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Palestinian medic missing since deadly IDF attack on convoy is being detained by Israel, Red Cross says

Assad al-Nassasra's fate had remained unknown since he was targeted along with other Palestine Red Crescent Society medics in Rafah.
A Red Crescent ambulance with its emergency lights flashing drives toward a fire truck and other ambulances in Rafah, Gaza
A Red Crescent ambulance with its emergency lights flashing drives toward a fire truck and other ambulances in Rafah, Gaza

Hamas has 'lost contact' with group holding American Israeli hostage Edan Alexander

Edan Alexander, who grew up in New Jersey, was doing voluntary service with Israel’s military when he was taken hostage Oct. 7, 2023.
Relatives and supporters hold placards of Israeli hostages, including Edan Alexander, in Tel Aviv on Dec. 30, 2023.
Relatives and supporters hold placards of Israeli hostages, including Edan Alexander, in Tel Aviv on Dec. 30, 2023.

Ex-Israeli military and spy agency leaders say Netanyahu should end 'political' war in Gaza

“The targets of Netanyahu are different than the targets of the society," one former spy chief told NBC News.
Danny Yatom,David Bohbot
Danny Yatom,David Bohbot

Children in Gaza struggle to survive amid bombs and aid blockade

Video captured by NBC News’ crew showed children crowding around a soup kitchen, desperate to bring food home to their families.
Osama Al-Raqab is seen with his ribs jutting out, and next to him a hand holds out a cellphone photo showing a photo of him when he was a normal child's weight
Osama Al-Raqab is seen with his ribs jutting out, and next to him a hand holds out a cellphone photo showing a photo of him when he was a normal child's weight

Israeli military strikes Gaza City's last functioning hospital

The airstrike destroyed parts of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital and forced predawn evacuations of patients and staff members.
Israeli army targets hospital in Gaza Strip
Israeli army targets hospital in Gaza Strip

Palestinians struggle to find water as clean sources become increasingly scarce in Gaza

Many now have to walk, sometimes for miles, to get a small water fill after the Israeli military’s bombardment damaged a pipeline operated by state-owned Mekorot.
Image: PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-CONFLICT-DAILY LIFE
Image: PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-CONFLICT-DAILY LIFE

American teen was killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. The U.S. has said little about it.

“We have a U.S. citizen, a child, who was murdered in cold blood,” one official told NBC News. “Why should we not be treated equally as any other American?”
A recent photo of Amer Rabee.
A recent photo of Amer Rabee.

Former U.K. spy chief has advice for Trump: Go slow on Ukraine if you want the Nobel

Ex-MI6 head Richard Dearlove warned Trump that rushing into a truce and giving Russia concessions could pose grave danger to the West.
Cliveden Literary Festival, Berkshire, UK - 29 Sep 2019
Cliveden Literary Festival, Berkshire, UK - 29 Sep 2019

Indonesia offers shelter to Palestinians wounded and orphaned in Gaza

Indonesia is ready to evacuate a first batch of around 1,000 victims, who will stay in the country until they have fully recovered from their injuries.
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto

More journalists are killed in Gaza in latest Israeli airstrike

Yousef Al-Khozindar, a 27-year-old father working with NBC News’ crew in Gaza to procure supplies and fuel, was also killed in the strike in a tent camp.
Relatives mourn the loss of Palestinian journalist Ahmed Mansour of the news outlet Palestine Today during his funeral in Khan Younis, Gaza, on April 8, 2025.
Relatives mourn the loss of Palestinian journalist Ahmed Mansour of the news outlet Palestine Today during his funeral in Khan Younis, Gaza, on April 8, 2025.