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Homes in Beit Lahiya lie in ruins after the Israeli bombing of the Rozanah family home, Gaza Strip, August 2, 2014. The homes of five families were destroyed, leaving 60 people homeless. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Gaza dispatch: ‘Death will come and life will go on’

In the tragedy that is the Middle East, we Palestinians have played two roles – the victim or the vilified. But Gaza is changing all that. Gaza is fighting back. “You want to go where?” My colleague and I have just boarded a taxi and named our destination– Rafah. Two days after the Israeli military…

By Samer Badawi August 8, 2014

A mosque minaret rises among the ruins of Al-Nada towers after they were destroyed by Israeli strikes in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, August 4, 2014. The towers had 90 flats. So far, Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,870 Palestinians, and injured 9,470 since the beginning of the Israeli offensive (photo: Activestills)

Gaza dispatch: Why the destruction in Beit Hanoun is different

Local residents tell me that previous Israeli attacks on Beit Hanoun had targeted homes much closer to the border. This time, the military took aim at the center of town. Why? As negotiations over a long-term Gaza truce draw to a close in Cairo, their success may hinge on a key Hamas demand – facilitating civilian…

By Samer Badawi August 7, 2014

Gazan women celebrate International Women's Day. (photo: Hosam Salem)

Palestinian and proud: Celebrating International Women’s Day in Gaza

In honor of International Women’s Day, Abeer Ayyoub pays respect to her mother, who taught her that being a woman in Gaza is as much about liberation as it is about survival. By Abeer Ayyoub Although March 8th has always marked International Woman’s Day, this year was the first time I ever felt like it…

By +972 Magazine March 10, 2014

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Soon to be pixilated? IDF gunmen, led by a Lt. Col., harrassing journalists in Al Ma'asara (Photo: Yossi Gurvitz)

IDF treats pregnant NYT journalist “cruelly” at Gaza crossing

News sources reported during the day on the humiliating harassment of a foreign journalist by IDF soldiers, as she tried to enter Israel from a Gaza crossing. According to IDF radio (Hebrew) and the Jerusalem Post, Pulitzer Prize-winning, veteran photographer Lynsey Addario, working for the New York Times, was returning to Israel after an assignment…

By Dahlia Scheindlin November 28, 2011