WSJ: UAE informed the US American warplanes and drones based at Al Dhafra air base can no longer carry out strikes in Yemen and Iraq

US commanders are repositioning additional aircraft to Al Udeid air base in Qatar

wsj.com/politics/natio… via The Wall Street Journal

The unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza hasn't been seen since World War II, the UN says

Also unprecedented: The level of casualties – 5% of Gaza’s 2.3 million population -- in such a short time
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Dr. Adnan al-Bursh was taken away while treating patients in Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza before dying in Israeli custody four months later

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Israeli media say Israeli politician Yair Lapid to visit Abu Dhabi today

No details on why. Nothing reported in UAE press or state media

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At Brown, a Rare Agreement Between Administrators and Protesters

More than 1,000 have been arrested over the past 2 weeks in a cascade of student activism across the country
nytimes.com/2024/04/30/us/…

'A broken juvenile justice system'

nytimes.com/2024/04/30/nyr…

In Rafah, where Israel plans an assault 'with or without a deal', families weigh the risks of what to do - and where to go

Listen to Rafah’s busy streets, tents and what people there are saying

NPR 👇🏽

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Temperatures in Rafah reached 100F (38 C) last week. Plastic tents were sweltering.
At least one person died fleeing Gaza City.
Kids cooled off in the sea.

Watch this by NPR from Rafah, Gaza
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New: Bellingcat and Scripps News followed one IDF battalion’s movements across Gaza, geolocating their social posts to highlight IDF involvement in systematic destruction of Palestinian land and livelihoods: bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/2…

Palestinians in Rafah got a 'red-hot' look of what's to come this summer with temperatures soaring to 100F

Becky Sullivan reports with Anas Baba:

At least one person, a teenager, died of heat

Listen here to the 5 yr old kid dipping in the sea to cool off:
npr.org/2024/04/27/124…

Israeli Officials Believe I.C.C. Is Preparing Arrest Warrants Over War
nytimes.com/2024/04/28/wor…

'The baby, two months premature, was given an oxygen mask that engulfed her small face, and was transported to a larger hospital that has incubators.'

From Aya Batrawy and Anas Baba

npr.org/2024/04/26/124…

What to know about Israel's possible #Rafah offensive - great teamwork from Becky Sullivan, ⁦Aya Batrawy⁩, ⁦jane arraf⁩, Anas Baba in #Rafah #Gaza and many more from our teams in Washington DC.

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Nimr's in pain. It comes in waves; he convulses in pain.

NPR's Rob Schmitz reports with Anas Baba about the 12-yr-old.

He was shot multiple times by Israeli forces- kicked in the head- operated on, then tossed in prison.

He needs medical care abroad

npr.org/2024/04/24/124…

Sobering reporting from the morgue in Rafah from NPR's Aya Batrawy and Anas Baba on the ongoing war in Gaza and the ever-growing civilian toll even before Israel launches a new ground operation.
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