Middle East

2 negotiators with peace plan experience have a plan to kickstart peace talks

5:09am November 08, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Hiba Husseini and Yossi Beilin, who were negotiators for a peace plan from different sides. Earlier this year they proposed a new peace plan for the region.

An American family trapped in Gaza for nearly a month makes it back home

5:09am November 08, 2023

by Leila Fadel

Abood Okal, Wafaa Abuzayd and their son Yousef made it out of Gaza and arrived in Massachusetts this week. They were visiting their families in Gaza when war broke out. For 27 days they was trapped.

The NICU at Galilee Medical Center was the first part of the hospital to move underground.

Hospitals in Israel move underground to keep working amid rockets from Lebanon

5:00am November 08, 2023

Across Israel, especially in the north, hospitals are setting up underground or fortified care facilities as fallout from war with Hamas intensifies fighting with militants in neighboring Lebanon.

A chief surgeon with the ICRC describes 11 days in Gaza

1:09am November 08, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

A British surgeon with the International Committee of the Red Cross describes what he's seen in 11 days at a Gaza hospital.

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Missouri Rep. Cori Bush's criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza sparks pushback

5:40pm November 07, 2023

by Jason Rosenbaum

A longtime supporter of Palestinians, Rep. Cori Bush's recent criticism of Israel is exposing divisions among Democrats in her district over whether or not her rhetoric is incendiary.

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Former Mossad official says to secure Israel, you have to destroy Hamas

5:26pm November 07, 2023

Zohar Palti, former Director of Intelligence of the spy agency the Mossad, talks about how this war started and how it ends.

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For this Israeli general, the horror of Oct. 7 meant a return to the battlefield

4:56pm November 07, 2023

Yair Golan, a member of Israel's parliament and a major general in the reserves of Israel's military, talks about his instinct the morning of the Hamas attacks to put on his uniform and step in.

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An aerial view shows the compound of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday as battles continue between Israel and Hamas.

Gaza's hospitals report growing threats from Israeli airstrikes

12:06pm November 07, 2023

The Israeli military says that it has not hit any hospitals, but medical facilities are on its radar because it says Hamas is hiding in tunnels underneath medical facilities in Gaza.

Palestinians with foreign passports at Rafah Border Gate wait to cross into Egypt, Nov. 1.

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What is Gaza's Rafah crossing and why is it important?

10:59am November 07, 2023

by Fatima Al-Kassab

The Rafah border crossing, operated by Egyptian authorities, is the only Gaza crossing not directly controlled by Israel. Now it is the only entry point for aid and exit point for those able to leave.

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Up First Briefing: 1 month since Hamas attacked Israel; Supreme Court gun control case

7:58am November 07, 2023

by Suzanne Nuyen

Today marks one month since Hamas attacked Israel, killing more than 1,400 and taking more than 200 hostages. The Supreme Court hears arguments in a gun rights and domestic violence case.

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