Gaza

Vice President Harris speaks to leaders at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai on Dec. 2, 2023.

In Dubai, Harris deals with 2 issues important to young voters: climate and Gaza

6:46pm December 02, 2023

by Deepa Shivaram

Vice President Harris gave her most extensive comments to date on the fighting in Gaza, emphatically calling on Israel to do more to protect civilians.

A man wearing an Israeli flag looks toward ambulances outside a hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, on Nov. 24.

Some Israeli hostages are coming home. What will their road to recovery look like?

7:01am December 02, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Dozens of women and kids held hostage by Hamas for nearly two months returned home to Israel this week. Experts say reacclimating is a process — and there are ways professionals and parents can help.

Israelis gather to witness the first batch of released hostages being brought to Schneider Hospital via helicopter on Nov. 24.

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What to know about the hostages still held by Hamas

4:44pm November 28, 2023

by Scott Neuman

Under an extension of a temporary cease-fire, Hamas freed 12 more hostages on Tuesday, including 10 Israelis and two foreign nationals, Israel's military said. About 160 hostages remain in captivity.

This picture taken from a position in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing in the the Palestinian territory after an Israeli strike on November 21, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.

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Civilian deaths are being dismissed as 'crisis actors' in Gaza and Israel

5:09am November 27, 2023

by Shannon Bond

As graphic images from Gaza flood social media platforms, many people are claiming those images are fake, in the latest iteration of a disturbing trope.

Emily Hand, 9, shown with her father Tom Hand, was one of the Israeli hostage released Saturday by Hamas. Israeli authorities first thought she was killed in the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, but the Israeli military later determined she was alive. She was reunited with her father in the early hours of Sunday.

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First thought to be dead, a 9-year-old Israeli girl is released by Hamas

10:58am November 26, 2023

by Greg Myre

Israeli officials first told Emily Hand's father that his daughter was killed by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attack. The Israelis later found evidence she was alive and she's now reunited with her father.

Israa Jaabis, center, a Palestinian prisoner released by Israel, is hugged by relatives as she arrives home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, early Sunday Nov. 26, 2023.

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In pictures: emotional scenes as Israel and Hamas trade prisoners for hostages

9:06am November 26, 2023

Hamas freed 17 hostages and Israel released 39 Palestinian detainees. We take a look at what has happened so far.

An Egyptian ambulance prepares to enter the Gaza Strip on Nov. 15 through the Rafah crossing, to transport critically wounded Palestinians for treatment to Egypt.

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Egypt's Rafah border with Gaza is key for aid coming in and people leaving for safety

2:12pm November 22, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

As aid trucks slowly make their way into Gaza, another gate at Rafah is for people departing the besieged territory — the only exit for those permitted to leave, including the critically wounded.

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Newborn babies were evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip and crossed into Egypt on Nov. 20, 2023.

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The Gaza war's youngest evacuees reach safety in Egypt — many without their parents

4:54pm November 20, 2023

On Monday, 28 newborns were evacuated from Gaza to Egypt, after being transported from Al-Shifa Hospital. Four mothers accompanied the babies. It's not known how many of the other parents are alive.

The Gaza International Airport was shut down amid Israeli-Palestinian fighting in 2001, barely two years after it opened. Today it lies in ruins. This photo is from 2011.

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The day Gaza got an airport and a presidential visit, fueling dreams of statehood

4:21pm November 20, 2023

by Greg Myre

It seems hard to fathom today, but 25 years ago, a relatively calm Gaza appeared to be progressing toward a Palestinian state — and President Bill Clinton inaugurated the Gaza International Airport.

Map showing damage to southern and middle Gaza since Oct. 7.

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Israel told Palestinians to evacuate to southern Gaza — and stepped up attacks there

6:00pm November 17, 2023

Satellite imagery shows a steady increase in the number of buildings destroyed in middle and southern Gaza. Most damage appeared after Oct. 13, when Israel's military urged evacuation from the north.