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      <title>One family. One attack. 132 names. A Gaza investigation</title>
      <description>More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel&apos;s war with Hamas, Gaza health officials say. We reconstructed what happened in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the war.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2025/03/24/nx-s1-5323901/gaza-building-israel-strike-casualties</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5760x3840+0+0/resize/5760x3840!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbd%2Ff0%2Fbfe07fdc46eb811e3b9385179585%2F0r9a8165.jpg' alt='Mohammed Nabil Abu Naser holds a handwritten list of family members killed in an October 2024 Israeli strike in northern Gaza.'/><p>More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war with Hamas, Gaza health officials say. We reconstructed what happened in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the war.</p><p>(Image credit: Mahmoud Rehan)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5323901' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Daniel Estrin</dc:creator>
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      <title>Israel used a U.S.-made bomb in a deadly U.N. school strike in Gaza</title>
      <description>Israel dropped a bomb on a U.N.-run school it said was being used by Hamas. The blast killed dozens, including women and children, medics and witnesses say. The bomb was U.S.-made, NPR has discovered.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2024 16:46:52 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/06/06/nx-s1-4995090/israel-gaza-school-strike-us-bomb</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4032x3024+0+0/resize/4032x3024!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5b%2Fb7%2Fca53ef0942d3b2364edcb35e909e%2Fwhatsapp-image-2024-06-06-at-12-03-59.jpeg' alt='The aftermath of an Israeli strike on a U.N. school compound in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, that killed more than 30 people, including children, according to a Gaza hospital director. Israel said it was targeting Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives hiding in two school classrooms.'/><p>Israel dropped a bomb on a U.N.-run school it said was being used by Hamas. The blast killed dozens, including women and children, medics and witnesses say. The bomb was U.S.-made, NPR has discovered.</p><p>(Image credit: Anas Baba for NPR)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-4995090' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Daniel Estrin</dc:creator>
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      <title>Why the U.N. revised the numbers of women and children killed in Gaza</title>
      <description>Here&apos;s a closer look at the United Nations&apos; breakdown of casualties. The overall total of more than 35,000 Palestinians killed since Oct. 7, based on Gaza Health Ministry figures, has not declined.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 11:12:44 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1251265727/un-gaza-death-toll-women-children</link>
      <guid>https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1251265727/un-gaza-death-toll-women-children</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/14/gettyimages-2151136394_slide-504c2f2a0072fda9790aceba6801a70319ac5c92.jpg' alt='A woman mourns as she carries the shrouded body of a child killed following overnight Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 6.'/><p>Here's a closer look at the United Nations' breakdown of casualties. The overall total of more than 35,000 Palestinians killed since Oct. 7, based on Gaza Health Ministry figures, has not declined.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1251265727' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Aya Batrawy</dc:creator>
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      <title>A baby girl born orphaned and premature after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza has died</title>
      <description>The newborn died after five days in an incubator. Her family was killed in an air strike. UNICEF says 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, with thousands more orphaned and wounded.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:21:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/04/26/1247453317/gaza-baby-girl-mother-killed-israel-airstrike</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/04/26/2024-04-26t110242z_1_lynxnpek3p0d8_rtroptp_4_israel-palestinians-gaza-baby_slide-816917fb93cb6cb7b2852361db355ed988c0419e.jpg' alt='A Palestinian baby girl, saved from the womb of her mother Sabreen Al-Sakani, who was killed in an Israeli strike along with her husband Shukri Jouda and her daughter Malak, lies in an incubator at the Emirati hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, April 21.'/><p>The newborn died after five days in an incubator. Her family was killed in an air strike. UNICEF says 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, with thousands more orphaned and wounded.</p><p>(Image credit: Mohammed Salem)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1247453317' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Aya Batrawy</dc:creator>
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      <title>Reuters releases investigation finding Israeli tank fire killed 1 of its journalists</title>
      <description>The news agency says it found evidence that Israeli forces were responsible for the October death of journalist Issam Abdallah. Israel&apos;s military is investigating but says it doesn&apos;t target the press.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 13:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2023/12/07/1217855847/reuters-journalist-death-issam-abdallah-israel</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/12/07/2023-12-07t114004z_1372230818_rc28s4awriqf_rtrmadp_3_israel-lebanon-journalist-reaction-99734a5cd42425271d9d4b86377a4994902114dc.jpg' alt='The camera that belonged to Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah, who was killed by what a Reuters investigation has found was an Israeli tank crew, is displayed during a press conference by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday.'/><p>The news agency says it found evidence that Israeli forces were responsible for the October death of journalist Issam Abdallah. Israel's military is investigating but says it doesn't target the press.</p><p>(Image credit: Emilie Madi)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1217855847' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Jane Arraf</dc:creator>
