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News Articles: Middle East

Presiding judge Nawaf Salam (fourth from left) arrives to read a decision at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday.

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  • World

A top U.N. court won't order Germany to halt weapons exports to Israel

Nicaragua brought the case arguing that by providing arms to Israel, Germany is failing to prevent possible genocide against Palestinians in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.

April 30, 2024
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By:
  • Nick Spicer
A Palestinian man walks on building rubble in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 22.

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  • National

A U.S. diplomat tells NPR why she resigned in protest over the policy in Gaza

As protests against the U.S. policy in Gaza unfold on college campuses across the country, the State Department is facing its own protests too.

April 30, 2024
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Megan Lim,
  • and 1 more
Displaced Palestinians in Rafah sit in the shade of their tent on a 100-degree day in the Gaza Strip.

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  • Middle East

A 100-degree heat wave in Gaza offers a sweltering glimpse of a tough summer to come

The heat bore down on Palestinians living in tents and aid groups working in the sun. UNRWA reported several heat injuries among its staff, and at least one 18-year-old Palestinian died from the heat.

April 29, 2024
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan and
  • Anas Baba
People stand next to a vehicle in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on April 2, where workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK), were killed in Israeli airstrikes, according to the NGO.

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  • Middle East

World Central Kitchen says it will resume operations in Gaza

The aid group said the humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire and that it has almost 8 million meals ready to distribute. The group halted efforts after Israeli strikes killed seven workers.

April 28, 2024
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By:
  • James Doubek
People inspect damage and remove items from their homes following Israeli airstrikes on April 7, in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

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  • Middle East

Hamas says it's preparing to respond to Israel's latest Gaza cease-fire proposal

The militant group says it's examining the latest Israeli suggestions for a cease-fire in Gaza, seven months into the conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

April 28, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx
Bernie Sanders is pictured in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 3 in Washington, D.C. Sanders accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of using claims of antisemitism as a deflection of criticism of the war.

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  • Politics

Bernie Sanders says Netanyahu is attacking campus protests to deflect war criticism

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized ongoing campus protests across the U.S. as antisemitic. The Vermont senator said it was an attempt to "deflect attention" from Israel's actions.

April 27, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Detrow,
  • Michael Levitt,
  • and 1 more
Tal Wax holds a poster with a photograph of her uncle Keith Siegel, a hostage held in Gaza since the Oct. 7 attacks, during a press conference in Madrid, Spain, on Jan. 25.

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  • Middle East

Hamas releases video of a second American being held hostage in Gaza

Hamas has released a video showing two captives, one of them an American, as part of an effort to prove that the two men are still alive. It was the second video of a U.S. citizen released this week.

April 27, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx
<strong></strong>Marjane Satrapi, a graphic novelist, holds her latest book <em>Woman, Life, Freedom</em>, in her home in Paris, France.

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  • World

Iran women's protests are the focus of 'Persepolis' author Marjane Satrapi's new book

The French Iranian author and artist, best known for her graphic novel Persepolis, edited and contributed to a new graphic anthology titled Woman, Life, Freedom, inspired by Iran's recent protests.

April 27, 2024
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
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.

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  • Middle East

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

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.

April 26, 2024
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy and
  • Anas Baba
Amid the rubble of a collapsed building in Rafah, in southern Gaza, a woman and a girl search for items on April 24, following reported Israeli airstrikes overnight.

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  • Middle East

What to know about a possible Israeli military offensive in Rafah

In Gaza's southernmost city, where more than a million Palestinians have sought shelter and where aid groups have centralized operations, worries have grown over a possible Israeli military operation.

April 26, 2024
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan,
  • Aya Batrawy,
  • and 2 more
World Central Kitchen Founder José Andrés speaks Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral during an interfaith memorial service for the seven workers from the group who were killed in Gaza.

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  • Middle East

José Andrés mourns slain World Central Kitchen workers in National Cathedral service

"They risked everything to feed people they did not know," the chef and founder of the humanitarian group said of the seven aid workers who were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza.

April 25, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
A poster depicting Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin is displayed in Re'im, southern Israel at the Gaza border in February 2024 at a memorial site for the Nova music festival site where he was kidnapped to Gaza by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.

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  • Middle East

An American hostage is seen alive for the first time since Oct. 7 in a Hamas video

Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who turned 24 last month while in captivity, has spent more than 200 days in captivity. His left arm was partially blown off by a grenade during the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7.

April 25, 2024
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan and
  • Michele Kelemen
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.

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  • Middle East

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

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.

April 25, 2024
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz and
  • Anas Baba
President Biden on Wednesday announces the signing of a $95 billion military assistance package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Ukraine says the aid is critical as it seeks to regain momentum on the battlefield from Russia.

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  • National Security

Biden signs $95 billion military aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

Ukraine will get most of the weapons as it struggles to combat Russia's overwhelming firepower. The bill also includes more arms for Israel, and humanitarian help for Gaza.

April 24, 2024
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By:
  • Greg Myre
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.

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  • Middle East

The Story of One Child Living in Gaza

As Israel's war against Hamas continues, children in Gaza are suffering. According to the United Nations, more than 25,000 children have been killed or injured since October. That's one child every ten minutes. We hear about one of those children, a twelve year-old boy injured in Gaza.

For more coverage of all sides of this conflict, go to npr.org/mideastupdates

April 24, 2024
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz,
  • Anas Baba,
  • and 1 more
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