Palestinians walk among the rubble after four hostages were rescued from Gaza in an Israeli rescue operation on Saturday. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption
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Evangelicals from Brazil wade, pray and get baptized in the Jordan river in Israel on May 11, 2024 Maya Levin for NPR Maya Levin/Maya Levin hide caption
Using a tactical vehicle, New York City police enter an upper floor of Hamilton Hall on the Columbia University campus in New York on Tuesday, after protesters took over the building earlier in the day. Craig Ruttle/AP hide caption
Activists and students participate in an encampment protest at the University Yard at George Washington University on Thursday. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Georgia State Patrol officers detain a demonstrator on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Thursday. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption
Nadim Cheikhrouha, producer for the Oscar-nominated documentary Four Sisters, wears an Artists4Ceasefire pin as he attends the Academy Awards on Sunday. The pin features a hand with a black heart in the middle of it. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Emmalene Blake poses for a portrait in front of her mural showing Samia al-Atrash holding her niece Masa Khader, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza in October. Molly Keane for NPR hide caption
A grieving Palestinian, an Irish artist and the mural that brought them together
South Africa Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola and South African Ambassador to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela attend the International Court of Justice. Remko de Waal/ANP/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
South Africa's case for preventing genocide in Palestine; plus, why people love cults
Rimah Shahada poses in her daughter Aseel's bedroom in Qalandiya refugee camp in Ramallah, West Bank Nov. 22. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption
What the resumption of Israel-Hamas fighting means for Palestinians in Israeli jails
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses media during a joint press conference with French President in Jerusalem on October 24, 2023. Christophe Ena/Pool / AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A girl looks on as she stands by the rubble outside a building hit by Israeli bombardment in the southern Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023. Children in Gaza have been exposed to high levels of violence even before the current war, researchers say, increasing their risk of mental health challenges. Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
American mother and Massachusetts resident Wafaa Abuzayda, her husband and their baby have been stuck in Gaza since the siege began. They are among an estimated 1,700 people with European and U.S. citizenships who are trapped in the Gaza strip. Wafaa Abuzayda hide caption
A house destroyed by Hamas in the Kfar Aza kibbutz in southern Israel about 3 miles away from the border with Gaza. Tanya Habjouqa / NOOR for NPR hide caption
Sisters, wives, mothers, cousins of the village of Qusra gather to mourn those killed just days after the Hamas attacks in southern Israel. Tanya Habjouqa/NOOR for NPR hide caption
Palestinians brace for more violence after reprisal attacks in the West Bank
Hundreds of people gathered at the synagogue of the Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C., to show support for the victims of the surprise Hamas attack in southern Israel over the weekend. Elizabeth Gillis/NPR hide caption
Thousands of U.S. mourners grapple with losing those killed in Israel and Gaza
A view shows an area of Al Ahli Arab Hospital where hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a blast. The blast area was relatively small but occurred in a courtyard packed with Palestinian civilians. Mohammed Al-Masri/Reuters hide caption
Israeli paramedics evacuate an injured man at the site of a Palestinian car-ramming attack at a bus stop in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday. Oded Balilty/AP hide caption
Lina Abu Akleh sits near photographs of her late aunt, journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, at their family home in east Jerusalem in July. Rosie Scammell/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The family of slain Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh demands justice
An aerial view shows the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ma'ale Efrayim in the Jordan Valley, in June 2020. Oded Balilty/AP hide caption
Smoke and flames rise after Israeli fighter jets' airstrike hit an area in Khan Yunis, Gaza on May 13, 2021. Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Palestinians look at an unexploded bomb dropped by an Israeli F-16 warplane on Gaza City's Rimal neighbourhood on Tuesday. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen earlier this month in Jerusalem, has yet to decide publicly about the annexation of parts of the West Bank, despite a target date arriving Wednesday. Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speaks to constituents in Wixom, Mich., on Thursday. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
Protesters run to cover from teargas fired by Israeli troops near fence of Gaza Strip border with Israel on Saturday. The day marked the first anniversary of the Gaza border protests. Adel Hana/AP hide caption