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Doctors warn of shortage of hospital equipment, Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, April 18, 2026. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)

‘As doctors, we are effectively blinded’: Inside Gaza’s MRI crisis

With all machines destroyed or rendered useless by Israel's siege, we cannot diagnose our patients, forced instead to practice a desperate form of triage.

By Jinin Rummaneh May 14, 2026

Palestinian patients wait in the grounds of the Red Crescent Hospital to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Crossing with Egypt for medical treatment abroad, Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, February 2, 2026. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘I would never do it again’: Inside the struggle to enter and leave Gaza

A trickle of Palestinians have passed through Rafah Crossing since its partial reopening. Those returning face intimidation by Israeli soldiers and the Abu Shabab gang, as well as the confiscation of their belongings.

By Ruwaida Amer February 13, 2026

Palestinians who fled their homes wait at the Rafah border crossing to Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 14, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

In Egypt, Gazans endure ‘unbearable’ life with little support

Over 100,000 Palestinians have fled to Egypt during the war. Feeling stranded by the state and the PA, they describe a precarious existence in legal limbo.

By Hadi Rami November 22, 2024

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Palestinian workers from the Gaza Strip who were detained in Israel since October 7 arrive at the Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, November 3, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Gazan patients and workers still stranded in West Bank four months on

With Israel revoking their permits after October 7 and sealing the Strip, thousands of Palestinians do not know when they’ll see their families again.

By Fatima AbdulKarim February 23, 2024

Doctors and nurses clean up after conducting open-heart surgery at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, Israel, August 13, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

A Palestinian student briefly deleted her social media. Israel revoked her permit

Police arrested a West Bank medical student at an Israeli hospital and accused her of 'blocking' friends online. Weeks later, she was barred from returning.

By Oren Ziv December 19, 2023

Palestinians arrive to cross into Gaza at the Erez Crossing between Israel and Gaza on September 3, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

For Gaza patients, uncertainty over Israeli permits is a matter of life and death

Israel's permit regime has become even more arduous for Palestinian patients since the PA halted coordination, with rights groups trying to fill the vacuum.

By Judith Sudilovsky August 4, 2020

An Israeli army officer watches as Palestinian medics evacuate a wounded Palestinian man in Bethlehem. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Denying access to health is a silent tool of occupation

The Palestinian health system is fragmented into three segregated territories — East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank — and Israel controls access to and from each of them. By Dana Moss While discussions over health in Israel often focus on the healthcare provided to Israeli citizens, Palestinians in the occupied territories struggle to secure…

By +972 Magazine April 7, 2017

Illustrative photo of a woman in mourning. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Indignity, grief and mourning on the Gaza border

A woman from Gaza is told during a visit to Israel that she must terminate her advanced pregnancy. The Israeli army and courts effectively refuse to allow her to mourn with her husband by her side. By Nomi Heger Over the last two weeks, while everyone in Israel was talking about the segregation between Palestinian…

By +972 Magazine April 22, 2016

Palestinians walk through he kilometer-long path through the “no-go zone” separating Israel’s Erez crossing and Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip, December 18, 2013. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

Two Palestinians and an Israeli walk into a mall…

For years I have been escorting Mohammed and Maha to an Israeli hospital and back to Gaza. That is, except for those times when Israel denies him an entry permit. This week, as the illusory stability of daily routine disintegrates around us, something feels different. By Deb Reich We had stopped in a giant shopping center…

By +972 Magazine November 5, 2015