Israeli soldiers and emergency personnel gather near ambulances following a shooting attack near Yehuda Junction, near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. Mahmoud Illean/AP hide caption
October 23, 2026 • Israeli soldiers shot and killed two men who the military said had launched an attack near the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Friday morning. At least five people were injured, including some critically.
Traffic in Tehran on Wednesday moves past an installation depicting butterflies forming the Iranian national flag. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
October 22, 2026 • The U.S. and Israel are preparing plans for a possible attack on Iran in early November, after the U.S. midterm elections, a person briefed on war planning told NPR. Iran said it is prepared.
In this file photo from 2023, U.S. and Israeli flags fill a field in Boston, Massachusetts. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
October 21, 2026 • The pro-Israel lobbying group and influential political funder announced it would no longer endorse candidates or give directly to campaigns. AIPAC's affiliated super PAC, though, will continue.
Israeli security forces, including military and police, declared a closed military zone around a olive grove and escorted activists and rabbis away from the area before detaining them near the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit in the occupied West Bank. Ruth Sherlock/NPR hide caption
October 21, 2026 • In the Israeli occupied West Bank, dozens of Americans have been detained, including a politician running for Congress.
Israeli security forces, including military and police, declared a closed military zone around a olive grove and escorted activists and rabbis away from the area before detaining them near the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit in the occupied West Bank. Ruth Sherlock/NPR hide caption
October 21, 2026 • Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander along with dozens of American and Israeli rabbis and activists were helping Palestinian olive harvesters when they were detained by Israeli forces.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, speaks with supporters while he campaigns ahead of the country's general election at a shopping mall in Ramla, Israel, Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption
October 19, 2026 • Israel holds an election on October 27th, electing members of the Knesset, their parliament. And this election will decide the future of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
FILE - President Donald Trump listens as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
October 19, 2026 • Trump said in a post on social media that Netanyahu "has been a Great Warrior Prime Minister, and an even greater Partner for Peace in combatting the Islamic Republic of Iran."
An Israeli woman holds a national flag next to campaign posters of the Yashar party as she and others call on people to vote near Shtulim on October 15, 2026. Israel heads to the polls on October 27 in its first election since the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack, in what is seen as a referendum on the prime minister. Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP via Getty Images hide caption
October 18, 2026 • Israelis will vote in national elections next week. It’s the first vote since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and the Gaza war. Many Israelis call it the most important vote in their country’s history.
Photojournalist Heidi Levine leaves a hospital emergency room in a wheelchair in the Israeli-occupied city of Ramallah, West Bank. She's being treated after an attack by Israeli settlers as she was photographing Palestinian farmers harvesting their olives, in the Palestinian village of Abu Falah on Friday. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
October 16, 2026 • Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians as they were harvesting olives in the occupied West Bank on Friday, injuring several people including a photojournalist working for The Washington Post .
A mural depicting Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, directors of the documentary NAZA about Israeli military killing of Palestinians in the war in Gaza, has layers of graffiti on it, in Ashdod, Israel. Initially painted by an artist accusing the filmmakers of being "traitors," someone later scrawled the Hebrew word for "heroes" over it. Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
October 15, 2026 • In the new documentary “NAZA”, two dozen anonymous Israeli military and intelligence officers describe how they used an AI-powered system to kill Palestinians in Gaza. The film’s premiere received a 25-minute standing ovation at Venice International Film Festival. But in Israel, it has caused a major backlash.
This image from video obtained and verified by AP shows thick black smoke and flames rising from a fire at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP) AP/UGC hide caption
October 10, 2026 • A projectile struck a passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh on Sunday, a day after a missile hit the same terminal and killed 12 people, officials said.
This image from video obtained and verified by AP shows thick black smoke and flames rising from a fire at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. UGC via AP hide caption
October 10, 2026 • The surge in attacks, including against other Saudi airports, military facilities and oil infrastructure, has come in the week since a Saudi-led coalition launched a major military offensive against the Houthis.
A Palestinian mother mourns her son, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike just over a month into the ceasefire, at Al-Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, on Nov. 20, 2025. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption
October 10, 2026 • It has been one year since Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages and President Trump promised an end to the war, but Palestinians say the past 12 months have been a ceasefire in name only.
South African lawyer Navanethem "Navi" Pillay sits at the Nuremberg Forum in Germany following the announcement that she will be awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee is honoring her for her efforts to promote peace and international law. Daniel Karmann/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption
October 9, 2026 • South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing human rights and international law.
Sailors wave aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier as it returns to Naval Air Station North Island after deployment Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in Coronado, Calif. Gregory Bull/AP hide caption
October 8, 2026 • The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has returned home after a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war. The extended deployment drew attention following reports of crew stress and supply shortages.
Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians stand amid damaged buildings in Gaza City, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption
October 8, 2026 • It has been three years since the Hamas-led attacks on Israel that led to Israel’s invasion of Gaza. It’s a war that has yet to end, despite a ceasefire.
Construction work taking place in a massive new neighborhood in Sderot, Israel, located less than a mile from the Yellow Line, on Sept. 1, 2026 Amit Elkayam for NPR hide caption
October 7, 2026 • Three years after the October 7th attacks, Israel’s southern border with Gaza is undergoing a dramatic rebound. That region was nearly abandoned after thousands of Hamas-led militants attacked Israeli communities. That attack killed nearly 12-hundred people, and 250 more were taken hostage.
Trees line a road inside Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel on Aug. 31, 2026, amid efforts to rebuild communities near the Gaza border after the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7. Amit Elkayam for NPR hide caption
October 7, 2026 • Three years after the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7 emptied communities along Israel's border with Gaza, residents are returning and new families are moving in.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath during a state memorial ceremony in memory of those killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel, at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on Oct. 5. Debbie Hill/Pool UPI via AP hide caption
October 7, 2026 • On the three-year mark since the Hamas-led deadly attack, Israelis are grappling with reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was repeatedly warned by regional allies ahead of time.
Raz Zarfati, sister of Ron Zarfati who was killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, attend a memorial marking the third anniversary of the attack at the Nova music festival site near Kibbutz Reim, southern Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. Ohad Zwigenberg/AP hide caption
October 7, 2026 • Israelis are gathering Wednesday to commemorate the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that killed 1,200 people, and sparked a devastating war in Gaza that Palestinians still grapple with.
An Israeli airline El Al aircraft is parked on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport near the city of Lod on Friday. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
October 5, 2026 • The ongoing investigation has found the attacker intended to crash the plane into Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, a person familiar with the matter but not authorized to speak publicly told NPR.
Much of the documentary NAZA is filmed on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, where Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham conducted one-on-one interviews with Israeli soldiers and intelligence personnel. The Guardian hide caption
October 2, 2026 • NAZA is an acronym for nezek agavi , Hebrew for "collateral damage." It refers to the number of civilian casualties the Israeli military deems acceptable. The documentary is made by Israeli filmmakers.
September 30, 2026 • As a Syrian glassmaker created his wares in Damascus, watching his craft reminded this reporter to slow down and enjoy the moment.
A passenger raises his arms in relief as he walks through the domestic arrivals doors with his dog and luggage at Ben Gurion Airport in Tzafria, Israel, on Wednesday. A FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was diverted to Saudi Arabia after a violent altercation in the cockpit. Erik Marmor/Getty Images hide caption
September 30, 2026 • Officials in the UAE, which is leading the inquiry, say they're still trying to learn what motivated the attack. Israeli officials also have called it a terrorist attack.
