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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NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi reports from Tel Aviv on the second day of Israeli strikes on Iran.
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Israel launched a massive attack on Iran, striking nuclear sites and killing top military commanders. In response, Iran has launched at least 100 missiles at Israel.
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The Israeli military said Iran launched retaliatory strikes throughout the night. This followed a major Israeli attack on Friday, targeting Iran's nuclear facilities and killing top military leaders. -
Israel has carried out air strikes in Iran, killing two top Iranian military leaders. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that U.S. forces were not involved in the attack.
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Israel launched an airstrike on Iran overnight. Blasts were heard in the capital Tehran around 3am local time. Israel's defense ministry warned it expects missile and drone retaliation. -
The antiwar movement in Israel has largely been driven by the desire to return the hostages home, but now there is a growing number focusing on the plight of Palestinians.
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A group running food distribution sites in Gaza says it has put its operations on hold Wednesday. That's after a shooting that killed 27 people, according to hospitals and health officials in Gaza.
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For the third time in as many days, Palestinians in Gaza have been shot while trying to get food. Israel has acknowledged that its soldiers opened fire on people who were approaching them. -
Hamas has responded to a U.S. ceasefire proposal in Gaza that includes the release of around half of its remaining living hostages.
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While the militant group says it will release 10 living and 18 deceased hostages still held in Gaza, there appear to be other details that need to be worked out before a ceasefire is declared.
