Israel-Hamas war

Members of the public join a walking vigil through the streets of Falmouth, England, for British aid worker James Henderson, organized by Palestine Solidarity Cornwall, April 3. Three British men working for World Central Kitchen were killed along with four colleagues when their clearly marked vehicles were targeted by Israeli military strikes.

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Why a majority of Britons want the U.K. to halt arms exports to Israel

1:37pm April 04, 2024

Countries including Canada, the Netherlands and Spain say they're suspending arms sales to Israel. After an Israeli strike killed British World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza, will the U.K. too?

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Relatives and friends mourn the death of Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, a member of the U.S.-based aid group World Central Kitchen who was killed as Israeli strikes hit its convoy delivering food in Gaza, during his funeral in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.

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These are the World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by Israeli airstrike in Gaza

4:02pm April 03, 2024

Three of those killed by an Israeli airstrike were British and the others were Australian, Palestinian, Polish and a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada.

Nadav Weiman, deputy director of Breaking the Silence, walks through the abandoned Palestinian village of Zanuta in the occupied West Bank on Feb. 19.

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Israeli settlers step up attacks on Palestinian farms, expanding West Bank outposts

6:02am March 23, 2024

by Eleanor Beardsley

NPR visits one West Bank town where Israelis are grazing sheep, in a place where a Palestinian school once stood.

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shake hands prior to a meeting at the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Nov. 30, 2023.

Who is Mohammad Mustafa, the new prime minister of the Palestinian Authority?

6:00am March 16, 2024

by Jaclyn Diaz

Mustafa was appointed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a move seen as an attempt to appease U.S. demands for reform.

Israel's war on Gaza has caused a large increase in population density in Rafah, as shown in these comparison graphics. Pre-war, there were 17 people per acre. Now, there are an estimated 63-88 people per acre.

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War has forced half of Gaza into Rafah. Palestinians there are at a breaking point

5:01am March 15, 2024

Five months into the war, about half of Gaza's population has been squeezed into Rafah. The governorate was crowded before the war, but mass displacement has made it the site of a spiraling crisis.

A large sign calling for a cease-fire in Gaza hangs from a building in Dublin on Feb. 12.

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Why Ireland is one of the most pro-Palestinian nations in the world

8:52pm March 14, 2024

One of the most pro-Palestinian nations in the world is not an Arab or Muslim country. It's not even in the Middle East. Polls show Ireland has some of the highest support for the Palestinians.

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Open Arms members carry humanitarian aid for Gaza in a joint mission between NGOs Open Arms and World Central Kitchen at a port of Larnaca, Cyprus, March 9.

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An aid ship is en route to Gaza, in a test of a sea corridor for the war-torn enclave

3:28pm March 14, 2024

by Jane Arraf

A humanitarian ship is piloting a new sea route to bring food to Gaza to help avert famine after five months of war and Israeli restrictions on aid.

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Displaced Palestinians gather to receive food donated by a charity before an iftar meal, the breaking of fast, on the second day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

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With aid headed to Gaza, hurdles remain to getting food to its starving population

5:30pm March 13, 2024

by Fatma Tanis

U.N. food agency finally was able to deliver aid to northern Gaza, and efforts are afoot to bring relief by sea. But the challenges are many.

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U.S. President Bill Clinton presides over the 1993 peace accords signed at the White House by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The aim was a negotiated deal ending decades of conflict between the two sides. But no agreement was reached. Today there's talk about recognizing a Palestinian state first and then negotiating the details afterward.

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A radical Mideast proposal: What if the U.S. recognized a Palestinian state now?

5:20am March 13, 2024

by Greg Myre

The formula for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has long called for negotiating a Palestinian state. What if that were reversed and a state were declared first and then negotiated later?

A tattered Israeli flag waves on Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday.

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Five ways Israelis have changed, after 5 months of war

1:41pm March 09, 2024

The state of Israeli society, five months after the Oct. 7 attack, is crucial to understanding where the Israel-Hamas conflict might lead. Here are five ways Israel has been transformed.

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