Middle East

U.N. expert says Israel has committed acts of genocide in Gaza

7:26am March 29, 2024

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Francesca Albanese, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, about the grounds to believe Israel is committing acts of genocide.

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A Palestinian boy waits with his pot among a crowd in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, while trying to get a small amount of soup from one of the few soup kitchens, on Feb. 26.

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Boiling weeds, eating animal feed: People in Gaza stave off hunger any way they can

5:01am March 29, 2024

Palestinians in Gaza tell NPR they've resorted to boiling weeds in seawater, eating animal feed and grinding date pits. "If the bombs don't kill us, the hunger will," a teenage girl says.

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Freed Israeli Hostage recounts time in captivity

4:50pm March 28, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

Former Israeli hostage Luis Har speaks to NPR about how he endured 129 days of captivity in Gaza. He was freed in February by an Israeli special forces raid.

A baby is looked after at the neonatal unit at Kamal Adhwan hospital in Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip, where children are born with complications due to malnourished mothers.

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'Struggle, struggle, struggle.' What new and expecting mothers are facing in Gaza

7:37am March 28, 2024

by Elissa Nadworny

Women who are pregnant or who have recently given birth in Gaza face serious challenges amid daily airstrikes, continued ground fighting, high rates of disease and a growing lack of food and water.

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Questions surround international humanitarian law as Gaza's hospitals are attacked

5:02pm March 27, 2024

Since October 7, there have been at least 410 attacks on health care in Gaza, according to the World Health Organization. What does international humanitarian law say about targeting hospitals?

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Israelis hesitantly return to Sderot

4:56pm March 27, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

Almost everyone fled Sderot, the biggest city invaded by Hamas attackers on Oct. 7. Now most have returned, soldiers are guarding schools, and residents are traumatized and insecure.

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A former State Department employee speaks out against Biden's support for Israel

4:56pm March 27, 2024

A few days after resigning from the State Department, Annelle Sheline speaks out against the Biden administration's support for Israel and says many of her former colleagues share her concerns.

Former President Donald Trump speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition's Annual Leadership Summit on October 28, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Trump seeks to capitalize on Biden's frustration with Israel's Netanyahu

3:20pm March 27, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

Support for Israel's war in Gaza has fractured along political and religious lines. But Trump's own remarks about Jewish Americans have been sharply criticized.

People in Gaza, suffering from mass hunger, are dying in quests to get food

5:10am March 27, 2024

Amid the war in Gaza, a crowd of people went into the Mediterranean Sea this week to try to retrieve boxes of aid from air drops. Gaza authorities say 12 people drowned.

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Morning news brief

5:10am March 27, 2024

Six people are presumed dead after the Baltimore bridge collapse. Gaza officials say 12 people drowned trying to get aid dropped aid. Federal agents raided two homes belonging to Sean "Diddy" Combs.