Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses media during a joint press conference with French President in Jerusalem on October 24, 2023. CHRISTOPHE ENA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Middle East crisis — explained
Palestinian medics care for premature babies evacuated from Al-Shifa hospital to the Emirates hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday. Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Yaffa Rubinstein, 75, attended a recent pro-Israel rally in Washington, D.C. She supports President Biden but says she's disappointed with what she calls anti-Israel rhetoric from some Democrats. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
As Democrats stay divided on Israel, Jewish voters face politically uncertain future
A truck carrying a limited delivery of fuel crosses into Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Israel has agreed to allow in a greater amount of fuel for humanitarian use. Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Anti-war activists protest outside of the White House during a pro-Palestinian demonstration asking for a cease-fire in Gaza in Washington on Nov. 4. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
In a tale of two protests, a stark divide among young voters on the Israel-Hamas war
Rescued from her studio in Kibbutz Be'eri near Israel's border with Gaza, artist Ziva Jelin's damaged painting Curving Road is currently on special display in the Israeli Art gallery of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Zohar Shemesh/The Israel Museum, Jerusalem hide caption
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel's actions and goals in Gaza in an interview with Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep on Friday. Abir Sultan//AP hide caption
Netanyahu says Gaza needs a new 'civilian government,' but won't say who
Hundreds of mourners gather for the funeral service of Canadian Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver on Thursday in Kibbutz Gezer, Israel. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption
A large, pro-Palestinian protest in downtown Detroit called for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war as protesters decried President Biden's response. Don Gonyea/NPR hide caption
In Michigan, where every vote counts, Arab Americans are turning away from Biden
An internally displaced woman feeds her daughter at their room in a school reconverted as a temporary center for internally displaced people on Oct. 25, in Tyre, Lebanon. The International Organization for Migration reported 19,646 people had been displaced inside Lebanon since Oct. 8, the day after an assault on Israel by Hamas militants. Manu Brabo/Getty Images hide caption
Israel-Hezbollah fighting forces people in southern Lebanon to flee violence — again
A satellite view shows smoke along the Gaza-Israel border on Oct. 7 in an image combining natural with shortwave-infrared highlights. The image came from a Copernicus Sentinel satellite run, by the EU space program. Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2023/Getty Images hide caption
A wounded Palestinian boy arrives to the emergency room of the Al-Shifa hospital, following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, on Oct. 17. Israel claims Hamas uses the facility for military purposes and has built a vast underground command center below the hospital. As Israeli forces move in on the facility, hundreds of doctors and patients remain inside. Abed Khaled/AP hide caption
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip walk in a United Nations Development Programme-provided tent camp in Khan Younis,Nov.15, 2023. Fatima Shbair/AP hide caption
GAZA CITY, GAZA- Palestinian Hamas militants are seen during a military show in the Bani Suheila district on July 20, 2017 in Gaza City, Gaza. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption
Israeli troops operate on the grounds of the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City in this photo released by the Israeli military. The Israelis say they found weapons belonging to Hamas, but did not provide details. Hamas denied the claim that it has been operating in or underneath the hospital. Israel Defense Forces/AP hide caption
Demonstrators rally in support of Palestinians in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 18. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Palestinians injured in Israeli raids arrive at Nasser Medical Hospital on Tuesday in Khan Younis, Gaza. Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images hide caption
In 2016, Ori Givati served as a reservist soldier in the West Bank. He joined Breaking the Silence a year later. Ori Givati hide caption
A former Israeli soldier calls for international intervention to stop settler violence
Israeli forces take Ayoub Abuhejleh while he was being interviewed by NPR in the West Bank. Ayman Oghanna for NPR hide caption
We were interviewing a Palestinian farmer. Then the drone and soldiers appeared
Children play among tents set up for Palestinians seeking refuge on the grounds of an UNRWA center in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 19. Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Patients and internally displaced people are pictured at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Nov. 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. Khader A Zanoun/AFP via Getty Images hide caption