Middle East

Traffic clogs the streets of Khan Younis on Friday with people seeking safety from Israeli airstrikes.

World News

In Gaza, renewed fighting dims hopes of a longer-term pause for humanitarian aid

5:00am December 02, 2023

A seven-day break in the fighting had allowed a significant increase in the delivery of badly needed food, fuel and medical supplies. But the flow of aid was halted by the resumption of airstrikes.

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Israel and Hamas resume fighting

5:07pm December 01, 2023

by Eleanor Beardsley

After a pause in fighting, Israel is again carrying out airstrikes in southern Gaza and Hamas is firing rockets into Israel. There are some 100 hostages still.

World News

The situation for Gaza hospitals remains grim after pause in fighting

5:07pm December 01, 2023

by Brian Mann

Aid groups rushed medical supplies into Gaza during the temporary truce and evacuating some of the hospitals. But WHO says the situation for medical workers and patients remains catastrophic.

Thousands of Palestinians are held without charge under Israeli detention policy

4:28pm December 01, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Philip Luther of Amnesty International, about Israel's administrative detention policy, under which thousands of Palestinians are held without charge.

Sigal Manzuri, whose daughters Norelle and Roya were killed in the Hamas-led attack on the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, embraces one of their friends. Surrounding them are photos of people killed and taken hostage by Hamas militants, displayed at the site as DJs spin music to commemorate victims, near Kibbutz Re'im, Tuesday.

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At Israeli rave site attacked by Hamas, DJs play music to honor the dead and missing

2:46pm December 01, 2023

by Eleanor Beardsley

The memorial event, at which five DJs played, took place at the site where Hamas killed hundreds attending a rave on Oct. 7. "This is the first time I've been able to cry," says one attendee.

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Workers rush injured people to Mohammed Yousef al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah as Israel resumed its bombing Friday morning in the Gaza Strip.

World News

Israel resumes airstrikes after it says Hamas violated truce

1:46pm December 01, 2023

Israel's military resumed combat operations in the Palestinian enclave after a seven-day cease-fire broke down. During the pause, Hamas freed some 100 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinians.

After truce ends, Israel moves forward in its effort to destroy Hamas

7:23am December 01, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Palestinian pollster and researcher Khalil Shikaki about Gazan sentiment toward the Palestinian Authority, and who might step in to rule the Gaza Strip after the war.

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Politics & Government

Negotiation over U.S. border policy holds up aid to Ukraine and Israel

7:23am December 01, 2023

Discussions about U.S. aid to Ukraine and Israel are being delayed by House Republicans who are negotiating a U.S. border policy that is further to the right than most Democrats are willing to vote.

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After cease-fire with Hamas collapses, Israel resumes hitting targets in Gaza

5:09am December 01, 2023

Israel's warplanes began pounding targets in Gaza, shortly after it announced the collapse of a twice-renewed truce that had allowed the release of more than 100 hostages seized by Hamas militants.

Politics & Government

Morning news brief

5:09am December 01, 2023

Israel hits targets in Gaza as truce with Hamas collapses. Why U.S. aid to Ukraine and Israel is held up in the House. GOP Florida Gov. DeSantis and Democratic California Gov. Newsom held a debate.