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Two robotic guns sit atop a guard tower bristling with surveillance cameras pointed at the Aroub refugee camp in the West Bank, Oct. 6, 2022.

Lapses in Israeli intelligence amid Hamas attack come as ‘a complete shock,’ says analyst

Israel-Hamas war

Many people are questioning how Israeli intelligence services were unable to detect and deter Hamas’s attack on Saturday that left hundreds of Israelis dead, while others were taken hostage. Subsequent Israeli airstrikes killed hundreds of Palestinians. Colin Clarke, director of research at The Soufan Group, a global intelligence and security consultancy, discussed the possibilities with The World’s host Marco Werman.

Rubble from destroyed building and homes in Gaza

Gaza resident: ‘We all have the feeling we won’t make it until tomorrow’

Israel-Hamas war
Palestinians inspect their house which was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Aug. 8, 2022. 

As Israel-Palestinian truce holds, Gaza power plant restarts

Smoke plumes from airstrikes in Gaza.

Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire

Conflict & Justice
Palestinian children play on a ferris wheel near residential buildings that witnesses said were destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war in the summer of 2014, in Beit Lahiya town in the northern Gaza, July 27, 2015.

Gaza now has a toxic ‘biosphere of war’ that no one can escape

Conflict & Justice
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A demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest where Palestinians demand the right to return to their homeland, near the Israel-Gaza border in the southern Gaza Strip on April 13, 2018.

Two views of the Gaza protests, from each side of the border fence

Conflict

Palestinians are protesting in the Gaza Strip, with demonstrations planned for several more weeks. One Palestinian man says people just want a better future. An Israeli who lives on the other side of the border fence says he just wants to live in peace with his neighbors.

gaza art

Waging life in a war zone

Arts

From Gaza’s colorful neighborhood to its underground theater, resistance is an art.

Chef Wareef Kassem Hamedo.

The making of a Syrian refugee celebrity chef — in Gaza

Culture

Chef Wareef Kassem Hamedo believes food isn’t just food, it has a soul. He dreamed of opening a restaurant in his hometown of Aleppo, Syria. As the conflict there rages on, Hamedo has finally opened his restaurant — but as a refugee in Gaza.

Madeleine Kulab

Here are 6 women trying — against all odds — to build a future for Gaza

Conflict

It’s been a year since the 2014 Israel-Gaza war. In the wake of the conflict, vast devastation can still be seen across the Gaza Strip’s scarred landscape. Despite the challenges of living in Gaza, many press forward. These six women are working to find their way despite the trying circumstances.

Palestinians ride a donkey cart past destroyed and badly damaged residential buildings as they return to Beit Lahiya town, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during the Israeli offensive.

Residents of Gaza are digging through the rubble, anxious to find scraps of their past

Conflict

Huge swathes of Gaza lie in rubble in the aftermath of intense fighting between Hamas and Israel. Gazans who have returned to their homes during a ceasefire are shocked by the damage and hoping that the short peace will hold.Huge swathes of Gaza lie in rubble in the aftermath of intense fighting between Hamas and Israel. Gazans who have returned to their homes during a ceasefire are shocked by the damage and hoping that the short peace will hold.

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