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A children's room in Beit Hanoun, the northern Gaza Strip, is damaged in a building destroyed by an airstrike prior to a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel.

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Parents In Gaza And Israel Are Doing Their Best To Shield Kids From The Trauma Of War

12:03pm May 25, 2021

by Ruth Sherlock

Parents on both sides had to find ways to protect their children. "Yes, the cease-fire has been enforced. But how are we going to deal with children traumatized by this?" asks a mother in Gaza.

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Palestinian people walk past a destroyed tower. (Photo by Ahmed Zakot/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Opinion: Remembering Lives Lost In The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

4:59pm May 22, 2021

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon remembers some of the more than 200 people killed during the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas.

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A Palestinian man sells balloons on Friday in Gaza City in front of the Al-Shuruq building, which was destroyed by an Israeli air strike.

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The Bombing Has Stopped, But Pain And Destruction Remain In Gaza City

6:14pm May 21, 2021

Fully intact buildings stood right next to where others had been flattened. Families walked together in the streets, dressed-up in fancy clothes to visit relatives for Eid.

A Palestinian woman sits with her son in front of her destroyed house in the town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, to which she returned following a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel.

World Leaders Call For Long-Term Resolution Of Gaza Conflict Following Cease-Fire

10:02am May 21, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

After 11 days of the worst fighting in the region since 2014, global leaders called for both sides to resolve the long-standing conflict to achieve lasting peace.

People gather near the rubble of a residential building hit by Israeli airstrikes Thursday in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip.

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Israel And Hamas Agree To A Cease-Fire In The Gaza Conflict

7:13pm May 20, 2021

Officials in Gaza say at least 230 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict. In Israel, 12 people have been killed.

Palestinian children walk past the rubble of a house hit by Israeli airstrikes this week in Beit Lahyia in the northern Gaza Strip.

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In Gaza, Families Have Huddled At Home, Hoping For A Warning Before An Israeli Strike

6:47pm May 20, 2021

by Ruth Sherlock

For a week and a half, Gazans have taken cover in their stairwells and other parts of the house, eating canned foods and hoping they can run out in time — if an airstrike warning comes.

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Young Palestinians inspect the damage an Israeli attack inflicted on houses in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City. A man who lives in the middle of the Gaza Strip says his family is traumatized by the violence.

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Families Say The Gaza Violence Is Taking An Immense Mental Toll On Their Kids

1:21pm May 20, 2021

After shrapnel struck where his young son plays, a father in the Gaza Strip says his neighbors are traumatized by the violence: "We just don't want to die under the rubble of our houses."

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A fire rages at sunrise in the city of Khan Yunis following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip early on May 12.

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Timeline: Israel-Hamas Fighting Takes A Dire Toll With No End In Sight

4:31pm May 19, 2021

Israel and the Palestinians are again locked in bitter fighting. Here is a look at some key events in the conflict over the past decade and a half.

Israeli artillery fires toward the Gaza Strip from a position at the Israeli-Gaza border near Sderot on Wednesday.

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Biden Tells Netanyahu He Expects Israel To Significantly De-Escalate By Today

3:04pm May 19, 2021

by Jackie Northam

As the battle between Israel and Hamas enters its 10th day, President Biden pressed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to de-escalate the fighting "on the path to a ceasefire," the White House says.

Palestinians inspect damaged houses that were hit early Monday in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Gaza Strip.

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Biden Supports Cease-fire In Call To Netanyahu As Israel-Hamas Violence Escalates

10:09pm May 17, 2021

In Washington, calls for an end to the fighting have intensified, including among Democrats in Congress who support Israel and even some Republicans.