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Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim worked for the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.This weekend, they were slated to go to Jerusalem -- Milgrim was to meet Lischinsky's family for the first time. According to Israeli ambassador Yechiel Leiter, ...

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says he's "outraged" at at the leaders of the UK, France, and Canada for condemning Israel's new military offensive in Gaza. He sat down with NPR to express the U.S. view of the conflict as pressure on Israel . ...

Israeli airstrikes are pounding northern Gaza but people have no access to hospitals as they've been hit and shut down as part of a military offensive aimed at pushing the entire population south.

In an interview with NPR, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said the U.K., Canada and France were "blaming the wrong perpetrator," and that Hamas is responsible for the suffering in Gaza.

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Residents of Gaza are being forced to evacuate in unprecedented numbers. Hundreds of thousands have been ordered out of nearly a fourth of the territory and residents are expressing panic and exhaustion in the chaos.

Ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas are at an impasse, according to three people briefed on the negotiations who spoke to NPR. Meanwhile, Israel is facing pressure from allies to end the war.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Sen. Peter Welch, D-Ver., who is calling on the Trump administration to use all diplomatic tools to end the Israeli government's blockade of aid entering the Gaza.

Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., wants pressure from the Trump administration on Israel to end its nearly three-month long blockade of food, medicine and other supplies into Gaza.

Israeli Druze are watching their government's pressure campaign in Syria. Israel says recent airstrikes inside Syria are to protect the Druze religious minority there from sectarian violence.