• Deaths of IDF soldiers in Gaza mark Israel’s deadliest day since Oct. 7 Hamas attacks

    Deaths of IDF soldiers in Gaza mark Israel’s deadliest day since Oct. 7 Hamas attacks

    Jan 23, 2024 11:40 PM EDT

    Nick Schifrin: The fighting is most intense in Southern Gaza on Hamas' home turf, literally. Hamas' video shows a fighter firing from a bedroom window and Hamas fighters shooting from inside blown-out buildings, aiming at Israeli soldiers in buildings across the way. Israeli military video shows soldiers in close ...

  • UN’s top humanitarian official discusses crisis in Gaza

    UN’s top humanitarian official discusses crisis in Gaza

    Jan 23, 2024 11:35 PM EDT

    ... people who suffer, as we were discussing at the top of the piece, of the civilians who have had nothing to do with those decisions. Nick Schifrin: Martin Griffiths, the undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, thank you very much. Martin Griffiths: Thank you so much, Nick ...

  • Israeli leaders increasingly divided over Hamas war and prospect of two-state solution

    Israeli leaders increasingly divided over Hamas war and prospect of two-state solution

    Jan 22, 2024 11:56 PM EDT

    Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister (through interpreter): I utterly reject the Hamas monsters' capitulation terms. Only total victory will ensure the elimination of Hamas and the return of all our hostages. Nick Schifrin: But U.S. officials say there are negotiations over a longer pause in exchange for the release ...

  • Retired Israeli generals share opposing views on how war in Gaza should end

    Retired Israeli generals share opposing views on how war in Gaza should end

    Jan 22, 2024 11:55 PM EDT

    ... tremendous power and security control for a long time and require demilitarization for a long time and international oversight. I think things can be moved. Nick Schifrin: There are some who criticize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for making decisions based on personal decisions, trying to extend his prime ministership, as ...

  • American doctor who worked in Gaza describes dire humanitarian crisis civilians there face

    American doctor who worked in Gaza describes dire humanitarian crisis civilians there face

    Jan 18, 2024 11:30 PM EDT

    ... you tell her that her -- that she has to bury her child. That's what we're there for, to serve people that are suffering. Nick Schifrin: You're back in the U.S. You're in New York. What do you want world leaders to know, whether in New ...

  • State Department official overseeing Yemen discusses U.S. response to Houthi attacks

    State Department official overseeing Yemen discusses U.S. response to Houthi attacks

    Jan 17, 2024 11:45 PM EDT

    ... an ability where the international community can focus on the peace effort in Yemen and move away from this conflict and the attacks on shipping. Nick Schifrin: Could the military strikes have an impact on the peace efforts that you have helped lead, from the United States' perspective, which have ...

  • World leaders concerned about Mideast war escalating after attacks in Lebanon and Iraq

    World leaders concerned about Mideast war escalating after attacks in Lebanon and Iraq

    Jan 16, 2024 11:40 PM EDT

    Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Bin Jassim Al Thani, Qatari Prime Minister: What we have right now in the region is a recipe for escalation everywhere. Nick Schifrin: Three thousand miles away, at the World Economic Forum, leaders from the region and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan acknowledged concerns of wider war ...

  • Israeli officials disagree in public over how war with Hamas should end

    Israeli officials disagree in public over how war with Hamas should end

    Jan 16, 2024 11:35 PM EDT

    ... we can't just kick the can down the road. There are going to be some decisions we have to make sooner, rather than later. Nick Schifrin: There is some genuine frustration in the Biden administration with Netanyahu himself. Is Netanyahu listening? David Makovsky: Not sure. I mean, I think ...

  • Houthis vow revenge after U.S. and U.K. airstrikes in response to Red Sea attacks

    Houthis vow revenge after U.S. and U.K. airstrikes in response to Red Sea attacks

    Jan 12, 2024 11:55 PM EDT

    ... airstrikes are a bid to stop the Houthi disruption of shipping through the Red Sea and not intended to widen the war in Gaza. As Nick Schifrin reports, the U.S. warned it will strike again if the Houthi campaign continues. Nick Schifrin: For as far as the eye could ...

  • What's at stake for China and U.S. in Taiwan's presidential and parliamentary elections

    What's at stake for China and U.S. in Taiwan's presidential and parliamentary elections

    Jan 12, 2024 11:25 PM EDT

    ... determination to sustain a democratic system and to preserve their freedom. Nick Schifrin: Democracy here is only 35 years old, but, tomorrow, the people of Taiwan will choose their next leader, something the people of mainland China are not able to do. For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Nick Schifrin.