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Yousef Hammash with his wife and children, Elia and Ahmad.

‘I don’t know what’s waiting for us in the next minute’: A father tries to protect his family in Gaza

Israel-Hamas war

Israel has signaled that it’s planning to expand operations in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza. About a million Palestinians are crammed into the city near the Egyptian border after repeatedly being told to move south, and now they say they have nowhere left to flee. The World’s host Carolyn Beeler speaks to Yousef Hammash, who works with the aid group the Norwegian Refugee Council, and moved there months ago with this family.

A video still from an athletic center in Ramallah, in the West Bank, where hundreds of Palestinian workers from the Gaza Strip are stranded.

For Palestinians, the fear of displacement cuts deep

Israel-Hamas war

Egypt vows swift response to violent attack from Sinai region

Egypt Unrest: Israel Officially Silent, but Many are Pleased by Morsi’s Ouster

Global Politics

Israel Court Rules Rachel Corrie Death an Accident

Conflict & Justice

Egypt Vows to Hunt Down Assassins

Conflict & Justice

Heavily-armed gunmen attacked an Egyptian border post near the Gaza Strip and Israel Sunday night.

The World

Egypt’s Rafah Border Reunites Palestinians

Global Politics

The World’s Matthew Bell reports on what Egypt’s opening of the Rafah border crossing into the Gaza Strip means for Palestinians living there. For one thing, elderly Palestinians can visit families they haven’t seen in years.

Ambassador Martin Indyk on Egypt Opening Gaza’s Border

In a major departure from the policy of the Mubarak regime, Egypt’s official news agency has announced that, as of Saturday, May 28, 2011, the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza will be permanently opened. The border’s periodic openings and closings over the decades have reflected tensions between Israel and the Palestinian Territories –  and […]

The World

Egypt permanently opens Gaza border

Conflict & Justice

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with The World’s Matthew Bell in Jerusalem about reaction there to news that Egypt is permanently opening its Rafah border crossing. The Rafah border is the only way in and out of Gaza that does not pass through Israel.

The World

Egypt will not open border crossing into Gaza

In a speech today, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak said his country will not fully open the border crossing into Gaza. He said that it will remain that way until the Palestinian Authority is in control of the border post.