Funeral for Russian opposition leader Navalny. Israeli troops fired on Palestinians getting aid in Gaza. Scientists clone genetically modified pigs with organs to be used in human transplants.
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Stephen Walt of the Harvard Kennedy School about President Biden's steadfast support for Israel and its political implications.
Gaza health officials say dozens of people were killed while waiting for an aid shipment in Gaza City. Witnesses say Israeli troops opened fire. Israel says some victims were crushed by aid trucks.
Much of the death and destruction in the Israel-Hamas war has happened in the Gaza Strip. But the fallout of the attacks on Oct. 7, is also affecting the lives of Palestinians in the West Bank
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Anya Kamenetz about an Arabic-language remote learning program called "Ahlan Simsim." It's a show by the Sesame Workshop, created for Syrian refugees.
Photographer Diego Ibarra Sánchez accompanied mourners in southern Lebanon after Israel stepped up airstrikes that claimed the lives of civilians and Hezbollah fighters.
Gaza's health ministry announced Thursday that 30,035 Palestinians have been killed in the war. A close look at how the ministry counts those killed reveals a system buckling under the weight of war.