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Palestinian child suffering from skin infections and severe malnutrition receives treatment at Al-Nasser Hospital, Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, May 12, 2026. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)

Rats, raw sewage, skin diseases: Israel’s siege is ravaging Gaza’s displaced

As Israel continues to restrict aid, Gaza’s shattered health system is struggling to treat and contain illnesses spreading through overcrowded tent camps.

By Ahmed Dremly and Ibtisam Mahdi May 29, 2026

Funeral for three Palestinians killed by Israeli forces west of Gaza City, at Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, March 8, 2026. (Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills)

‘The war is between Israel and Iran. Why should people in Gaza pay the price?’

After closures of Gaza’s crossings drove up food costs and stalled medical evacuations, ongoing Israeli strikes raise fears of a renewed large-scale assault.

By Ahmed Dremly and Ibtisam Mahdi March 10, 2026

Foreign and Israeli journalists stand on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip in the city of Sderot, southern Israel, October 19, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

The legal fight to open Gaza to foreign press has failed. It’s time to change course

As Israel’s Supreme Court continues enabling the government’s foreign media ban, Palestinian journalists are paying the price. Further legal efforts are futile.

By Amos Brison February 6, 2026

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Gazans visit the ruins of Al-Baqa Cafe, Gaza City, after Israeli forces dropped a 500lb bomb on the site, June 30, 2025. (Omar El Qataa)

Gaza’s Al-Baqa Cafe was a sanctuary amid the genocide. Now it lies in ruins

With a 500lb bomb, Israel destroyed a beloved seaside cafe that offered rare respite for journalists and residents. Gazans remember the dozens killed.

By Ruwaida Amer July 3, 2025

UK-flagged vessel Madleen enter the Ashdod port, after the Israeli army took control on the vessel overnight, in Ashdod, June 9, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Trolling the Madleen reveals the depths of the Israeli media’s delusion

After Israel seized the Gaza-bound flotilla and subjected its passengers to humiliating displays, the media and public framed it as a ‘PR win.’

By Oren Ziv June 11, 2025

Palestinians evacuate from northern Gaza amid Israel's siege, December 4, 2024. (Omar El-Qattaa)

Israel storms northern Gaza’s last hospital as remaining residents forced south

The attack on Kamal Adwan marks the culmination of a three-month campaign of ethnic cleansing and destruction in the northern city of Beit Lahiya.

By Ahmed Dremly December 27, 2024

Palestinians seen at the port of Gaza City, June 13, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)

‘Armchair humanitarianism’: The problem with Gaza’s maritime aid corridor

While aid is desperately needed, critics warn the U.S.-led plan evades the fundamental cause of Gaza’s starvation: Israel’s total control of the Strip.

By Samer Badawi March 16, 2024

Palestinians line up to buy bread at a bakery in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 4, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘It’s like living in a mortuary, waiting for someone to bury you’

With Israel isolating the northern Strip, displaced Palestinians in Gaza City are grappling with the immediate perils of starvation and disease.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha January 11, 2024

Israeli soldiers during the First Intifada, in the Gaza Strip, 1987. (Efi Sharir/Dan Hadani Collection, The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, The National Library of Israel)

Why is Gaza so central to the Palestinian struggle?

The history of Gaza illuminates how the tiny enclave has long encapsulated Palestinian identity — and why it is now the focal point of a regional crisis.

By Anne Irfan January 2, 2024

Khalil Abu Yahia at his graduation from the Islamic University of Gaza in 2022. (Instagram)

A tribute to Khalil

Even in his death, Khalil reminds us of our role as human rights activists and freedom fighters: to keep going, so that this won’t happen again to anyone.

By Sahar Vardi November 3, 2023

Families react to Palestinian family members having been killed in Israeli airstrikes during recent fighting between Israel-Gaza. October 9, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

Operation ‘A Thousand Eyes for an Eye’ is underway in Gaza

With Israel cutting off food, water, and power supplies, the dehumanization of the strip's population is complete — laying the groundwork for what's to come.

By Amir Rotem October 11, 2023

The scene where a rocket fired from Gaza hit and caused damaged in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, October 7, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Gaza’s shock attack has terrified Israelis. It should also unveil the context

The dread Israelis are feeling after today's assault, myself included, has been the daily experience of millions of Palestinians for far too long.

By Haggai Matar October 7, 2023

Palestinians confront Israeli forces along the barrier imprisoning the Gaza Strip, east of Gaza City, September 22, 2023. (Mohammed Zaanoun/Activestills)

At the Gaza fence, a protest wave revives hopes of Palestinian mobilization

Despite halting confrontations with Israeli forces, Palestinians appear to be testing the ground for a new popular front in the besieged strip.

By Mohammed R. Mhawish September 29, 2023