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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Robert Mardini, the director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, about the situation in Gaza and Israel after the 11-day war in May.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Diane Orentlicher, international law professor at American University, about the International Criminal Court's investigation into war crimes in Israel and Gaza.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Jerusalem with a limited agenda, but many people are hanging hopes on his talks. Blinken meets Tuesday with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

The first day of calm after 11 days of Israeli airstrikes left Gazans surveying the damage and reuniting with family. Gazan officials say the strikes killed at least 240 people.

After shrapnel struck where his young son plays, a father in the Gaza Strip says his neighbors are traumatized by the violence: "We just don't want to die under the rubble of our houses."

From Dearborn, Mich., to the gate of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, to the Federal Building in Los Angeles, protesters expressed their anguish and anger at the fighting and its toll.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Leni Stenseth of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, which helps people in Gaza, about the humanitarian impact of the escalating violence in Gaza and Israel.

A Trump surrogate warned of "taco trucks on every corner" as immigration remains unchecked in the U.S. But very few people on Twitter think that's a bad thing.

The pandemic has hit the Gaza Strip hard. Many ill Palestinians cannot afford to quarantine and doctors in COVID-19 wards have struggled to supply enough oxygen for ventilators.

Russia has been less aggressive in Germany's election than it was in the U.S. or France. Chancellor Angela Merkel remains favored — but the Kremlin still could leave its mark.

A new startup wants to make these neighborhood stores "obsolete." But for many people, bodegas aren't just about convenience — they feed the spirit of a community.

Israel and Hamas are taking initial steps toward an agreement to calm hostilities — and it's allowing thousands of Palestinians from Gaza to go work in Israel daily.