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, reporting on North Africa, Yemen and the Israel-Gaza war. 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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Israeli strike at Gaza’s al-Aqsa Hospital burns tents, killing at least 4

The Israeli military said it was targeting a Hamas command center. The site was filled with tents erected by families displaced by fighting in the enclave.

October 14, 2024

U.N. convoy to evacuate patients fails to reach besieged northern Gaza

An Israeli military operation in northern Gaza is overwhelming hospitals but the United Nations and other medical groups were prevented from evacuating patients.

October 11, 2024

Israelis, still at war, pause to remember the attacks of one year ago

Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip awoke Monday to air raid sirens, as they did on Oct. 7, 2023, during the surprise attacks by Hamas fighters.

October 7, 2024

Israel has momentum in its battle with Hezbollah. But what comes next?

Israel is racking up military wins against its regional foes. But fighting multiple wars will take its toll, and experts wonder what the long-term strategy is.

October 6, 2024
People gather outside the American University hospital after the arrival of several men who were wounded by exploding pagers last month in Beirut.

Khamenei gives rare public sermon as Israel weighs counterstrike on Iran

Iran’s foreign minister also traveled to Beirut as Israel struck the city’s suburbs and expanded the areas it ordered residents to flee.

October 4, 2024
Iranians listen to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's speech Friday at a mosque in Tehran.

Israel assesses Iranian missile damage, weighs response

The barrage of more than 180 missiles Tuesday left only scattered damage but was seen as a major provocation in an increasingly tense moment for the region.

October 2, 2024
Hani Karniel, the principal of the Shalhavot Chabad school in Gedera, Israel, sifts through the wreckage from Tuesday's missile strike. (Heidi Levine for The Washington Post)

Iran hits Israel with ballistic missiles; Netanyahu vows to strike back

Iran fired about 180 missiles at Israel, the military said, an attack that came with little advance warning.

October 1, 2024
Israel's Iron Dome antimissile system intercepts rockets, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on Tuesday.

Israel calls up reservists, telling troops to prepare for Lebanon incursion

The moves set off a diplomatic scramble as Hezbollah fired a ballistic missile at Tel Aviv and Israeli strikes killed more people in Lebanon, officials said.

September 25, 2024
An Israeli soldier stands next to tanks after a day of training in the Golan Heights on Sept. 19. The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah in multiple areas in southern Lebanon.

On the cusp of all-out war against Hezbollah, Israel weighs next move

Some in Israel have long advocated for a ground invasion, but Netanyahu has been reluctant. What happens now?

September 24, 2024
Smoke billows after an Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Abbasiyeh in southern Lebanon on Tuesday.

Pager attack on Hezbollah forces Iranian-backed allies to rethink devices

Israel’s apparent ability to infiltrate global supply chains has sent ripples of fear through Iran’s network of armed groups across the Middle East.

September 22, 2024
A man gestures at the funeral in Beirut for Hezbollah senior leader Ibrahim Aqil and Hezbollah member Mahmoud Hamad, who were killed in Friday's Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs.