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A 12-year-old East Jerusalem Palestinian boy playing with fireworks was shot and killed by an Israeli border police officer. Israel's attorney general has launched an investigation.

An Israeli strike hit a food distribution center, killing a U.N. relief worker — a sign of the heightened dangers and challenges of bringing much-needed aid into Gaza during the war.

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan has arrived with no ceasefire in Gaza. There's growing anxiety about tensions spreading to Jerusalem, where the Al-Aqsa mosque sits at the very center of the conflict.

As Ramadan approaches, all eyes are on the Al Aqsa compound. Palestinians worry Israel will restrict access to the mosque. Israel has said entry will be permitted for the first week of Ramadan.

Tens of thousands of Ready-To-Eat meals have again been airdropped into Gaza by U.S. Air Force cargo planes. Officials say more drops are planned and the U.S. will take part in moving aid by sea.

The Palestinian prime minister in the occupied West Bank has announced that he is resigning, as pressure mounts for the moribund leadership to reform and possibly take charge of Gaza after the war.

Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea have drawn U.S. strikes in Yemen, dredging up traumatic memories of the country's recent civil war. But many Yemenis still support the attacks.

North Korea test-fired cruise missiles from its western coast for the third time this week, as Kim Jung Un warns of war with South Korea. Is it rhetoric or has North Korea decided to go to war?

Nearly one fifth of all Israeli soldier deaths in Gaza have been due to accidents or friendly fire. Military experts say that number is high even for urban conflict.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to author Alex Michaelides about his new murder mystery, The Fury.