Loveday Morris

Berlin

Berlin bureau chief covering Europe

Education: Exeter University, BA in Middle Eastern studies with Arabic

Loveday Morris is The Washington Post's Berlin bureau chief. Before moving to Germany in 2019, she spent a decade in reporting in the Middle East, most recently in Jerusalem. She previously spent three years in Iraq as Baghdad bureau chief covering the country's battles against the Islamic State, from Fallujah to Ramadi and Mosul. She started with The Post as Beirut correspondent in 2013, largely covering Syria's civil war. Before that, she freelanced from the region for publications including the United Kingdom's Independent newspaper. She began her career at Bloomberg News, covering financia
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New video, witnesses challenge Israel’s account of U.S. activist’s killing

The IDF said Aysenur Eygi was shot “unintentionally” during a “violent riot.” A Post analysis shows clashes had subsided and protesters had retreated.

September 11, 2024

U.S. demands IDF change West Bank operations after American’s killing

Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s comments were the strongest yet from a U.S. official after the Israeli military said it was “highly likely” it “unintentionally” killed Aysenur Eygi.

September 10, 2024

Palestinians honor U.S. activist killed in West Bank at memorial procession

Aysenur Eygi was killed at a protest in the West Bank. The closure of West Bank-Jordan land crossings has complicated efforts to repatriate her body to Turkey.

September 9, 2024
Palestinian security forces carry the body of Turkish American activist Aysenur Eygi during a memorial procession in the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday.

U.S. woman fatally shot at West Bank protest; witnesses say IDF shot her

The Israel Defense Forces said it was “looking into reports that a foreign national was killed as a result of shots fired in the area.”

September 6, 2024

Netanyahu’s conflicting messages confuse cease-fire talks, officials say 

Netanyahu this week said Israel would not withdraw from the Gaza-Egypt border, while his chief negotiator told mediators the military would eventually pull out.

September 4, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a news conference in Jerusalem on Monday.

As U.S. readies last cease-fire push, Netanyahu digs in on border demands

The Israeli prime minister’s insistence that troops stay in the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border is scuttling chances of a deal, officials say.

September 3, 2024
An Israeli tank moves along the border with the Gaza Strip on Aug. 29.

U.K. defends decision to restrict arms to Israel; Netanyahu calls it shameful

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the decision to halt 30 of 350 arms export licenses was “shameful,” while Amnesty International called it insufficient.

September 3, 2024
Police clear protesters on Aug. 16 outside the British Consulate in East Jerusalem who were calling on Britain to stop providing arms to Israel for its war in the Gaza Strip.

Israel launches major operation in West Bank; Palestinian officials say 11 killed

Israel’s military and internal security service said the operation was aimed at infrastructure used by militants in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm.

August 29, 2024
Video shows scenes from Jenin and Tulkarm after Israel raided the West Bank in a large-scale operation involving hundreds of troops on Aug. 28.

Hostage rescued from Gaza found alone in tunnel, Israeli military says

Farhan al-Qadi, 52, spent 326 days in captivity in Gaza before he was discovered by Israeli troops operating in southern Gaza.

August 27, 2024

Hamas claims Tel Aviv attack as Blinken promotes cease-fire in Israel

While the U.S. has said a deal could be concluded as early as this week, the explosion in Tel Aviv underscored the peril of the moment and the risk of escalation.

August 19, 2024
Israeli police and emergency responders at the scene of an explosion in Tel Aviv on Sunday.