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Palestinians mourn the death of Palestinians killed in an Israeli air strike outside the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, March 18, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

‘We just want it all to stop’: Palestinians across Gaza awake to new Israeli massacre

After recovering a semblance of safety during the ceasefire, Gazans are forced again to decide whether or not to flee their homes as Israel resumes its assault.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer March 18, 2025

Gazans light fireworks over the ruins of Khan Younis to celebrate Ramadan, with Israel’s blockade causing an ongoing electricity blackout, March 12, 2025. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)

Fasting while starving, Gazans struggle to mark Ramadan

As Israel continues to prevent the entry of food into the Strip, Palestinians are gathering with surviving family members to observe the holiday in the rubble.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer and Ibtisam Mahdi March 17, 2025

From the cover of "Daybreak in Gaza." (Courtesy)

Bearing witness to Gaza as a place of life

A new book shows a side of the enclave rarely seen in news reports — its vibrant history, culture, and people — to insist that Gaza speak for itself.

By Mohammed R. Mhawish March 13, 2025

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A fisherman checks the fish he managed to catch, on the beach of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, December 7, 2024. (Ruwaida Amer)

‘Anyone who goes near the water risks his life. But if we leave the sea, we die’

Little remains of Gaza’s fishing industry, devastated by the war and years of Israeli restrictions. Yet fishermen are still clinging on to their livelihood.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer March 11, 2025

Displaced Palestinians make their way back to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip via the Netzarim Corridor, Jan. 28, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

Weeks after Israeli withdrawal, Gazans still search for the missing in Netzarim

Thousands of Palestinians have made the arduous journey across Gaza's central corridor, as Civil Defense workers slowly uncover human remains.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer March 4, 2025

Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General, meets with internally displaced people in Rafah during his visit to the Gaza Strip, Dec. 12, 2023 (UNRWA Photo)

‘If UNRWA implodes tomorrow, there’d be no alternative’

Still functioning despite Israel's ban, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini explains how the agency is laying the groundwork for future Palestinian institutions.

By Ghousoon Bisharat and Meron Rapoport February 27, 2025

Activists protest the judicial overhaul and and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit in Manhattan, New York City, September 19, 2023. (Luke Tress/Flash90)

In its fight against fascism, Israeli academia remains blind to a basic truth

The government’s assault on democratic norms can't be separated from its oppression of Palestinians: they are two lobes of the same right-wing brain.

By Anat Matar February 26, 2025

Dr. Abu Shahada after his release from Israeli detention, January 2025. (Courtesy of Mahmoud Abu Shahada)

Beatings, diseases, humiliation: A Palestinian doctor’s year in Israeli jails

Held without charge, Dr. Mahmoud Abu Shahada faced months of physical and psychological abuse after his arrest in Israel’s raid on Gaza's Nasser Hospital.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer February 18, 2025

Illustrative photo of Israeli soldiers operating in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, November 28, 2024. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)

Israeli soldiers used an 80-year-old Gazan as a human shield. Then they killed him

Soldiers put an explosive cord around the man's neck and forced him to scout buildings for eight hours. After his release, another division shot him dead.

By Illy Pe’ery February 16, 2025

Displaced Palestinians return to their destroyed homes in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, Jan. 29, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

After returning north, Gazans struggle to envision any future

Over half a million Palestinians have crossed back into northern Gaza in recent weeks, only to face overwhelming destruction and little humanitarian aid.

By Ahmed Ahmed February 13, 2025

Daniella Weiss at the Nachala Hanukkah celebration, calling to resettle Gaza, in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, Dec. 26, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Inside the Israeli movement to recolonize Gaza

Capitalizing on the Gaza war, Nachala has pushed to rectify what it sees as the 'historical injustice' of Israel's 2005 disengagement. If the ceasefire falters, the group is ready to pounce — with little standing in its way.

By Joshua Leifer February 11, 2025

A large billboard posted by the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, in support of U.S. President Donald Trump, Feb. 5, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

The damage of Trump’s Gaza plan has already been done

The proposal to cleanse Gaza of Palestinians tapped into a deep undercurrent in Israeli society — endangering any chance for a peaceful future in the region.

By Meron Rapoport February 7, 2025

Fire and smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, October 9, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

Bomb the area, gas the tunnels: Israel’s unbridled war on Gaza’s underground

Unable to pinpoint Hamas commanders in Gaza’s tunnels, the Israeli army decimated entire residential blocks with bunker-buster bombs to crush the passages below and flood them with lethal fumes, an investigation reveals.

By Yuval Abraham February 6, 2025