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Palestinians rescue a child from under the rubble after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Oct. 18, 2023.

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Women and children are the main victims of the Israel-Hamas war, U.N. says

7:15am January 20, 2024

by The Associated Press

Women and children are the main victims in the Israel-Hamas war, with some 16,000 killed, according to the United Nations agency promoting gender equality.

Sakher Abu Dahouk in front of the razor wire of the separation barrier that surrounds his land in Beit Hanina Al-Balad in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. His extended family has moved several times since 1948, as Israel seized territory in subsequent wars, redrew boundaries and built more Jewish settlements. "We still have deeds to our land," in what's now southern Israel, he says.

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What Palestinians in Gaza may fear even more than Israeli bombardment

5:29pm January 17, 2024

by Lauren Frayer

In the past three months, 2 million Palestinians have been internally displaced by war. Some far-right Israeli officials want them to leave Gaza altogether — evoking the trauma of past displacement.

At the March on Washington for Gaza, thousands of demonstrators rallied in support of a cease-fire in Gaza and an end for U.S. aid for Israel.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators in D.C. march to demand cease-fire in Gaza

9:15pm January 13, 2024

Protesters on Saturday called for an end to U.S. funding for Israel and for Israel to be held accountable for what organizers say are violations of international law.

Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024.

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More than 30 Palestinians reported killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip

6:03am January 13, 2024

by The Associated Press

More than 30 Palestinians, including young children, were killed in two Israeli airstrikes overnight into Saturday in the Gaza Strip, officials said.

Sisilya al-Ousi sits in her apartment building's bomb shelter, where she spends most of her time.

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As conflict on Israel's northern border grows, residents agonize over whether to stay

4:34pm January 10, 2024

by Becky Sullivan

The pace of attacks across the Lebanon border has quickened since a strike in Beirut killed a Hamas official. Some residents have vowed to stay. Others wonder whether it's time to move away for good.

A fireball from an explosion erupts during Israeli bombardment on Khan Younis from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip early on Wednesday.

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Israel says withdrawal of some troops doesn't mean the conflict in Gaza is over

11:17am January 03, 2024

Speaking to troops in Gaza, Israel's defense minister said talk of ending operations in the Palestinian territory is "wrong." Earlier, Israel said a senior Hamas leader had been killed in Lebanon.

Israeli soldiers stand on top of a tank in a staging area at the Israeli-Gaza border in southern Israel, on Monday.

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Israel pulls thousands of troops from Gaza, a possible sign of scaled-back offensive

9:00am January 02, 2024

by The Associated Press

The move could clear the way for a new long-term phase of war against Hamas. Israel has come under growing international pressure to scale back fighting, which has killed nearly 22,000 Palestinians.

QUSRA, WEST BANK — Sisters, wives, mothers, and cousins of the village of Qusra gather to mourn their Palestinian loved ones killed by armed Israeli settlers just days after the Oct. 7th Hamas attack. Click here for the full story.

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NPR photos around the world that moved us in 2023

10:31am December 31, 2023

There have been touching moments — sometimes away from the headlines, and the front lines — that have moved the world this year.

Internally displaced Palestinian children use a makeshift wheeled cart to haul water in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, as battles continue between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

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There's a water crisis in Gaza that the end of fighting might not solve

2:16pm December 29, 2023

Before the war, Palestinians in the territory relied heavily on power-hungry desalination plants. But with Israel's intense bombardment, the fate of those plants — and Gaza's water future — is hazy.

Palestinians pray near the wrapped bodies of relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, outside a morgue in Khan Younis on Wednesday.

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Israeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens of Palestinians, even in largely emptied north

8:45am December 28, 2023

by The Associated Press

Israeli forces bombarded towns and refugee camps across Gaza overnight into Thursday, killing dozens of people in an air and ground offensive against Hamas that has widened to most of the territory.