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News Articles: Middle East

People walk past a billboard showing a portrait of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (top) next to Palestine Square in the Tehran on Aug. 12, 2024.

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  • Law

U.S. charges Hamas leaders with terrorism over October attack in Israel

The Justice Department is charging six Hamas leaders with terrorism, including the architect of the group’s deadly Oct. 7 attack against Israel.

September 04, 2024
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
An Israeli soldier walks on a tank near the border of the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Aug. 21.

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  • Middle East

5 things to know about the U.K.’s suspension of some arms exports to Israel

The U.K. exports explosive devices, guns and fighter jet components to Israel. But it's suspending some arms shipments, fearing Israel could used them in violation of international law.

September 03, 2024
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
Ariel Heller, 4, helps to glue a broken clay jar during a special tour with his family after he accidentally broke another jar at the Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum in Haifa, Israel, on Friday. The boy who accidentally broke a rare 3,500-year-old jar in an Israeli museum has been forgiven and invited back, as curators hope to turn the disaster into a teachable moment.

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  • Arts & Life

Israeli boy who broke an ancient jar learns how the museum is piecing it back together

After a 4-year-old boy broke a 3,500-year-old vase, a museum in Israel viewed it as an educational opportunity and invited him and his family back to learn about how they would restore the item.

September 03, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with the President Masoud Pezeshkian's administration, in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 27.

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  • Middle East

An Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leader

Hossein Shanbehzadeh has been sentenced after replying with a period in response to a post on the social platform X by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

September 02, 2024
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By:
  • Jackie Northam
People block a road as they protest, calling for a deal for the immediate release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024.

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  • Middle East

General strike in Israel over hostages leads to uneven closures

A call for a general strike in Israel to protest the failure to return hostages held in Gaza led to closures and other disruptions, but it was ignored in some areas, reflecting political divisions.

September 02, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A nurse administers polio vaccine drops to a young Palestinian patient at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas militant group.

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  • Middle East

As polio vaccinations begin in Gaza, U.N. says success hinges on a pause in fighting

Health care workers plan to reach more than 640,000 Palestinian children in a matter of days while Israel has agreed to staggered pauses in fighting.

September 01, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim and
  • Aya Batrawy
Relatives and friends attend the funeral of slain hostage Almog Sarusi, who was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, at a cemetery in Ra'anana, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Israelis protest and workers' strike is planned after 6 more hostages die in Gaza

Israelis surged into the streets Sunday night to demand a cease-fire with Hamas after six hostages were found dead in Gaza. Israel's largest trade union also called a general strike for Monday.

September 01, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
This combination of six undated photos shows hostages, from top left, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, from bottom left, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Carmel Gat, who were held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza.

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  • Middle East

Israel recovers bodies of 6 hostages, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin

Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin had become widely known following his family's efforts to get him and other captives released.

September 01, 2024
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn and
  • Don Clyde
A locator map shows Iraq with its capital, Baghdad. The United States military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants in the country's western desert.

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  • Middle East

7 U.S. troops hurt in Iraq raid targeting Islamic State group militants that killed 15

The U.S. military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants that killed at least 15 people and saw seven U.S. troops hurt, officials said.

August 31, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
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
Israeli armoured vehicles move on a street during a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Israel launches large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank, killing 9 Palestinians

An Israeli military spokesperson said the nine Palestinians killed in the operation were all militants, and that another five suspected militants were arrested.

August 28, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
U.S. Army soldiers stand next to trucks arriving loaded with humanitarian aid at the U.S.-built floating pier Trident before reaching the beach on the coast of the Gaza Strip, June 25, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Biden pushed Gaza pier over warning it would undercut other aid routes, watchdog says

President Biden ordered a temporary pier be built to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza despite expressed concerns that the effort would be difficult to pull off, according to a USAID report.

August 28, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
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
An Israeli Apache helicopter flies over Israel on Sunday.

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  • Middle East

Israel and Hezbollah exchange heavy fire, raising fears of a regional war

Israel's military said the strikes in southern Lebanon were preemptive. Soon after, Hezbollah said it had launched rockets and drones to avenge the killing of one of its top commanders last month.

August 25, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Family members attend the funeral of Abraham Munder, 79, in Nir Oz, Israel, on Aug. 22. He was taken hostage from Israel in a Hamas-led attack last Oct. 7 and his body was one of six recovered by Israeli forces from Gaza this week.

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  • World

Hostages are laid to rest in Israel as a new round of cease-fire talks is expected

Families held funerals for six hostages whose bodies were recovered from Gaza. Many in Israel think the next round of cease-fire talks may be the last chance to bring home hostages who remain alive.

August 23, 2024
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
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