Aya Batrawy

Mideast Bureau Chief for the German Press Agency

Aya Batrawy appears in the following:

Blinken is in Israel aiming to negotiate a temporary cease-fire

Friday, March 22, 2024

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel after stops in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The war in Gaza is in its sixth month, and this is his sixth stop in the region since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

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Famine is imminent in northern Gaza, experts examining food insecurity say

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

A report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification says everyone in Gaza faces high levels of acute food insecurity, and more than a million struggle with catastrophic levels of hunger.

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A very different Ramadan in Gaza

Friday, March 15, 2024

The religious traditions and cultural hallmarks of Ramadan are impossible to observe in Gaza this year, where people are starving, displaced from their homes, mourning their dead and under threat of continued airstrikes.

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The war in Gaza alters they way many Muslims around the world celebrate Ramadan

Monday, March 11, 2024

The world has been pushing for a pause in the fighting in the Israel-Hamas war by the start of Ramadan. The Muslim holy month has begun and still no cease-fire agreement is in place.

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The death toll in Gaza hits a grim new milestone

Thursday, February 29, 2024

The health ministry says soon the death toll will reach 30,000 people — many of them women and children. But officials say the actual number is much higher.

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Without enough aid reaching Gaza, a young Palestinian baby dies of hunger

Monday, February 26, 2024

A baby in Gaza City died after going days without milk, a civil defense team says, as aid agencies warn of the risk of famine unless Israel permits much more aid to enter the besieged territory.

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The war in Gaza may be approaching a new phase

Friday, February 23, 2024

Negotiations toward a ceasefire in Gaza are progressing as Israel's prime minister sets a post-war vision. Negotiators from the U.S., Israel, Egypt and Qatar are to meet in Paris to discuss a deal.

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A crisis is underway as the Egyptian border is flooded with fleeing Palestinian refugees

Thursday, February 22, 2024

The Gaza war has created a crisis for Egypt, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees huddled against its border, facing a looming assault from Israeli forces.

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Egypt builds a buffer zone in anticipation of a Palestinian refugee spillover

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

More than half of Gaza's population has sought shelter in the southern region of Rafah across from Egypt's border. Israel warns of an impending ground invasion there if hostages aren't freed by Hamas.

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6-year-old Gaza girl was found dead days after pleading for rescue from Israeli fire

Monday, February 12, 2024

A girl in Gaza's pleas for help were heard around the world, but over the weekend the Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed the child was killed along with an ambulance crew that tried to rescue her.

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Egypt and Israel's ties are being tested by the war in Gaza and border security

Friday, February 02, 2024

The ties between Israel and Egypt have long been underpinned by security coordination, but tensions are mounting over concerns Israel may try to take control of Gaza's border with Egypt.

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From the occupied West Bank, an emergency hotline assists rescue efforts in Gaza

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

NPR visits an emergency hotline center in the West Bank assisting first responders in the Gaza Strip.

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A beautician in Gaza was about to open her dream salon. The war destroyed it

Thursday, January 25, 2024

A woman in Gaza reflects on what she has lost since Israel went to war against Hamas.

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A Palestinian-American family find itself amid a spike of violence in the West Bank

Monday, January 22, 2024

A Palestinian-American teenager was killed by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank. Israeli authorities are investigating the circumstances.

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Anti-war protesters turn out in Tel Aviv for demonstration approved by police

Friday, January 19, 2024

Israeli authorities permitted a rare anti-war protest in Tel Aviv. It drew several hundred people who called for an end to the fighting in Gaza, reflecting some of the divisions in Israel.

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100 days of war: 23,000 killed in Gaza, with over 60% of homes destroyed

Sunday, January 14, 2024

Since Israel's war with Hamas began in Gaza almost 100 days ago, more than 1 percent of the population has been killed. Most of the dead are women and children, according to Gaza health officials.

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Women in Gaza are desperately in need of washrooms, privacy and pads

Friday, January 05, 2024

Hundreds of thousands of displaced women in Gaza are not only struggling to survive Israeli bombardment, but also have to contend with private struggles trying to find washrooms and pads.

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An aid worker describes the 'unbearable' suffering of wounded children in Gaza

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

A medical worker who recently left Gaza describes the difficulties treating children who've lost limbs and face hopelessness.

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A top Qatari official discusses why Gaza is a policy priority

Friday, December 22, 2023

Qatar's ties to Hamas are controversial but useful. A top Qatari official tells NPR why the Gulf Arab state hosts senior Hamas figures and why Gaza is a policy priority.

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As Egypt's president looks set to return for a third term, voters express their hopes

Sunday, December 17, 2023

Egypt's president most likely won a third term in office last week. We talk to voters about what's on their minds.

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