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Palestinians at the site of an Israeli airstrike outside the European Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 14, 2025. (Hussein Abu Khreis/Flash90)

‘Israel burned the ground under our feet’: Hundreds killed in intensified Gaza assault

In a wave of airstrikes from Khan Younis to Jabalia, Israeli forces targeted hospitals and homes, killing over 250 and paralyzing rescue efforts.

By Ibtisam Mahdi May 16, 2025

An Israeli bulldozer demolishes a house in Rafah, April 2025.

‘Render it unusable’: Israel’s mission of total urban destruction

While airstrikes account for mass casualties, bulldozers and explosives are flattening Gaza from the ground — what soldiers say is a systematic campaign to make the Strip unlivable, a joint investigation reveals.

By Meron Rapoport and Oren Ziv May 15, 2025

Members of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas and mourners attend the funeral of Al-Qassam fighters who were killed during the war between Israel and Hamas in the Al-Shati camp, in Gaza City, February 28, 2025. (Khalil Kahlout/Flash90)

Why Israel’s demand for Hamas to disarm is a red herring

Every blocked aid convoy, every broken truce, and every rejected peace offer underscores Israel’s true objective: erasing Palestinians from Gaza.

By Muhammad Shehada May 13, 2025

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Twelve-year-old Rahaf Ayad holds a phone showing a picture of herself before the war, in her family's home in Gaza City, May 2, 2025. (Ahmed Ahmed)

‘She’s dying in front of my eyes’: The Gazan children starving under Israeli siege

With over 70,000 children hospitalized for malnutrition, Israel's blockade on the Strip has left parents to watch helplessly as their children waste away.

By Ahmed Ahmed and Ruwaida Amer May 8, 2025

Israeli forces demolish buildings in Khirbet Khilet al-Dabe, in Masafer Yatta, the West Bank, May 5, 2025. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Palestinians awoke to bulldozers. Their village was destroyed by noon

Within hours, Israeli forces demolished homes, wells, and even caves in the West Bank hamlet of Khilet al-Dabe’, leaving families with nowhere to shelter.

By Basel Adra May 6, 2025

The front pages of newspapers in Israel at a shop in Jerusalem during the judicial overhaul, July 25, 2023. (Chaim Goldbeg/Flash90)

Breaking new records, Israel sees unprecedented spike in media censorship

In 2024, Israel's military censor banned 1,635 articles from publication and partially redacted another 6,265 — part of a wider assault on freedom of press.

By Haggai Matar May 2, 2025

Palestinians collect drinking water in Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip, April 10, 2025. (Ruwaida Amer)

Bombing plants, severing pipelines: Israel pushes Gaza water crisis to the brink

Since March, the army's intensified targeting of water infrastructure has left Gazans no choice but to drink seawater and ration contaminated supplies.

By Ibtisam Mahdi April 23, 2025

Israeli soldiers prevent witnesses from helping Sheikh Saeed Rabaa after he was shot in the leg, in Al-Rakeez, April 17, 2025. (Aidan Frere-Smith)

A settler shot a Palestinian father in the leg. Soldiers arrived to detain his son

After the attack in the West Bank village of Al-Rakeez, Sheikh Saeed Rabaa was forced to undergo amputation, as his son Ilyas remained in Ofer Prison.

By Basel Adra April 22, 2025

A demonstrator protests outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City, calling attention to sexual violence against women during Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, December 4, 2023. (Yakov Binyamin/Flash90)

Where’s the outrage over ‘systematic’ sexual violence against Palestinians?

Despite mounting evidence of the army’s gender-based crimes, Israeli women’s groups have largely ignored or denied the UN’s damning new report.

By Samah Salaime April 17, 2025

Displaced Palestinians seek shelter on the campus of the Islamic University in northern Gaza, March 24, 2025. (Ruwaida Amer)

PHOTOS: A ruined university in northern Gaza becomes a refuge

Forced out of their homes once more, thousands of Palestinians have crowded into the Islamic University campus, west of Gaza City — where burning books is the only way to boil water, heat food, and stay warm.

By Ruwaida Amer April 15, 2025

Israeli soldiers seen on the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, December 3, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

The Israeli army is facing its biggest refusal crisis in decades

Over 100,000 Israelis have reportedly stopped showing up for reserve duty. While their reasons differ, the scale demonstrates the war’s waning legitimacy.

By Meron Rapoport April 11, 2025

An Israeli Merkava tank parked between Medinat al-Salam and Khan Arnabeh in Quneitra province, Syria, Jan. 5, 2025. (Tareq al-Salameh)

In southern Syria, a violent new Israeli occupation emerges

Israeli forces have advanced miles into Syrian territory — confiscating land and homes, killing farmers, and seeking to divide the region's diverse population.

By Tareq al-Salameh April 10, 2025

Palestinians who were injured from Israeli airstrikes on the town of Bani Suhaila arrive at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, July 22, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘I operated on more children in Gaza in one night than I do in the U.S. in a year’

American surgeon Feroze Sidhwa has volunteered in war zones around the world. But nothing prepared him for Israel bombing his hospital in Gaza.

By Michal Feldon April 9, 2025