Palestinians

World News

An Israeli airstrike killed 45 Palestinians in an encampment for displaced people

1:38pm May 27, 2024

The Israeli military said it killed two Hamas militant leaders in the strike but Palestinian health officials say dozens of civilians who had sought shelter in an encampment were killed and injured.

Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stands at the opening to a tunnel near the border with Israel on Dec. 15, 2023, northern Gaza Strip. The Israeli military said this was the largest tunnel they'd found yet in Gaza.

World News

Israel has no plan for Gaza after Hamas rule, the Israeli defense chief says

6:02am May 16, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's harsh public critique of Israel's war strategy set off a political firestorm that could threaten Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hold on power.

Viewers in Tel Aviv gather to watch the joint Memorial Day ceremony honoring victims from all sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

World News

Israelis and Palestinians held a joint memorial for all victims of the ongoing war

1:07pm May 14, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

It's rare for Israelis and Palestinians to join together for any reason during these days of war. But some did so this week for a ceremony honoring victims from all sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Queue Listen Now

A Palestinian baby girl, saved from the womb of her mother Sabreen Al-Sakani, who was killed in an Israeli strike along with her husband Shukri Jouda and her daughter Malak, lies in an incubator at the Emirati hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, April 21.

World News

A baby girl born orphaned and premature after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza has died

6:48pm April 26, 2024

The newborn died after five days in an incubator. Her family was killed in an air strike. UNICEF says 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, with thousands more orphaned and wounded.

Nimer Saddy al-Nimer, 12, was shot five times by Israel's military on April 1 while gathering food from aid dropped by parachute that landed in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza. Israeli soldiers took the boy into Israel for surgery, and, according to Nimer, placed him in a prison for four days while he recovered. He is now in a refugee camp in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

World News

Shot by Israeli troops while getting aid, a boy in Gaza fights for his life

4:59pm April 24, 2024

UNICEF says one child is injured or killed in Gaza every 10 minutes. This is the story of a 12-year-old boy shot by Israeli forces while he was trying to get food aid.

Pastry maker Rafe' Rummaneh, shown here in his home outside Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on April 9, is only making a few treats for friends this Eid.

Palestinians forgo Eid celebrations to mourn for Gaza

10:34am April 12, 2024

by Rob Schmitz

The holy month of Ramadan concluded this week with Eid al-Fitr, a celebration with food, family and friends. For Palestinians, the war in Gaza has weighed heavily on this year's holiday.

Palestinian women pray outside the Dome of the Rock in East Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on April 3.

World News

Tension at Al-Aqsa Mosque is deepening with each day of the Israel-Hamas war

8:14am April 10, 2024

by Fatma Tanis

Friction between Palestinians, Jewish activists and police over Jerusalem's religious sites are a flashpoint of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The war in Gaza has brought the tensions to the fore.

Palestinian citizens of Israel hold an anti-war protest in the town of Deir Hanna, Israel, on March 30.

World News

Israel's Palestinian citizens grow louder in protesting the Gaza war

9:56am April 09, 2024

by Jennifer Ludden

Palestinian citizens make up 20% of Israel's population, and many grieve the suffering in Gaza. Hundreds were arrested or lost jobs for questioning the war there, and doing so can still be perilous.

Queue Listen Now

A group gathering in Qaryut village southeast of Nablus, West Bank, on March 15, 2015, plant an olive tree as they mark the 12th anniversary of the death of U.S. activist Rachel Corrie, who died when she was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza Strip on March 16, 2003.

World News

21 years after her death in Gaza, Palestinians remember U.S. activist Rachel Corrie

5:01am March 30, 2024

by Jane Arraf

The 23-year-old was crushed by an Israeli army bulldozer as she protested the demolition of homes in Gaza in 2003. Her memory remains cherished among Palestinians, including the family she lived with.

Queue Listen Now

Nadav Weiman, deputy director of Breaking the Silence, walks through the abandoned Palestinian village of Zanuta in the occupied West Bank on Feb. 19.

World News

Israeli settlers step up attacks on Palestinian farms, expanding West Bank outposts

6:02am March 23, 2024

by Eleanor Beardsley

NPR visits one West Bank town where Israelis are grazing sheep, in a place where a Palestinian school once stood.

Queue Listen Now