Daniel Estrin
Daniel Estrin is NPR's international correspondent in Jerusalem.
Since joining NPR in 2017, he has reported from Israel, Gaza, the West Bank, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates. He has chronicled the Trump Administration's policies that have shaped the region, and told stories of everyday life for Israelis and Palestinians. He has also uncovered tales of ancient manuscripts, secret agents and forbidden travel.
He and his team were awarded an Edward R. Murrow award for a 2019 report challenging the U.S. military's account about its raid against ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Estrin has reported from the Middle East for over a decade, including seven years with the Associated Press. His reporting has taken him to Britain, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Jordan, Russia and Ukraine. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Republic, PRI's The World and other media.
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Israel's military said it is still fighting Hamas militants in southern Israel after they broke through the Gaza border to launch an unprecedented wave of attacks. Israel responded with air strikes. -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to exact an "immense price from the enemy" after Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip used paragliders and other means to infiltrate Israel. -
The decision is part of a deal that requires Israel to end bans and restrictions on Palestinian Americans and other Arab Americans traveling to Israel. -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not interfere in his corruption trial, vowing to keep the country's attorney general in place. But he considers reappointing a convicted cabinet member. -
The vote in the Knesset capped a monthslong campaign to overhaul the judicial system by Israel's far-right government, a move critics say pushes the country toward authoritarianism. -
The U.S. Defense Department said troops spared civilians during a celebrated 2019 raid against the leader of ISIS, but NPR has uncovered new details that challenge the U.S. claims. -
قالت وزارة الدفاع الأمريكية إن القوات الأمريكية لم تؤذي المدنيين خلال عملية البغدادي عام 2019 ، لكن الإذاعة الوطنية العامة NPR تكشف عن تفاصيل جديدة تناقض هذه الادعاءات. -
As much as a quarter of the Palestinian population of the crowded Jenin refugee camp has fled an Israeli military offensive, the United Nations says. -
Palestinians mark 75 years since what they call the Nakba , or "catastrophe," when Palestinians were displaced in Israel's founding war.
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The international body is following through on a resolution to memorialize the mass displacement of Palestinians from their homes in 1948 that coincided with the founding of Israel.
