Claire Parker

Cairo, Egypt

Cairo bureau chief

Education: Harvard University, BA in social studies with a minor in Middle Eastern studies and an Arabic language citation

Claire Parker is the Cairo bureau chief for The Washington Post, leading coverage of North Africa and Yemen. She was previously a staff writer on The Post's international desk, a freelance journalist in Tunisia and an Overseas Press Club Foundation fellow with the Associated Press in Paris.
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A famine looms in Gaza

As Israel continues to wage its military campaign against Hamas, we break down why it has blocked humanitarian aid — including food — into Gaza. Hunger and disease now threaten hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza.

January 18, 2024

As famine looms in Gaza, aid delivery remains difficult and dangerous

Aid agencies say the chief factors hampering the delivery of lifesaving assistance to Palestinians in Gaza fall almost entirely under Israel’s control.

January 17, 2024

What qualifies as genocide? Breaking down the ICJ case against Israel.

The ICJ case hinges on the definition of genocide and whether the judges find that Israel’s actions in and plans for Gaza meet that bar under international law.

January 12, 2024

What to know about the genocide case against Israel at the ICJ

South Africa argues Israel is violating international law by committing and failing to prevent genocide with the intention “to destroy Palestinians in Gaza.”

January 11, 2024

Displaced residents flee last hospital in central Gaza as fighting nears

With Israel believed to be moving toward more targeted attacks in Gaza, scenes of hospitals coming under fire were expected to cease, but central Gaza is the IDF’s latest target.

January 8, 2024

Longtime Israeli-Palestinian friendships fracture after Oct. 7 attack

A Jewish business owner in a West Bank settlement and his Palestinian employees built a friendship over decades. After Oct. 7, the relationship is “breaking apart.”

January 7, 2024

As Gazans return to destroyed homes, Israeli ministers push resettlement

Controversial proposals from some Israeli officials to evacuate Gazans to camps in Egypt or other third countries are causing rifts with Washington and the U.N.

January 4, 2024

Hezbollah chief vows ‘response and punishment’ after killing of senior Hamas leader in Lebanon

“If the enemy thinks of waging a war on Lebanon,” Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah said, they “will regret it.”

January 3, 2024

Senior Hamas leader killed in blast in Beirut, group says

The attack raised the specter of the conflict in Gaza expanding into the kind of full-scale war that Israel, Iran and its allied militias have so far avoided.

January 2, 2024

Senior Hamas leader killed in Beirut blast, group says; Maersk pauses Red Sea shipping

A U.S. defense official said Israel was responsible for a strike targeting Saleh Arouri, a senior Hamas leader.

January 2, 2024