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News Articles: Gaza Strip

Yahya Sinwar, a founder of Hamas' military wing, talks during a rally in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, in 2011.

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  • World

What does Yahya Sinwar's death mean for the Middle East?

What does the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar mean for the war in Gaza and the region beyond, and will it revive the chances of cease-fire and the release of the remaining hostages?

October 18, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Willem Marx
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar looks on as Palestinian Hamas supporters take part in an anti-Israel rally over tension in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Gaza City, Oct. 1, 2022.

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  • Middle East

Israel says it killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza

The Israeli military says three militants were killed in an operation in Gaza and intelligence agents are examining whether Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was one of them.

October 17, 2024
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By:
  • James Hider and
  • Daniel Estrin
Hamas' Yahya Sinwar chairs a meeting with leaders of Palestinian factions at his office in Gaza City, April 13, 2022.

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  • World

Who was Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar?

Yahya Sinwar is widely considered to have been the mastermind behind Hamas’ cross-border assault on Israel a year ago.

October 17, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Willem Marx
Palestinians evacuate the Jabalia refugee camp and the Sheikh Radwan and Abu Iskandar neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday.

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  • Middle East

Israel threatens to starve out northern Gaza, U.N. aid agencies say

Israel has allowed almost no food aid into north Gaza for two weeks. Humanitarian groups say it leaves 400,000 people with the choice of eventual starvation or fleeing their homes to the south.

October 16, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Aya Batrawy
Palestinians look for survivors under the rubble of a destroyed building following Israeli airstrikes in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Oct. 31, 2023.

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  • Middle East

Her last memory is by the window with her baby in Gaza. Then, Israeli airstrikes hit

Israel’s military dropped tens of thousands of bombs on Gaza in a year. This is a look at one airstrike, the lives it upended and the rights group's investigation saying it's a possible war crime.

October 11, 2024
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy
GPB News NPR

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  • Middle East

These maps and images show what's left of Gaza, 1 year into the Israel-Hamas war

Israel's war with Hamas has destroyed much of Gaza. Recent analyses find that nearly 60% of buildings, nearly 70% of orchards and 68% of roads have been damaged or destroyed by the conflict.

October 10, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Wood
Palestinian protesters attend a rally to mark the first anniversary of Palestinian militant group Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Monday.

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  • Middle East

'All this blood, all this death': Palestinians protest Israel war with no end in sight

For Palestinian civilians caught in the middle of the ongoing conflict between Israeli forces and the Hamas militant group, the consequences have been unremittingly difficult, and deadly.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • Anas Baba and
  • Willem Marx
A Palestinian girl carries a child through the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on March 3, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement.

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  • Middle East

Photos: A look back at the year since Oct. 7

A year has passed since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel and the start of its war in Gaza. Here's a look at some key moments from photojournalists on the ground.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • NPR Staff
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu hold signs as he addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday.

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  • Middle East

Netanyahu defies calls for a cease-fire at the U.N., as Israel strikes Lebanon

In a fiery speech at the United Nations General Assembly, the Israeli prime minister said his country would is "winning" and would attack Iran and its proxies anywhere in the Middle East.

September 27, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx
A Palestinian family mourns the death of their daughter, who was killed in an Israeli attack as she was heading to play while wearing her roller skates, in Gaza City, Gaza, on Sept. 4.

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  • Middle East

Killed in her pink roller skates, a Palestinian girl’s photo in Gaza goes viral

The photo of a girl in Gaza killed by an Israeli airstrike while wearing pink roller skates goes viral and draws attention to the plight of children nearly a year into the war.

September 06, 2024
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy
Palestinians carry their belongings on their way to migrate for safer areas following the Israeli army's warning to evacuate the Dawa Faculty of the Ministry of Endowments in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on Monday.

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  • Middle East

The U.S. urges major changes to Israel's evacuations in Gaza, a leaked memo says

In an internal memo obtained by NPR, U.S. officials warn that Israel's "drastically increased" evacuation orders in Gaza have further displaced Palestinians and could debilitate aid efforts.

August 29, 2024
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf,
  • Daniel Estrin,
  • and 1 more
Qaid Farhan Al-Qadi, 52, sits in a room at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel, after Israeli forces say he was found alone in a tunnel in Gaza.

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  • Middle East

Israel says it rescued a hostage found alone in an underground tunnel in Gaza

Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, was taken to a hospital in Israel, where members of his large Bedouin Arab family gathered around his bedside in a joyful reunion.

August 27, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Basem Naim, a leader in the politburo of Palestinian militant group Hamas, photographed in Doha, Qatar, in July.

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  • Middle East

A Hamas leader says they will give up governing Gaza, but won’t lay down arms

Basem Naim, a leader in Hamas’ politburo, met with NPR in Qatar for an interview about the war with Israel, prospects for a cease-fire and how the Palestinian group now views its Oct. 7 attack.

August 16, 2024
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy
Hamas' Yahya Sinwar chairs a meeting with leaders of Palestinian factions at his office in Gaza City, April 13, 2022.

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  • Middle East

Hamas names Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar as its new top leader

Hamas says it has chosen its local leader in Gaza to take over as the Palestinian militant group's new top political leader worldwide, following last week's assassination of the previous leader in Iran.

August 06, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
People walk outside the European hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 17, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

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  • Middle East

Medical groups challenge Israel's ban on evacuations from Gaza. Is Israel relenting?

Israel banned most Gaza patients from being evacuated for medical treatment, according to the United Nations and other groups. Now it could allow a group of child patients and guardians to evacuate.

June 27, 2024
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By:
  • Jane Arraf
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