Middle East

First responders at the site of a rare rocket strike in Tel Aviv that hit a residential building on Friday.

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Red Cross says it has sent a surgery team into Gaza, as a rocket strike hits Tel Aviv

2:43pm October 27, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

Along with the war surgery team, six trucks ferrying medical supplies and water purification tools were allowed into Gaza, the ICRC said. And a rocket strike in Tel Aviv injures at least three people.

American mother and Massachusetts resident Wafaa Abuzayda, her husband and their baby have been stuck in Gaza since the siege began. They are among an estimated 1,700 people with European and U.S. citizenships who are trapped in the Gaza strip.

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Americans in Gaza feel abandoned by their government

12:36pm October 27, 2023

For nearly three weeks, a Massachusetts couple have been begging for a way home. They're living under bombardment and running out of supplies. They ask why the U.S. government can't get them out.

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The al-Tanf military outpost in southern Syria is seen on Oct. 22, 2018. The Pentagon says the U.S. military launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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U.S. fighter jets strike Iran-linked sites in Syria after attacks on U.S. troops

9:50am October 27, 2023

by The Associated Press

The strikes on two locations linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps came in retaliation for drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week.

Israel's military response to the Hamas massacre appears to be expanding

7:57am October 27, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Michael Herzog, Israel's ambassador to the U.S., about whether Israel has an achievable military strategy for a potential ground invasion into Gaza.

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Iran's foreign minister: Armed groups are poised with 'their finger on the trigger'

7:57am October 27, 2023

Israel's intensifying military campaign in Gaza is raising the specter of a broader regional war involving Iran-allied groups. Iran's foreign minister says its allies are ready to strike.

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Community organizer was the only Palestinian American voice at White House meeting

6:36am October 27, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Rami Nashashibi, who runs the Inner City Muslim Action Network in the South Side of Chicago, about his meeting with President Biden at the White House.

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An Israeli settler stands with an Israeli flag before a man holding up a Palestinian flag during a demonstration in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in February 2022.

Biden wants a two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Is it still possible?

5:16am October 27, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Biden is calling for a two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian peace. But the long-discussed framework is increasingly unpopular in the region. Here are some of its challenges — and alternatives.

Who should rebuild Gaza if Israel is able to defeat Hamas in the Gaza strip?

5:12am October 27, 2023

NPR's Michel Martin asks a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation and a former deputy national security adviser in Israel about the Israeli government's blockade of Gaza.

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Morning news brief

5:12am October 27, 2023

European countries call for humanitarian pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas. Manhunt intensifies for suspected Maine mass shooter. There's major destruction in Acapulco after Hurricane Otis.

Smoke and fire rise from buildings as people gather in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on Gaza City on Thursday.

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Israel incursion into Gaza targeted Hamas leaders to prepare for 'next stages of war'

5:44pm October 26, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

The Israeli military said the overnight raid involved tanks and troops and killed Hamas leaders. Meanwhile, the death toll in Gaza has surpassed 7,000 as fuel supplies reach a crisis point.