Inc Nick Schifrin, @jorgensamso.bsky.social Hélène Franchineau @zebaism.bsky.social Eric O’Connor, Sonia Kopelev, Morgan Till, @sarajust.bsky.social. Thank you to @pulitzercenter.bsky.social for supporting our Sudan reporting, access for which was very hard won but so important.

Our coverage of the ongoing war in the Middle East today received a @peabodyawards.bsky.social nomination. Congratulations to everyone who contributed to our “War in the Holy Land” reporting. to.pbs.org/42HNNGN

PBS News Hour’s Coverage of the Ongoing War in the Middle East Receives Peabody Award Nomination

Arlington, VA (April 15, 2025)—PBS News Hour today received a Peabody Award nomination for its coverage of the ongoing war in the Middle East between Israel, Hamas in Gaza, and Hezbollah in Lebanon. T...

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Proud that our @pbsnews.org coverage of the war in Lebanon & Israel-Gaza is nominated again for the @peabodyawards.bsky.social Thank you! Shoutout to Morgan Till, Nick Schifrin @leilama.bsky.social @simonafoltyn.bsky.social + so many Honored to work with this stellar team!

Eid was Mubarak! Thinking of those souls who weren’t as fortunate, the ones who spent the day in hardships, without loved ones, without the abundance of food and joy that Eid should be about. A heartfelt prayer that may they be blessed with all that’s good for them. Ameen!

Spoke to Dr Feroze Sidhwa who’s at Nasser Hospital in W Gaza today. He was the resident surgeon attending victims of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 “This one mass casualty event (in Gaza) that we had overnight would overwhelm literally every hospital in the US” @newshour.bsky.social

“Israel has increasingly employed sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence against Palestinians…carried out genocidal acts…” - A new independent UN report www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

“More than a human can bear”: Israel's systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since October 2023

GENEVA - Israel has increasingly employed sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence against Palestinians as part of a broader effort to undermine their right to self-determination ...

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Israel has blocked aid into Gaza as Ramadan begins. It’s ‘a reckless act of collective punishment, explicitly prohibited under international humanitarian law… Humanitarian aid is not a bargaining chip for applying pressure on parties.’ From @Oxfam

“Not even water?” Not even water! #RamadanMubarak to you all. May this month bring peace, love, light and heal us in ways we didn’t know we needed to be healed. Spread joy!

Simply stunning. “We are not going to buy it. We will have it.” “We’ll have it. Hold it. Cherish it.” @POTUS on U.S. ownership of Gaza.

Incredible that it has to be stated but the International Medical Corps has debunked WH comments. NO U.S. government funding was used to procure or distribute condoms. Gaza has been at the brink of famine (which most likely took place), was being given life-saving supplies.

Watch our @NewsHour story from last night: We filmed families arriving for the first time to their homes in Rafah turned into a mountain of ruins. “Worse than a nightmare” With Shams Odeh in Gaza & @nickschifrin www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Gazans return to homes in ruins and begin clearing rubble as tenuous ceasefire holds

President Trump’s Middle East envoy said he would soon travel there and be part of a team of “outside observers” to ensure safety during the days-old ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. Nick Schifrin ...

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Process this: An average of 15 children a day in Gaza were left with potentially life-long disabilities due to explosive weapons in 2024. 15 children, every day. Source: @savethechildren.bsky.social @pbsnews.bsky.social

Per latest update from Dr Hossam Abu Safiya’s son Elias: -Dr has been transferred from Sde Temain to Ofer prison -Still under investigation -Lawyers have no access to him, still not charged with anything, family is worried he’s being tortured -Detention extended till Feb 13 @pbsnews.bsky.social

Watch our @pbsnews.bsky.social report from this week. We interviewed courageous Women.Life.Freedom activists *inside* Iran. One of the brave women I spoke to has now been arrested again. Watch her tell her story: With Nick Schifrin and Lachlan Hyatt t.co/SH2nuyWYa2

Biden Admin says that the drone sightings in New Jersey are lawful, commercial, hobbyist, law enforcement drones, even stars mistaken as drones, etc No national security risk Of the 5000 drone sightings reported in recent weeks, only 100 were deemed worth a follow-up @pbsnews.bsky.social

Heartbreaking. Khaled Nabhan, Reem’s grandfather has been killed in Gaza today. May he finally be at peace, reunited with his grandchildren, the soul of his soul. 💔

What India's Supreme Court can do when it wants to.

i don't know of many resources, but the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme is still operating in some of the camps: gcmhp.org/news. its new report, "There, People Suffer and Die" is devastating: gcmhp.org/publications/4/220 ➡️ gcmhp.org/app_files/publications/DZZBy68ysSa8m4s7.pdf

Anyone who’s spoken to children in Gaza would attest to this. A sibling duo 10 & 16 once told me how death is a constant thought in their head. Every day they feel could be their last. Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds

Needs assessment by NGO reveals the huge psychological impact of the war with Israel on young people

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The scenes from Sednaya prison in Damascus are simply stunning, sobering, heartbreaking. It’s hard to imagine what the families of the detainees are going through. To finally find their lost loved ones, to confront the horrors they’ve all been through. Our special report @pbsnews.bsky.social soon

Much beyond geopolitics, today is about Syrians and their incomprehensible loss, their tragedy and their wait for justice. Thinking of the millions of Syrians who were forced to flee, so many dying at sea, hundreds of thousands who were imprisoned, tortured, killed. Unimaginable.

When I spoke to Chef Mahmoud back in March, he had just begun feeding North Gaza’s famine-struck families in his soup kitchen “When you think you’re going to die, you want to start serving and helping others. It’s like a new lease of life,” he told me Last week, he was killed @pbsnews.bsky.social

Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.

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Today, South Korea is breaking news. President Yoon Sook Yeol has declared an emergency martial law citing threat of pro North Korean forces. Parliament and political party activities are banned. Those who violate can be arrested without a warrant. All media to be controlled.

Remember, Chef Mahmoud - the man who started the Gaza Soup Kitchen to feed hungry families, children in northern Gaza? He’s been killed this morning by an alleged Israeli drone. His family says it was a targeted assassination as he was helping people at Kamal Adwan Hospital.

In India, far-right leaders who make hate speeches, incite violence against religious minorities, are rarely booked for their crimes. But journalist Mohammed Zubair who reports on these crimes, is repeatedly harassed, is being prosecuted for promoting enmity Stop persecuting journalists!

Do read my latest for @pbsnews.bsky.social on how Meta is enabling hate crimes to be glorified and has become a hub to fundraise for extremist, violent groups in India.

Meanwhile, in South Asia, largely ignored by the 🌍 India: Muslims killed in alleged police firing in protests against the inspection of a historic mosque Pakistan: Intensified govt crackdown on supporters of jailed leader Imran Khan Bangladesh:Targeted violence against its Hindu minorities