In Gaza, the bombs have stopped falling, but are still killing people

NPR | By Rob Schmitz

Published November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM EST

After two years of war, Gaza is littered with unexploded bombs that continue to maim and kill despite a ceasefire.

Rob Schmitz

Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin, where he covers the human stories of a vast region reckoning with its past while it tries to guide the world toward a brighter future. From his base in the heart of Europe, Schmitz has covered Germany's levelheaded management of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of right-wing nationalist politics in Poland and creeping Chinese government influence inside the Czech Republic.

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