Most Gaza residents are the descendants of Palestinian refugees driven to the enclave in a 1948 war. They harbor a deep fear ...

President Trump suggested at a Tuesday press conference that Gaza's nearly 2 million residents should leave the Palestinian enclave and proposed the U.S. take it over and redevelop it. NPR's Steve ...

With a ceasefire agreement pausing the war between Israel and Hamas, Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza city centers.

What began as a battle between Israel and Hamas morphed into a much wider regional conflict that has reshaped much of the ...

January 23, 2025; Washington, D.C. — NPR has won a 2025 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award for its coverage of the war in Gaza. The prestigious duPont-Columbia Award honors outstanding public service in ...

Hamas has identified four female Israeli soldiers to be released on Saturday in accordance with a ceasefire agreement with ...

The deal was set to be ratified by the Israeli Cabinet on Thursday. But Netanyahu says, without specifying, that Hamas has gone back on several parts of the ceasefire deal at the last minute.

One of those released was 19 years old. Twelve of them were 18, seven of them were 17 and one was 15. This list of prisoners was published by Al Jazeera, the Qatari-owned international news service.

As NPR has reported, U.S. citizens Sagui Dekel-Chen and Keith Siegel are among the hostages expected to be released from Gaza in the first phase. French President Emmanuel Macron has said two ...

Another war-ravaged place on the list is Gaza. The area has been under intense siege by Israel's military since Oct. 7, 2023 — the day Hamas conducted an armed incursion into southern Israel.