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Gaza bakery that kept making cakes in wartime suffers heavy blow

4:48pm March 25, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

After a Gaza baker spoke to NPR about baking cakes for Palestinians seeking joy during war, his bakery's main branch suffered extensive destruction in combat during an Israeli ground incursion.

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US allows UN Security Council to pass resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza

4:48pm March 25, 2024

by Michele Kelemen

A UN resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza passed thanks to a rare US abstention. That angered Israel, which canceled a delegation to Washington to talk about its plans for an assault on Rafah.

US officials warn of ISIS-K threat

4:48pm March 25, 2024

by Tom Bowman

ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for the deadly assault on a Moscow concert hall, and US officials are warning the group has also set its sights on western targets.

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The United Nations Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East, including the war in Gaza, at U.N. headquarters in New York on Monday.

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Israel cancels high-level talks in Washington after cease-fire vote clears the U.N.

2:45pm March 25, 2024

The Security Council voted 14-0 in favor of a resolution demanding a cease-fire through the end of Ramadan in two weeks. The United States abstained from the vote, allowing the measure to pass.

Israeli officials are in Washington amid talk tactics in Gaza may threaten U.S. aid

5:15am March 25, 2024

Israel's defense minister is in the U.S. Monday, as the two countries sharply disagree over what should happen next in Gaza. President Biden is pushing for a cease-fire.

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5:15am March 25, 2024

Israel's defense minister is in Washington Monday. Russia marks national day of mourning after concert hall attack. Former president Trump faces a deadline to post bond in New York civil fraud trial.

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In Northern Israel, a deserted town bears witness to a different war

7:59am March 24, 2024

by Elissa Nadworny

A visit to one of Israel's hardest-hit areas in the north: Matula, Israel's most northern town, surrounded on three sides by Lebanon.

How one Palestinian-American business owner helped evacuate her colleagues in Gaza

7:59am March 24, 2024

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Palestinian-American Yasmeen Mjalli, owner of the online boutique Nol Collective, about trying to evacuate her colleagues and their families from Gaza.

Doctors in Gaza recount atrocities in Washington

6:24pm March 23, 2024

by Michele Kelemen

Doctors who've been to Gaza are visiting officials in Washington to share first-hand accounts of the humanitarian crisis and to plead for more protection for Palestinian healthcare workers.

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A visiting ICU doctor describes what she saw in Gaza's hospitals

8:04am March 23, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to ICU doctor Nahreen Ahmed about her time visiting hospitals in Gaza.