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News Articles: Israel

Members of the Palestinian special police force show their skills during a training session in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 16, 2014.

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  • Middle East

Who will police Gaza, and how?

Under President Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan, Arab countries and the European Union are supposed to train a new police force in the Gaza Strip. But U.S. plans have run into serious challenges.

February 13, 2026
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By:
  • Emily Feng and
  • Daniel Estrin
Jared Kushner speaks after the signing of a Board of Peace charter during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22.

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  • Middle East

What Jared Kushner's 'New Gaza' plan includes, and what it leaves out

President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner laid out a plan for a "New Gaza." A close look suggests it makes room for fewer Palestinians and less housing.

February 02, 2026
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy
Israelis light the 8th candle of Hanukkah in Hostage Square holding placards bearing the face of Ran Gvili in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Dec. 21, 2025, as they call for the return of his remains.

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  • Middle East

Israel has recovered the final hostage remains from Gaza

The Israeli military says the body of Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old special forces policeman killed while fighting Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023, has been found.

January 26, 2026
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy
President Trump holds up his signature on the founding charter during a signing ceremony for the Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum on Thursday in Davos, Switzerland. The final makeup of the board has not been confirmed.

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  • World

Trump signs Board of Peace charter at Davos as allies split on Gaza plan

The signing ceremony marked the most concrete step yet in Trump's effort to establish the board, whose final composition has yet to be confirmed.

January 22, 2026
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By:
  • Willem Marx

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  • Middle East

Greetings from Acre, Israel, where an old fortress recalls the time of the Crusades

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

January 14, 2026
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen
Vehicles in Tehran on Jan. 4 drive past banners at Felestin (Palestine) Square with anti-U.S. and anti-Israel messages and portraits of Iranian armed forces commanders and nuclear scientists who were killed last June in Israeli strikes.

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  • Middle East

As Iran's protests continue, Israelis and Palestinians watch closely

There is broad support for the protests among Israeli officials, but Palestinians say they hope the Iranian regime stays in place and the protests die down soon.

January 13, 2026
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By:
  • Emily Feng
Side-by-side photos show President Trump at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla.. on Dec. 29, and Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani in Beirut, Aug. 13, 2025.

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  • Middle East

Trump vows to 'rescue' Iran's protesters. Iran warns the U.S. to stay out of it

President Trump warned Iran not to kill protesters. Iranian officials alleged the U.S. and Israel were stoking the sweeping protests, and said U.S. military bases in the region are legitimate targets.

January 02, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A Palestinian woman walks along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed during Israeli air and ground operations in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, in Gaza City, Tuesday.

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  • Middle East

Israel says it will bar aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, from Gaza

Israel accused Doctors Without Borders, one of the largest health organizations operating in Gaza, of failing to clarify the roles of some staff that Israel accused of cooperation with militants.

December 30, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press

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  • World

Greetings from Jaffa, Israel, where a salon is a welcoming space for Palestinians and Jews

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

December 24, 2025
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By:
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Rabbi Na'ama Dafni and  Rev. Yousef Yacoub in Haifa, Israel.

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  • World

Despite Vatican-Israel tensions, Catholics and Jews work to build trust in Haifa

Religious leaders started getting together after Oct. 7, 2023, in the hope of preventing a repeat of Arab-Jewish violence that erupted after a previous conflict in Gaza two years earlier.

December 24, 2025
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By:
  • Jerome Socolovsky
AFP camera operator Dylan Collins speaks on his mobile phone after being injured by Israeli shelling, at Alma al-Shaab border village with Israel, southern Lebanon, on Oct. 13, 2023. An Israeli shell landed in a gathering of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon, killing one and leaving six others injured.

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  • World

American journalist injured in Israeli attack wants answers from Washington

AFP's Dylan Collins was among journalists injured in an Israeli attack on Lebanon in 2023. The attack killed Reuters' Issam Abdallah. Collins was in Washington this month to press for accountability.

December 23, 2025
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt
Saqer al-Ankah holds his 10-year-old granddaughter, Bayan al-Ankah, after he says she was shot in the head by Israeli forces in northern Gaza about half a mile from the so-called yellow line on Dec. 10.

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  • Middle East

Could international troops be sent to Gaza? Here's why Trump's plan hinges on it

President Trump's peace plan for Gaza hinges on international troops in Gaza, but Israel is skeptical and no country has yet agreed to send their soldiers.

December 18, 2025
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy and
  • Daniel Estrin
Australian Jews and others hold a vigil in Tel Aviv for the victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting, on Sunday, Dec 14.

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  • World

Bondi Beach attack casts a shadow on Hanukkah celebrations in Israel

People of all ages had been looking forward to celebrating — especially this year, as a ceasefire in Gaza has held since October and all but one of the hostages taken by Hamas-led militants have been returned.

December 16, 2025
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By:
  • Jerome Socolovsky
Palestinians cross a flooded street following heavy rain in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Dec. 11.

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  • Middle East

Search for body of last hostage held by Hamas in Gaza is delayed due to bad weather

A storm has battered the Gaza Strip, creating misery for displaced Palestinians and delaying the search for the body of the last Israeli hostage held by militants there.

December 16, 2025
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By:
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
From left: Yousef Bashir, who as a teen was shot by an Israeli soldier in Gaza and nearly paralyzed;  Dr. Lina Qasem Hassan, an Israeli Palestinian who is chair of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, a group that advocates for the health of Jews and Palestinians alike; and Maoz Inon, whose parents died in the Hamas attack of Oct. 7.

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  • Global Health

Has hope survived the war? We asked Israelis and Palestinians we spoke to in 2023

In 2023, we interviewed them to see how the Israel-Hamas war was affecting their ability to feel compassion and empathy. In the wake of the ceasefire this fall, we followed up. What's changed?

December 05, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
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