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  • Who should pay to rebuild Gaza?
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    From the BBC World Service: A joint report from the United Nations and the World Bank suggests it would cost $18 billion to rebuild Gaza.

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  • Worshippers carry a wooden cross as part of Easter activities in Jerusalem in 2018.
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    From the BBC World Service: Thousands of tourists usually flock to Jerusalem and Bethlehem during Easter, but there’s been a massive drop since the war in Gaza.

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  • Displaced Palestinians collect food donated by a charity on March 11.
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    From the BBC World Service: The U.N. agency UNRWA reports that it is being blocked from delivering food to northern areas of Gaza.

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  • RAFAH, GAZA - MARCH 06 Palestinian children carry empty bowls during a march demanding an end to the war and an end to the famine that citizens suffer from due to the war on March 6, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. As of Thursday February 29th, more than 30,000 people had been killed in Gaza since the start of the war on Oct. 7, according to the territory's health ministry. Also this week, more details have emerged of a potential new ceasefire deal that could start before Ramadan, pending further negotiations by Israel, Hamas and foreign mediators.
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    The U.N.’s World Food Program says Gazans aren’t getting enough to eat. How to get lifesaving shipments into the region?

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  • Children walk with plastic fluid containers past the rubble of a building that was destroyed during Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 14, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group.
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    Israel’s war in Gaza has decimated the area’s economy and infrastructure.

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  • Feb 8, 2024

    My name is Hana

    Hana Albaioumy
    Hana Albaioumy

    How do you think about the future when you’re in survival mode?

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  • Host Reema Khrais with her father, Jamal.
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    In the season premiere of “This Is Uncomfortable,” an intimate conversation between Reema and her father about his childhood in Gaza and what the future holds for their family.

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  • Gaza: UN urges donors to reconsider funding freeze
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    From the BBC World Service: Top United Nations officials are warning that the aid system in Gaza could collapse.

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  • How satellite radar helps scientists map the destruction in Gaza
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    Ph.D. candidate Corey Scher and geography professor Jamon Van Den Hoek have been collecting radar data on the loss of buildings during Israel’s bombing campaign. In an intensely politicized environment, their method offers “transparent and reproducible” information, Scher says.

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  • Roughly a third of global shipping usually passes through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea.
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    The attacks on ships by Houthi rebels are forcing expensive detours and more costly insurance for ships.

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