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Artist's work rises from the ashes of a kibbutz attacked by Hamas onto a museum wall

Ziva Jelin and her family survived Hamas' brutal attack on Kibbutz Be'eri on Oct. 7. So did the 61-year-old artist's painting Curving Road, which now hangs in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

World

Mourners gather in Israel to honor memory of longtime peace activist Vivian Silver

Hundreds of mourners gathered at a funeral service for Canadian Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver. She was declared dead this week after her remains were found at her home in Israel.

Politics

In new poll, Jewish voters express strong support for Biden on Israel

Nearly three-quarters of Jewish voters surveyed say they support President Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war, even as a majority express disapproval of Israel's prime minister.

National

The U.S. has special rules for satellites over one country: Israel

It's not unusual for countries to restrict satellite images of sensitive locations. But in the case of Israel, a U.S. law seeks to protect an entire — and separate — country.

National

Gaza's largest hospital digs a mass grave as Israeli bombardment continues

Hospitals without fuel to power generators, including Al-Shifa and Al-Quds in northern Gaza, are effectively out of service, as patients and displaced people seek shelter and care options diminish.

A Palestinian American in Seattle holds her family's history close as war rages in Gaza

Sabrene Odeh, a Palestinian American who lives in Seattle, shares the harrowing stories of her family members who live in the West Bank and are living through airstrikes, assaults, threats, harassment, and fear in the wake of the Hamas attack and Israel's ongoing response.

National

As Israel orders Gaza hospitals to evacuate, health care is 'on its knees'

Israel says it wants hospitals in northern Gaza to empty out so it can go after Hamas militants operating there. Palestinians say health care is collapsing in the territory.

Politics

The brutal calculus of war: Is the killing of civilians ever justified?

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.

World

Israel revises down its death toll from the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks to about 1,200

In a text message to journalists, a spokesperson from Israel's Foreign Ministry said "around 1,200" is now what he called "the official number of people" killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7.