Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Hadeel al-Shalchi is an editor with Weekend Edition. Prior to joining NPR, Al-Shalchi was a Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press and covered the Arab Spring from Tunisia, Bahrain, Egypt, and Libya. In 2012, she joined Reuters as the Libya correspondent where she covered the country post-war and investigated the death of Ambassador Chris Stephens. Al-Shalchi also covered the front lines of Aleppo in 2012. She is fluent in Arabic.
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With a ceasefire in place in Gaza, Bethlehem in the West Bank is resuming its festive Christmas celebrations.
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Palestinians say Israel has demolished hundreds of homes near Jerusalem, displacing hundreds of Palestinians as new Jewish settlements are greenlit in the West Bank.
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Palestinians in Gaza are slowly bringing back Christmas celebrations after more than two years of war. The Holy Family Church in Gaza City gathered this week to decorate the church.
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A storm has battered the Gaza Strip, creating misery for displaced Palestinians and delaying the search for the body of the last Israeli hostage held by militants there. -
People gathered in Bethlehem, in the Israeli occupied West Bank, to watch the lighting of the Christmas tree Saturday. It's the first time it's happened since the war in Gaza began two years ago.
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Israel said it struck military targets in Syria's capital to intervene after clashes between Syrian security forces and Bedouins against the Druze in southern Syria. -
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President Trump says Israel has agreed to a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept it. This comes ahead of a Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the White House next week.
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Israel's war with Iran drags into its second week after U.S. attacks on nuclear sites in Iran. In Tel Aviv, Israelis are taking stock of the damage and eyes are on what Israel will do next.
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President Trump left the G7 summit in Canada to focus on the conflict between Israel and Iran, he said. NPR reports the latest in the rapidly escalating conflict between the two countries.
