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9 months into ceasefire, areas of Gaza are threatened by Israel's expanding control

NPR | By Aya Batrawy,

Anas Baba

Published July 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM CDT

The ceasefire left Gaza split in half: Israel's military occupied the east, and 2 million Palestinians squeezed into the remaining areas. But Israeli forces have been pushing deeper into Gaza.

Aya Batrawy

Aya Batraway is an NPR International Correspondent based in Dubai. She joined in 2022 from the Associated Press, where she was an editor and reporter for over 11 years.

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