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      <title>The brutal calculus of war: Is the killing of civilians ever justified?</title>
      <description>The numbers are classified, but U.S. military planners use what&apos;s called a collateral damage estimate to gauge how many civilians might be killed in an attack on a target. Here&apos;s what that means.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2023 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2023/11/11/1212326333/proportionality-israel-gaza-war-war-crimes</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The numbers are classified, but U.S. military planners use what's called a collateral damage estimate to gauge how many civilians might be killed in an attack on a target. Here's what that means.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1212326333' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Tom Bowman</dc:creator>
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      <title>What is a war crime, and who gets held accountable? Here&apos;s what you need to know</title>
      <description>The conflict between Israel and Hamas has led to accusations of war crimes on both sides, as combatants are bound by international humanitarian law to minimize the impact on civilians.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 08:24:43 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1206157206/israel-hamas-war-crimes-international-law-geneva-convention</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/10/17/gettyimages-1712282101_slide-d9a5adda504ce03b6ad4ebb990060a177ef081af.jpg' alt='Palestinian militants fire rockets into Israel from Gaza Strip, Oct. 7.'/><p>The conflict between Israel and Hamas has led to accusations of war crimes on both sides, as combatants are bound by international humanitarian law to minimize the impact on civilians.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1206157206' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Scott Neuman</dc:creator>
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      <title>Pentagon files reveal flaws in U.S. claims about Syrian casualties in Baghdadi raid</title>
      <description>The U.S. Defense Department said troops spared civilians during a celebrated 2019 raid against the leader of ISIS, but NPR has uncovered new details that challenge the U.S. claims.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2023 05:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2023/07/21/1186437871/pentagon-files-baghdadi-raid-syria-civilian-casualties</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/07/13/gettyimages-1178419694_slide-4793194f4b8a6200d5e43b6ee9db5ad261d33307.jpg' alt='This photo, taken Oct. 27, 2019, the day after the raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's compound in Syria, shows the van that was targeted by U.S. airstrikes. Photos of the van prompted questions about who was targeted.'/><p>The U.S. Defense Department said troops spared civilians during a celebrated 2019 raid against the leader of ISIS, but NPR has uncovered new details that challenge the U.S. claims.</p><p>(Image credit: Omar Haj Kadour)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1186437871' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Daniel Estrin</dc:creator>
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      <title>She saved the diary of a Ukrainian writer killed by Russia. Then she was killed, too</title>
      <description>Award-winning novelist Victoria Amelina, who retrained as a war crimes researcher to document Russian atrocities and preserve Ukrainian culture, has met a tragic end.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2023 06:00:27 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2023/07/15/1187498040/russia-ukraine-war-writers-killed</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/07/13/20230528-_dsc9102-edit_slide-5fb51f4a6f4382a984f3b0f556ecf04ececa8edf.jpg' alt='Victoria Amelina stands next to a cherry tree in the backyard of Volodymyr Vakulenko, a Ukrainian children's book author, where he buried his diary of living under Russian occupation in Kapytolivka before he was killed.'/><p>Award-winning novelist Victoria Amelina, who retrained as a war crimes researcher to document Russian atrocities and preserve Ukrainian culture, has met a tragic end.</p><p>(Image credit: Claire Harbage)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1187498040' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Joanna Kakissis</dc:creator>
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      <title>The U.S. promised Ukraine cluster bombs. In Laos, they still kill civilians</title>
      <description>The U.S. dropped over 2 million tons of ordnance on Laos, including cluster bombs, in the 1960s and &apos;70s. To this day, many people are killed, crippled and disfigured by them, writes Lewis M. Simons.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 12:37:42 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2023/07/11/1186949348/us-cluster-munitions-civilian-casualties-laos</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/07/11/gettyimages-174560481_slide-613b832ef7c561dff6b89ff481f740f13aee1752.jpg' alt='View of a collection of defused cluster bombs and grenades used by an international bomb disposal group for training in Savannakhet, Laos, on May 2, 2006.'/><p>The U.S. dropped over 2 million tons of ordnance on Laos, including cluster bombs, in the 1960s and '70s. To this day, many people are killed, crippled and disfigured by them, writes Lewis M. Simons.</p><p>(Image credit: Jerry Redfern)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1186949348' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Lewis M. Simons</dc:creator>
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