And the scenes of what the Hamas operatives did in those villages will come out soon, and I suspect they will be dramatic and shocking. SIMON: Natan Sachs of the Brookings Institution. Thanks so much.

scott simon, host: Two American hostages have been freed by Hamas. Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter, Natalie Shoshana Raanan, from suburban Chicago will reportedly soon be reunited with family.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Yossi Mekelberg of Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Program, about the Israeli political response to a negotiated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The war between Hamas and Israel will soon enter its fourth month, and the destruction in Gaza is staggering. The war began when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7.

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Hamas has released four Israeli soldiers, all women, taken hostage in the attacks of October 7, 2023, and held in Gaza until today.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with H.A. Hellyer, nonresident scholar in the Middle East program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about Qatar's role as a mediator in the Israel-Hamas war.

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Over a month into the war in the Gaza Strip, international news organizations have little, if any, access to Gaza. Israel, which is bombing Gaza in response to the deadly Hamas ...

scott simon, host: Palestinian and Arab officials say they are outraged over images of scores of Palestinian men stripped to their underwear under the guard of Israeli soldiers.

Dartmouth College has set up forums to educate students and the public about the Israel-Hamas conflict. NPR's Scott Simon talks to professors Susannah Heschel and Tarek El-Ariss, the organizers.

scott simon, host: The relationship between the U.S. and Israel has become touchy at this point during the war in Gaza following the Hamas attacks on October 7. The U.S. has openly urged restraint ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks about the war in Gaza with Ophir Falk, a foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. President Biden says he's had recent extensive conversations with ...

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: One of the deadliest strikes in Gaza since the war began occurred today. Palestinian health officials say more than 90 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a ...