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Wednesday

Israel presses U.N. to investigate charges of sexual violence by Hamas fighters

Demonstrators at a rally in London wave Israeli flags and hold posters of Israeli hostages on Sunday during a protest over the United Nations' response to allegations of rape and other sexual crimes committed by Hamas militants during the Oct. 7 attacks. Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Middle East crisis — explained

Israel presses U.N. to investigate charges of sexual violence by Hamas fighters

Israeli officials have accused international groups, including the United Nations, of ignoring what it describes as evidence of rape and sexual violence by Hamas fighters during the Oct. 7 attacks.

Israel presses U.N. to investigate charges of sexual violence by Hamas fighters

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Middle East

Families of hostages speak out as Congress debates aid to Israel

Family members of hostages held by Hamas held a news conference in Washington, D.C., as Congress debates sending billions more dollars of aid to Israel.

Families of hostages speak out as Congress debates aid to Israel

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Saturday

In Gaza, renewed fighting dims hopes of a longer-term pause for humanitarian aid

Traffic clogs the streets of Khan Younis on Friday with people seeking safety from Israeli airstrikes. Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Middle East crisis — explained

In Gaza, renewed fighting dims hopes of a longer-term pause for humanitarian aid

A seven-day break in the fighting had allowed a significant increase in the delivery of badly needed food, fuel and medical supplies. But the flow of aid was halted by the resumption of airstrikes.

Friday

Israel resumes airstrikes after it says Hamas violated truce

Workers rush injured people to Mohammed Yousef al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah as Israel resumed its bombing Friday morning in the Gaza Strip. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption

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Middle East crisis — explained

Israel resumes airstrikes after it says Hamas violated truce

Israel's military resumed combat operations in the Palestinian enclave after a seven-day cease-fire broke down. During the pause, Hamas freed some 100 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinians.

Thursday

Six more hostages released by Hamas as talks over extending the Gaza truce continue

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, listens as Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks Thursday in Tel Aviv. Blinken urged Israeli officials to take "more effective steps" to avoid harm to civilians in Gaza. Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Middle East crisis — explained

Six more hostages released by Hamas as talks over extending the Gaza truce continue

As both sides prepared for the final planned hostage-for-prison swap, gunmen killed three Israelis in an attack on the outskirts of West Jerusalem early Thursday.

Wednesday

Tuesday

With his sudden return to OpenAI, Sam Altman becomes the latest 'boomerang CEO'

Sam Altman speaks at the OpenAI DevDay event on Nov. 6, in San Francisco. He has been reinstated as OpenAI's chief executive, days after being ousted by its board of directors. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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With his sudden return to OpenAI, Sam Altman becomes the latest 'boomerang CEO'

In a reversal that brought him back in a matter of days, the OpenAI co-founder joins a club of CEOs who return after leaving the company they founded.

Friday

Israel says it will allow limited deliveries of fuel to Gaza for aid needs

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

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Middle East crisis — explained

Israel says it will allow limited deliveries of fuel to Gaza for aid needs

Israel will allow 140,000 liters of fuel into Gaza every two days for the United Nations' use to distribute aid and for telecommunications provider Paltel to keep phone and internet service available.

Thursday

A communications blackout in Gaza is slowing aid as officials press for hostage deal

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

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Middle East crisis — explained

A communications blackout in Gaza is slowing aid as officials press for hostage deal

President Biden said he was "mildly hopeful" about a deal to free dozens of hostages, including a 3-year-old American. Israel dropped leaflets urging the evacuation of parts of southern Gaza.

Wednesday

Israeli troops enter Gaza's largest hospital and report finding Hamas weapons there

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

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Middle East crisis — explained

Israeli troops enter Gaza's largest hospital and report finding Hamas weapons there

Hamas denounced the actions by the Israeli military. The group denied the assertion by Israel and U.S. officials that militants were embedded in Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital.

Tuesday

Israel says its troops have entered Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City

Palestinians injured in Israeli raids arrive at Nasser Medical Hospital on Tuesday in Khan Younis, Gaza. Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images hide caption

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Israel says its troops have entered Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City

The Israeli military said in a posting on social media that it was launching "a precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area" of the Gaza Strip's largest medical facility.

Saturday

Middle East

The war in Gaza is impacting Israeli employers and Palestinian workers alike

The war between Israel and Hamas has disrupted a long-standing labor arrangement between employers in Israel and Palestinian workers from the occupied West Bank.

The war in Gaza is impacting Israeli employers and Palestinian workers alike

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Israel's war with Hamas disrupts Palestinian workers and Israeli employers alike

An unfinished apartment construction site in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Nov. 2, 2023. Work has stopped because Israel has suspended work permits for Palestinians from the occupied West Bank. Tanya Habjouqa / NOOR for NPR hide caption

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Middle East crisis — explained

Israel's war with Hamas disrupts Palestinian workers and Israeli employers alike

The Israeli construction industry has long relied on the labor of tens of thousands of Palestinians. But Israel has revoked their permits, paralyzing job sites and upending the West Bank's economy.

Israel's war with Hamas disrupts Palestinian workers and Israeli employers alike

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Thursday

Americans leaving Gaza report chaos, relief — and worry for people staying behind

Palestinians with dual nationality register to cross to Egypt on the Gaza Strip side of the border crossing in Rafah on Thursday. Hatem Ali/AP hide caption

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Middle East crisis — explained

Americans leaving Gaza report chaos, relief — and worry for people staying behind

Hundreds of Americans appeared on a list of passport holders approved to leave the territory, as President Biden called for a "pause" in hostilities to allow for the release of hostages held by Hamas.

Wednesday

First Americans and other foreign nationals leave besieged Gaza

People enter the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before crossing into Egypt on Wednesday. The U.N. says some 500 foreign passport holders were allowed to leave Gaza. Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Middle East crisis — explained

First Americans and other foreign nationals leave besieged Gaza

It's the first time people have been allowed to exit the Palestinian territory since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Ambulances took dozens of seriously wounded people to hospitals in Egypt.