forcible displacement

Palestinians wait to receive the bodies of their relatives who were killed in an Israeli airstrike at Al-Najjar Hospital, in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, October 24, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Against the magnitude of death, our pens feel powerless in Gaza

Israel's onslaught made me a refugee, a bereaved sister, and a mother to starving children. My journalistic endeavors have become almost impossible.

By Ibtisam Mahdi April 10, 2024

Israeli soldiers seen near the Gaza fence, southern Israel, January 7, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Laying the groundwork for Gaza’s permanent exodus

With Egypt reportedly preparing for an influx of refugees and UNRWA on the brink of collapse, Israel’s second Nakba fantasies could soon become reality.

By Samer Badawi February 19, 2024

Israeli forces watch on as Palestinians flee Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 30, 2024. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

Palestinians abused, forced to chant anti-Hamas slogans in ‘safe corridor’

Tens of thousands of people — including one of this article’s authors — have fled the city of Khan Younis in recent days. Their testimonies reveal the harrowing ordeal of crossing Israel’s checkpoints in Gaza.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer and Ibtisam Mahdi February 6, 2024

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Musa Mleihat in front of the tent that is now his home, near Fasayil, occupied West Bank. (Yuval Abraham)

Palestinians struggle to rebuild their lives after West Bank settler pogroms

A surge in settler violence since Oct. 7 has robbed multiple Palestinian communities of their land and livelihoods. Now they don't know where to go.

By Yuval Abraham January 18, 2024

Tents as far as the eye can see in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, January 9, 2024. (Mohammed Zaanoun)

‘Tents everywhere’ as Rafah struggles to hold a million Palestinians

Displaced multiple times by the war, many in Gaza's southernmost city are living in makeshift shelters without sufficient food, water, or blankets.

By Mohammed Zaanoun January 15, 2024

Palestinians fleeing the war are seen taking refuge at an UNRWA school in the southern Gaza Strip, October 16, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

‘Diseases are spreading rapidly’: In Jabalia camp, thousands shelter in one school

Refusing Israel's orders to evacuate northern Gaza, Palestinians are filling every available space amid growing threats of airstrikes and service collapse.

By Ibrahim Mohammad December 11, 2023

Armed Israeli settlers harass Palestinian farmers and activists during the olive harvest in the village of Jibya, occupied West Bank, October 28, 2022. (Anne Paq/Activestills)

West Bank olive harvest ‘more dangerous than ever’ under shadow of war

A surge of Israeli settler violence and land seizures is preventing Palestinian families from accessing their olive trees. Those who try risk being killed.

By Hana Elias November 15, 2023

An Israeli soldier is seen among the destruction caused by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Nir Oz during their October 7 raid, southern Israel, October 30, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

How October 7 has changed us all — and what it signals for our struggle

It can be hard to recognize a historic moment while living through it, but this time in Israel-Palestine, it’s plain for all to see. Here’s what we know, and what we can surmise, one month on.

By Haggai Matar November 8, 2023

Palestinians leave the Palestinian Bedouin community of Ein al-Rashash, east of Ramallah, following ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers from a nearby illegal outpost, which intensified during the war with Gaza, October 18, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

Palestinians recount settler, army torture amid surge in West Bank expulsions

Under the shadow of the Gaza war, Israel is displacing rural Palestinian communities en masse. In Wadi al-Siq, the ordeal was particularly horrifying.

By Oren Ziv October 30, 2023

Residents of Masafer Yatta load their belongings onto trucks during the expulsion of 1999. (Nasrin Elian/B'Tselem)

The photos that once helped save Masafer Yatta from expulsion

In 1999, images of Palestinian lives being upended generated enough pressure to enable families to return home. Now, they live in fear of the next expulsion.

By Basel Adra March 21, 2023

Ali Awad, 23, in his village of Tuba, South Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank. (Emily Glick)

In Masafer Yatta, activism is not a choice but a necessity

I was only a toddler when my family was expelled from our village in the South Hebron Hills. Now I’m campaigning to stop it from happening again.

By Ali Awad and Emily Glick April 21, 2022

Palestinian, foreign, and Israeli activists try to block an Israeli bulldozer preparing for the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar, July 4, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

ICC prosecutor warns: Demolishing Khan al-Ahmar a ‘war crime’

Fatou Bensouda says she won’t ‘hesitate to take appropriate action,’ should the West Bank village be demolished. British Prime Minister Theresa May says demolition will be a ‘major blow to two-state solution.’ Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda issued a stern warning to Israel officials on Wednesday, saying she will not “hesitate to take…

By Edo Konrad October 17, 2018

Hailey Mann, a Jewish-American member of All That's Left, wakes up after spending the night in the schoolyard of Khan al-Ahmar, the Palestinian village Israel plans to completely destroy any day now, September 16, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Activists spend night in Palestinian village Israel plans to demolish

The Israeli military is expected to demolish and forcibly displace the entire village of Khan al-Ahmar any day now. Hundreds of activists hope to stave off the bulldozers, or at least stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the village’s residents when they arrive. Ever since a temporary injunction delaying the forcible displacement and demolition of the entire Palestinian…

By Oren Ziv September 16, 2018