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The aftermath of an Israeli strike on a UN school in Nuseirat in central Gaza that killed more than 30 people including children, according to a Gaza hospital director. Israel said it was targeting Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives hiding in two school classrooms.

The aftermath of an Israeli strike on a U.N. school compound in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, that killed more than 30 people, including children, according to a Gaza hospital director. Israel said it was targeting Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives hiding in two school classrooms. Anas Baba for NPR hide caption

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Middle East crisis — explained

Israel used a U.S.-made bomb in a deadly U.N. school strike in Gaza

Israel dropped a bomb on a U.N.-run school it said was being used by Hamas. The blast killed dozens, including women and children, medics and witnesses say. The bomb was U.S.-made, NPR has discovered.

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Wednesday

Why the U.N. revised the numbers of women and children killed in Gaza

A woman mourns as she carries the shrouded body of a child killed following overnight Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 6. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Middle East crisis — explained

Why the U.N. revised the numbers of women and children killed in Gaza

Here's a closer look at the United Nations' breakdown of casualties. The overall total of more than 35,000 Palestinians killed since Oct. 7, based on Gaza Health Ministry figures, has not declined.

Friday

A baby girl born orphaned and premature after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza has died

A Palestinian baby girl, saved from the womb of her mother Sabreen Al-Sakani, who was killed in an Israeli strike along with her husband Shukri Jouda and her daughter Malak, lies in an incubator at the Emirati hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, April 21. Mohammed Salem/Reuters hide caption

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Middle East crisis — explained

A baby girl born orphaned and premature after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza has died

The newborn died after five days in an incubator. Her family was killed in an air strike. UNICEF says 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, with thousands more orphaned and wounded.

Thursday

Reuters releases investigation finding Israeli tank fire killed 1 of its journalists

The camera that belonged to Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah, who was killed by what a Reuters investigation has found was an Israeli tank crew, is displayed during a press conference by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday. Emilie Madi/Reuters hide caption

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Middle East crisis — explained

Reuters releases investigation finding Israeli tank fire killed 1 of its journalists

The news agency says it found evidence that Israeli forces were responsible for the October death of journalist Issam Abdallah. Israel's military is investigating but says it doesn't target the press.

Saturday

The brutal calculus of war: Is the killing of civilians ever justified?

A view of the rubble of buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike in Jabalia in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 11, days after the territory's militant rulers carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel killing hundreds of people and taking captives. Hatem Moussa/AP hide caption

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Middle East crisis — explained

The brutal calculus of war: Is the killing of civilians ever justified?

The numbers are classified, but U.S. military planners use what's called a collateral damage estimate to gauge how many civilians might be killed in an attack on a target. Here's what that means.

The brutal calculus of war: Is the killing of civilians ever justified?

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Friday

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Pentagon files reveal flaws in U.S. claims about Syrian casualties in Baghdadi raid

This photo, taken Oct. 27, 2019, the day after the raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's compound in Syria, shows the van that was targeted by U.S. airstrikes. Photos of the van prompted questions about who was targeted. Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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NPR investigation: The Baghdadi raid files

Pentagon files reveal flaws in U.S. claims about Syrian casualties in Baghdadi raid

The U.S. Defense Department said troops spared civilians during a celebrated 2019 raid against the leader of ISIS, but NPR has uncovered new details that challenge the U.S. claims.

Pentagon files reveal flaws in U.S. claims about Syrian casualties in Baghdadi raid

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Saturday

She saved the diary of a Ukrainian writer killed by Russia. Then she was killed, too

Victoria Amelina stands next to a cherry tree in the backyard of Volodymyr Vakulenko, a Ukrainian children's book author, where he buried his diary of living under Russian occupation in Kapytolivka before he was killed. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Ukraine invasion — explained

She saved the diary of a Ukrainian writer killed by Russia. Then she was killed, too

Award-winning novelist Victoria Amelina, who retrained as a war crimes researcher to document Russian atrocities and preserve Ukrainian culture, has met a tragic end.

She saved the diary of a Ukrainian writer killed by Russia. Then she was killed, too

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Tuesday

The U.S. promised Ukraine cluster bombs. In Laos, they still kill civilians

View of a collection of defused cluster bombs and grenades used by an international bomb disposal group for training in Savannakhet, Laos, on May 2, 2006. Jerry Redfern/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption

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The U.S. promised Ukraine cluster bombs. In Laos, they still kill civilians

The U.S. dropped over 2 million tons of ordnance on Laos, including cluster bombs, in the 1960s and '70s. To this day, many people are killed, crippled and disfigured by them, writes Lewis M. Simons.

Saturday

His mom — a doctor and 'a true angel' — died when mortar struck her home in Sudan

Nagwa Khalid Hamad, who died when mortar hit her home in Khartoum, at a wedding in in 2019. Her son says: "I don't even recall whose wedding it was but all i can remember is my brother, sister, mom and myself were there and we were happy." He describes her as "a very calm person." If he was upset, he says, "she would say to just take it in, just breathe it in and don't worry about it." Khalid Osman hide caption

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Goats and Soda

His mom — a doctor and 'a true angel' — died when mortar struck her home in Sudan

Nagwa Khalid Hamad, 66, was one of at least 400 killed since conflict erupted last Saturday. Her son spoke to NPR about her death and life — and what she meant to him, to family and to her patients.

Friday

Ukrainians grieve for an 11-year-old girl killed by a Russian missile

Andriy and Iryna Grycenko (center) mourn the death of their 11-year-old daughter, Anastasiya, at her funeral in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 20. Anastasiya was killed on Sept. 17 when a Russian S-300 missile obliterated her home in Chuhuiv. At right is Iryna's sister, Anastasiya's aunt, Rimma Leiba. Pete Kiehart for NPR hide caption

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Ukraine invasion — explained

Ukrainians grieve for an 11-year-old girl killed by a Russian missile

A neighbor recalls the girl saying in her final moments, "Why did this happen to me? I didn't do anything bad to them."

Ukrainians grieve for an 11-year-old girl killed by a Russian missile

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Saturday

Ukrainian investigators exhume bodies from a mass grave site in Izium on Friday.

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Ukraine invasion — explained

Outside a liberated Ukrainian town, inspectors search for evidence of war crimes

On the outskirts of the recently liberated town of Izium, investigators have found what Ukrainian officials are calling a mass grave. It is now being inspected for possible evidence of war crimes.

Outside a liberated Ukrainian town, inspectors search for evidence of war crimes

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Wednesday

6 key numbers that reveal the staggering impact of Russia's war in Ukraine

A funeral procession in Lviv, Ukraine, in March ends at grave sites where soldiers Viktor Dudar, 44, and Ivan Koverznev, 24, will be buried, as priests say their blessings and mourners look on. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Analysis

Ukraine invasion — explained

6 key numbers that reveal the staggering impact of Russia's war in Ukraine

Russia invaded Ukraine six months ago. In that time, thousands of people have been killed, cities destroyed, millions of people displaced and the Ukrainian economy has been battered.

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