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Khalil Al-Hayya at the funeral of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, August 1, 2024. (Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-4.0)

As Israel sabotages Gaza talks, Hamas’ new ‘warrior leader’ faces his first challenge

Khalil Al-Hayya is a known pragmatist. But the group’s militant wing aided his election — and it won’t accept Israel’s deliberately unworkable demands.

By Muhammad Shehada August 6, 2026

Mohammed Qaddoura holds the wedding suit of his brother-in-law, Mohannad Ferwana, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike the night before his wedding, in Khan Younis, Gaza, June 5, 2026. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

In Gaza, ‘slaughter continues unabated’ while the world turns away

Israel has escalated its airstrikes across the enclave in recent weeks, burning Palestinians alive as it makes a mockery of the ‘ceasefire.’

By Ahmed Dremly and Ibtisam Mahdi June 16, 2026

Palestinians gather between destroyed houses to break their fast together during the holy month of Ramadan in the northern Gaza Strip, February 20, 2026. (Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills)

In Gaza, we’re still breaking our fast under the buzzing of drones

Palestinians across the Strip are struggling to revive the spirit of Ramadan amid the third holiday season since the start of Israel’s genocide.

By Ahmed Dremly February 25, 2026

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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

Family members and colleagues carry the bodies of Palestinian journalists killed in an Israeli strike as they arrive at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 21, 2026. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

With or without a ceasefire, Israel is still targeting Gaza’s journalists

The killing of my three colleagues shatters any illusion of ‘post-war’ safety. But the honor of their work and the memory of their laughter cannot be erased.

By Ibtisam Mahdi February 3, 2026

CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House, July 7, 2025. (Daniel Torok/Official White House Photo)

How Netanyahu is sabotaging phase two of the Gaza ceasefire

By undermining a new Palestinian technocratic body, Israel is trying to make Gaza appear ungovernable — and prove the need for its sustained military rule.

By Muhammad Shehada January 29, 2026

World Food Programme (WFP) provides food parcels to displaced people in Gaza City, October 23, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

Despite ceasefire, Israel’s siege allowing only a trickle of aid into Gaza

Palestinians report a dire lack of healthy food, medicine, and winter shelter, while a new ban on humanitarian groups will push the enclave to the brink.

By Ahmed Dremly January 22, 2026

Yasser Abu Shabab (Popular Forces/Facebook; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israel’s Gaza proxy strategy is collapsing

The killing of gang leader Yasser Abu Shabab, a known felon and druglord, by one of his own men has exposed the bankruptcy of Israel’s vision for the Strip.

By Muhammad Shehada December 12, 2025

A yellow concrete block placed by the Israeli army is seen east of Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, November 2, 2025. (Fathi Ibrahim/Flash90)

Along Israel’s expanding Yellow Line, the war in Gaza never ended

Israeli forces are advancing beyond stipulated boundaries, where Palestinians say supposedly safe neighborhoods are coming under fire without warning.

By Ruwaida Amer December 5, 2025

PODCAST: Israel emptied half of Gaza. What’s next?

Gazan analyst Muhammad Shehada examines how Israel is using the ‘Yellow Line’ to re-engineer its control over the Strip even after the ceasefire.

By +972 Magazine November 24, 2025

Dahlia Scheindlin (Oren Ziv)

PODCAST: Reckoning or reverting? Israeli society after the ceasefire

Dahlia Scheindlin explores the lessons Israelis are drawing from two years of war and why international pressure is the only path to a political settlement.

By +972 Magazine October 23, 2025

Palestinians walk among the ruins of their homes in the Shuja'iya neighborhood of eastern Gaza, October 16, 2025. (Khalil Kahlout/Flash90)

Rubble, gangs, and airstrikes: What was waiting for me back in Gaza City

I couldn’t wait to return north after the ceasefire. But the joy of being home quickly gave way to yet more uncertainty and fear.

By Ahmed Dremly October 23, 2025

Palestinian boy walks through rubble amid ongoing Israeli attacks, in Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, July 22, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

My last words to Gaza

I didn’t turn back to see my family again after saying goodbye. I felt too ashamed. I was leaving for peace, and all they had was famine and war.

By Abdallah Aljazzar October 21, 2025