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News Articles: Hamas

A protestor wearing a keffiyeh waves a Palestinian flag during a rally in support of Palestinians in Lisbon in October.

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  • Middle East

What is a keffiyeh, who wears it, and how did it become a symbol for Palestinians?

Since the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel's bombardment of Gaza in response, the keffiyeh has drawn increased attention in the United States.

December 06, 2023
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By:
  • Linah Mohammad
Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, attends a demonstration held to mark Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, a commemorative day in support of the Palestinian people celebrated annually on the last Friday of the Muslim month of Ramadan, in Gaza City on April 14.

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  • Middle East

The shadowy Hamas leader behind the war against Israel

Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, is widely believed to have helped mastermind the unprecedented Hamas attack that changed the course of Israeli-Palestinian history.

December 03, 2023
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
Sigal Manzuri, whose daughters Norelle and Roya were killed in the Hamas-led attack on the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, embraces one of their friends. Surrounding them are photos of people killed and taken hostage by Hamas militants, displayed at the site as DJs spin music to commemorate victims, near Kibbutz Re'im, Tuesday.

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  • World

At Israeli rave site attacked by Hamas, DJs play music to honor the dead and missing

The memorial event, at which five DJs played, took place at the site where Hamas killed hundreds attending a rave on Oct. 7. "This is the first time I've been able to cry," says one attendee.

December 01, 2023
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
Israelis gather to witness the first batch of released hostages being brought to Schneider Hospital via helicopter on Nov. 24.

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  • Middle East

What to know about the hostages still held by Hamas

Under an extension of a temporary cease-fire, Hamas freed 12 more hostages on Tuesday, including 10 Israelis and two foreign nationals, Israel's military said. About 160 hostages remain in captivity.

November 28, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
A Red Cross vehicle carrying Israeli hostages drives by at the Gaza Strip crossing into Egypt in Rafah on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023.

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  • Middle East

Hamas says it wants to extend truce after latest exchange of captives with Israel

The announcement from the Islamist militant group came after a third hostages-for-prisoners swap with Israel in which 17 captives and 39 Palestinian prisoners were released.

November 26, 2023
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By:
  • Brian Mann,
  • Scott Neuman,
  • and 1 more
We came to the Hitten refugee camp in Jordan to ask how people were feeling.

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  • Middle East

We visited a camp for Palestinians and heard despair for Gaza — and anger at America

We came to a refugee camp in Jordan to ask what is on people's minds, as war and violence unfold in places that may be miles away, but that feel central to their identities.

November 23, 2023
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By:
  • Erika Ryan,
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • and 1 more
Romi Gonen, age 23, was taken hostage and wounded in the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel. It's unclear whether she'll be among those released as part of the hostage deal.

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  • World

An Israeli woman waits to learn if her sister, a Hamas hostage, will be freed in deal

Romi Gonen, 23, was wounded and taken hostage during the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack. Her sister Yarden and other relatives are awaiting word if Romi will be released as part of a negotiated hostage deal.

November 22, 2023
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Palestinians evacuate the area following an Israeli airstrike on the Sousi mosque in Gaza City on Oct. 9.

Tagged as: 

  • Opinion

Opinion: What gets lost in the 'Big Picture'

Scott Simon remarks on how details during times of war, from personal stories, capture the true devastation of it.

November 18, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Simon
An internally displaced woman feeds her daughter at their room in a school reconverted as a temporary center for internally displaced people on Oct. 25, in Tyre, Lebanon. The International Organization for Migration reported 19,646 people had been displaced inside Lebanon since Oct. 8, the day after an assault on Israel by Hamas militants.

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  • World

Israel-Hezbollah fighting forces people in southern Lebanon to flee violence — again

Thousands of villagers living along the border with Israel have been evacuated to Tyre, 50 miles south of Beirut. Their escape is a reminder of the cost of the war in Gaza, even far from its borders.

November 16, 2023
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By:
  • Jane Arraf
In 2016, Ori Givati served as a reservist soldier in the West Bank. He joined Breaking the Silence a year later.

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  • Middle East

A former Israeli soldier calls for international intervention to stop settler violence

Ex-Israeli soldier Ori Givati questions his military experience and the current rise in violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank.

November 16, 2023
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • Mansee Khurana
Israeli forces take Ayoub Abuhejleh while he was being interviewed by NPR in the West Bank.

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  • Middle East

We were interviewing a Palestinian farmer. Then the drone and soldiers appeared

There are days when you head out to report a story, and you think you know where it's going. And then it spins in an entirely different direction. This is the story of one such day.

November 13, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Erika Ryan,
  • and 1 more
Patients and internally displaced people are pictured at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Nov. 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas.

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  • Middle East

Gaza's 2 largest hospitals have ceased to function, health officials say

Health officials say the hospitals are out of electricity. The U.N. and World Health Organization pleaded for "decisive international action" to preserve what's left of the health care system in Gaza.

November 12, 2023
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer,
  • Aya Batrawy,
  • and 2 more
Itay Levy makes music and Kinnors — intricately-carved wooden harps.

Tagged as: 

  • Middle East

In the shops of Jerusalem, empty seats and anguished hearts are all that's left

The Old City of Jerusalem is thousands of years old. People from all over the world travel here to see the expansive history and the foundation of religions and empires — until now.

November 11, 2023
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By:
  • Erika Ryan,
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • and 1 more
A man passes the scene where a rocket fired from Gaza strip hit a building on Oct. 7, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli officials revised down the estimated number of people killed in the Oct. 7 attacks to 1,200 from 1,400 on Friday.

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  • Middle East

Israel revises down its death toll from the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks to about 1,200

In a text message to journalists, a spokesperson from Israel's Foreign Ministry said "around 1,200" is now what he called "the official number of people" killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7.

November 11, 2023
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
A Thai worker labors in Israeli fields adjacent to the Gaza Strip on Oct. 12.

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  • Middle East

Thai farmhands in Israel face a grim choice: work in a war zone or go home to poverty

Some 30,000 Thais were working in Israel prior to the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. More than 7,000 have left Israel since. More than 50 Thai citizens were killed or taken hostage in the attacks.

November 09, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
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