2024

by Gabriel Spitzer

"This is the first time that this has happened in recent years," said Martin Griffiths of the United Nations. about the reduced ask. Why in a time of greater need is the U.N. lowering its appeal?

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