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  Parents of slain Gaza activist Rachel Corrie carry her message forward 20 years after her death

  In the 20 years since their daughter, Rachel, was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip, Craig and Cindy Corrie have devoted their lives to her cause.

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  Watching war unfold is distressing — here's how to protect your mental health

  Doomscrolling won't help the people who are suffering and it might put you into a state of chronic stress. A psychiatrist who works with trauma shares advice for how to process global tragedy.

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  Seattle dad with children in the Israeli army hopes for peace, but supports war

  When Seattle attorney Dan Swedlow checks Instagram in the morning, it's not to distract himself from his work on labor law. He’s checking to make sure his adult children in Israel are safe and alive.

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  Seattle area faith leaders call on WA Congress members to back a ceasefire in Gaza

  Close to 200 Seattle area faith leaders from different backgrounds have signed onto a statement outlining a plan to address the rising death toll in Gaza, which has now surpassed 11,000. A portion of those faith leaders gathered in front of the Jackson Federal building on Thursday morning, looking for the attention of U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, and other federally elected officials.

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  A Palestinian American in Seattle holds her family's history close as war rages in Gaza

  Sabrene Odeh, a Palestinian American who lives in Seattle, shares the harrowing stories of her family members who live in the West Bank and are living through airstrikes, assaults, threats, harassment, and fear in the wake of the Hamas attack and Israel's ongoing response.

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  Seattle woman fears for kidnapped relatives in Gaza after losing aunt and uncle in Hamas attack

  Seattle's Natalie Smith has endured the murder of her aunt and uncle during the Hamas attack Oct. 7 on their kibbutz in Israel. Seven other members of her extended family are missing and believed to have been kidnapped and taken to Gaza.

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  This Seattle 'auntie' went to Gaza to make prosthetics for children. After being trapped in the war, she finally escaped

  Ramona Okumura is a prosthetics clinician who was helping make arms and legs for children when the war in Gaza erupted. Until Wednesday, her family wasn't sure whether she would be able to escape.

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  Is it true or not? Israeli group FakeReporter fact checks while seeking shelter

  A former Israeli combat soldier runs a nonprofit out of his in-laws' front yard that fact-checks posts on social media about the Israel-Hamas war in real time.
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  The Middle East crisis is stirring up a 'tsunami' of mental health woes

  The Israel-Gaza conflict is likely to leave people in the region struggling with trauma-related mental health symptoms for a long time to come.
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  Israel-Hamas war: Hamas spokesman says the group has no plans to release hostages

  A spokesman for Hamas spoke to NPR's Steve Inskeep from an undisclosed location in Gaza. He said the group has no plans to release nearly 200 people that it took hostage from Israel on Oct. 7.

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