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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani about brokering a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, and an exchange of hostages and prisoners.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Adam Hamawy, a former U.S. Army combat surgeon, who went before Congress Wednesday to describe patients they've treated while providing medical care in Gaza.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said it facilitated Monday's release of two hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. The aim is to free more hostages before Israel's expected ground invasion.

New analysis sheds some light on what happened after a horrific explosion at the Al Ahli Hospital last week. But many questions remain.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Lynn Hastings, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, about dire humanitarian needs in Gaza.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with UNICEF spokesperson James Elder about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the extreme risk to children.

Hamas is viewed by many Israelis as an existential threat in the south. But in the north, especially in Upper Galilee, many Israelis say Lebanon's Hezbollah militants must also be destroyed.

The multinational fashion retailer Zara said it regrets a "misunderstanding" about its latest ad campaign after public outcry over images that some said evoked the war in Gaza.

While Israel aims to destroy Hamas so it can't attack again like it did on October 7, the group's popularity seems to be growing in the West Bank.

Hemmed in by Israeli forces and the Mediterranean Sea, Palestinians in Gaza seemingly have only one place left to go — across the border to Egypt. But Egypt is resistant to letting them in.

Critical supplies are running low for the more than two million Palestinians stuck in the Gaza Strip. Doctors in Gaza say medical supplies are also in short supply.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Samer Abdeljaber, the World Food Program's Palestine Country director, about the U.N. organization's efforts to get food aid into Gaza.