Israel targets what it says was an Islamic Jihad command center in Damascus
Ghassan Mamouli, a representative from the Damascus government, inspects the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on Thursday. Emily Garthwaite for NPR hide…
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Mediators seek a new deal to release more than half of the hostages in Gaza
Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, speaks outside the White House last week before leaving to Qatar to begin ceasefire talks…
This synagogue calls itself ‘anti-Zionist.’ Here’s what that means in practice
Sholom Sandalow reads from the Torah as Rabbi Brant Rosen watches on a Saturday morning Shabbat service with Tzedek Chicago, an anti-Zionist congregation. Yonat Shimron…
Palestinians freed in the ceasefire say Israeli forces harass them and their families
Ashraf Zughayer (center), a Palestinian who was released from Israeli prison during a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, hugs his family in their home in…
In a policy shift, U.S. and Hamas say they’re in direct talks on hostages
Israeli-Russian hostage Sasha Trupanov (second right) and fellow captive, Israeli-American Sagui Dekel-Chen (second left), stand on stage next to Palestinian militants during their handover to…
What went wrong? Israel’s spy agency lists failures in preventing Oct. 7 attack
Freed hostage Ilana Gritzewsky holds a smoke torch as protesters set a fire during a demonstration calling for the release of all hostages held by…
Israel’s culture minister calls a Palestinian-Israeli film’s Oscar a ‘sad moment’
From left: Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham pose with their Oscar awards for best documentary for the film No Other Land…
Trump wants Palestinians out of Gaza. Here are Egypt’s plans to keep them there
Children look on as a man hangs decorations ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on…
Israeli military cites ‘fundamental misunderstanding’ of Hamas ahead of Oct. 7 attack
A woman grieves at a memorial for those killed and abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, cross-border attack by Hamas militants, near the kibbutz Reim,…
Hamas hands over bodies of hostages as Israel frees Palestinian prisoners
People line the street to watch the funeral procession carrying the caskets of Shiri Bibas, Kfir Bibas and Ariel Bibas with family in minibuses pass…