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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Palestinian citizens of Israel say they have experienced increased discrimination by Jewish Israelis since the attacks of Oct. 7.
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Israel has promised "repercussions" for Tuesday's Iranian missile attack, launched after Israel invaded southern Lebanon. Israeli and U.S. forces intercepted most of the 180 Iranian missiles.
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An American-Turkish citizen was shot and killed in the Israel Occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian health officials. The Seattle resident was protesting ultra-right hardliners land grabs.
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Benny Gantz, a former Israeli war cabinet member who walked out in June, has told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a deal to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza or else step down.
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Israel's stepped-up evacuation orders are shrinking the safe zones in Gaza, increasing danger to constantly displaced Palestinians.
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In an internal memo obtained by NPR, U.S. officials warn that Israel's "drastically increased" evacuation orders in Gaza have further displaced Palestinians and could debilitate aid efforts. -
Israel's military has launched one of its biggest operations — including airstrikes — on multiple cities in the West Bank, killing at least 9 people.
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As the Israeli military pushes into central Gaza, Palestinians evacuate the main hospital there, but many have nowhere safe to go.
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Israel says that early on Sunday it launched a “preemptive” strike against Hezbollah targets . Military officials say they had intelligence that the Iran-backed militants were about to attack.
