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News Articles: Israel-Hamas war

Suheir Barghouti's son, Saleh Barghouti, was shot dead by the Israeli military in 2018 in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Six years later, she still doesn't know where his body is.

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  • Middle East

How the dead serve as bargaining chips in the Israel-Hamas conflict

Israel and Hamas are both holding the bodies of those killed on the other side, refusing to release them. They've done so for years and are again using the enemy dead as leverage in the current war.

February 22, 2024
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Emmalene Blake poses for a portrait in front of her mural showing Samia al-Atrash holding her niece Masa Khader, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza in October.

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  • News

A grieving Palestinian, an Irish artist and the mural that brought them together

Artist Emmalene Blake's mural on the wall of a Dublin pub became an iconic image of Gaza's grief. Then one day, she got an Instagram message from the Palestinian woman in the image.

February 21, 2024
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
The Security Council meets before voting on a resolution concerning a cease-fire in Gaza at United Nations headquarters on Tuesday. The resolution was vetoed by the U.S.

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  • Middle East

The U.S. has again vetoed a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza

Tuesday's vote marked the third U.S. veto of a Security Council resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza. The Arab nations behind the plan hoped to show broad support for ending the Israel-Hamas war.

February 20, 2024
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen
A member of the Israeli security forces stands guard. An attack against troops was reported near the West Bank city of Hebron on Feb. 1. Many settlers have joined the military's regional defense units since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas-backed militants.

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  • Middle East

Israeli settlers are guarding the West Bank. Palestinians say it's worsening violence

In Hebron, many settlers have joined the ranks of the Israeli military. Palestinians and Israeli human rights activists say the result has been abuse and harassment.

February 19, 2024
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
Indian men line up at a registration office set up in a technical college in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, where they hope to sign up to work in Israel.

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  • World

With Palestinian laborers shut out of Israel, Indian workers line up for jobs there

Israel is recruiting skilled laborers from India after suspending work permits for most Palestinian workers following the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas-backed militants.

February 17, 2024
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By:
  • Omkar Khandekar and
  • Diaa Hadid
A man inspects the damage in a room following Israeli bombardment at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Dec. 17.

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  • Middle East

Searching for the remains of hostages, Israeli forces raid another Gaza hospital

Israeli forces have found no hostage remains so far, but their raid has essentially rendered the largest hospital in Gaza's Khan Younis nonfunctional.

February 16, 2024
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By:
  • D. Parvaz
A displaced Palestinian woman hangs laundry to dry outside a tent at a makeshift camp on the Egyptian border, west of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 14.

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  • Middle East

Rafah was supposed to offer refuge. Now, the city waits for a possible Israeli attack

Roughly 1.4 million Palestinians sheltering in Rafah are bracing for a potential Israeli assault, but hoping for a diplomatic breakthrough as negotiators work to secure a cease-fire.

February 14, 2024
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By:
  • D. Parvaz and
  • Anas Baba
An Israeli air force F-35 warplane flies over during a graduation ceremony for new pilots in Hatzerim air force base near the city of Beersheba, Israel, June 29, 2023.

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  • World

A court orders Netherlands to halt fighter jet part exports to Israel over Gaza war

The court said there is a "clear risk that Israel's F-35 fighter jets might be used in the commission of serious violations of international humanitarian law."

February 12, 2024
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz and
  • Alex Leff
Displaced Palestinians flee from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 30.

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  • Middle East

In Gaza, anger grows at Hamas along with fury at Israel

Gazans are increasingly voicing their anger at Hamas' handling of the war and the heavy costs civilians have paid.

February 08, 2024
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By:
  • Anas Baba and
  • Daniel Estrin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv on Oct. 28, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

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  • Middle East

Israel rejects Hamas' cease-fire plan after meeting with Blinken

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a cease-fire plan delivered by the Palestinian militant group Hamas to end the war in Gaza.

February 07, 2024
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By:
  • James Hider
Palestinians migrate to safer areas due to Israeli attacks that continue in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Jan. 30.

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  • World

Hamas gave a 'positive' response to a Gaza cease-fire proposal, Qatar says

Hamas' reaction was generally "positive" but it still insists on a permanent cease-fire and full Israeli military withdrawal from Gaza, which Israel has rejected. The U.S. will discuss it with Israel.

February 06, 2024
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By:
  • James Hider
A paddle boarder heads out into the water in Eilat, Israel. Normally, Eilat's beaches and hotels would be busy with tourists.

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  • Middle East

A seaside town shelters thousands of Israeli evacuees, but struggles without tourists

The tourists are gone and many of the hotels are filled with displaced Israelis nearly four months after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

February 04, 2024
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By:
  • Jackie Northam
Radio Ajyal producer Mohammed Daher listens to a caller during a weekly radio program in which Palestinians send messages to their relatives in Israeli prisons.

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  • World

Reaching hostages and prisoners, through Israeli and Palestinian radio

An Israeli radio station is broadcasting messages and songs to hostages in Gaza, and a Palestinian station in the West Bank is broadcasting families' messages to relatives recently jailed in Israel.

February 01, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
Rep. Esther Panitch, a Sandy Springs Democrat, argues in favor of a bill that would add antisemitism to the state’s hate crimes law. Panitch is the only Jewish state lawmaker in Georgia. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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  • News

Antisemitism definition bill signed into law

Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law Wednesday a bill that would add a definition of antisemitism to state law. It's been a long time coming for advocates who hoped to toughen penalties for those who commit a crime with antisemitic intent. State Rep. Esther Panitch, a Democrat and Georgia's lone Jewish lawmaker, spoke with GPB's Peter Biello. 

January 31, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello
Amit Soussana (r), who was held hostage by Hamas and released hugs a friend near her house where she was kidnapped during the Oct. 7 attack on the kibbutz, on Jan. 29, 2024, in Kfar Aza, Israel. Many of the towns and kibbutzim attacked on that day remain completely evacuated, with their residents having relocated to other parts of Israel.

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  • Religion

Rabbis offer pastoral care for those traumatized by Oct. 7 Hamas attack

The Oct. 7 attacks on Israel displaced tens of thousands of Israelis from their kibbutzim near Gaza. Since then, rabbis have been crisscrossing the country offering trauma-informed care to victims.

January 30, 2024
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By:
  • Jason DeRose
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