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The Democratic Party is confronting internal divisions over the special relationship between the U.S. and Israel after the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war exposed political differences.

About 240 hostages are being held in Gaza. Their families and many in Israel say they support a prisoner swap: Israel releasing all its Palestinian detainees in exchange for the captives' release.

New public data for redistricting and other uses may be reduced as Trump officials limit the ways the Census Bureau can protect people's privacy when it releases statistics.

Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Jews have broad exemption from military duty. But the expanded war on Hamas has intensified pressure to change that.

In 1982, local militias allied with Israel killed hundreds in Lebanon's Shatila camp. While much has changed in the camp in the last four decades, Palestinians still hold the memory.

The temporary cease-fire in Gaza has been extended, as Israel and Hamas swap additional hostages and prisoners.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with the family of Israeli-American Sagui Dekel-Chen, who is being held hostage by Hamas.

In recent days, Israeli forces have traded artillery and rocket fire with Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia that operates in Lebanon. People near Israel's northern border share how they feel.

Israeli officials have accused international groups, including the United Nations, of ignoring what it describes as evidence of rape and sexual violence by Hamas fighters during the Oct. 7 attacks.

Qatar and Pakistan said the talks made "encouraging progress" despite a rocky start after Trump made threats to "hit Iran very hard again" while the U.S. and Iranian negotiators met in Switzerland.