October 2023 war

The bodies of 88 unidentified Palestinians are buried in a mass grave in Khan Younis, after Israeli forces returned them to Gaza severely decomposed and without any identification, September 26, 2024. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)

After a year of terror in Gaza, our souls feel suspended in time

I’ve cheated death, mourned friends, and lost my livelihood. Just when I was on the cusp of leaving this torment, Israel shut our last crossing to the world.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer October 5, 2024

A portrait of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is placed on a table with drinks and food to celebrate his assassination, outside a supermarket in Jerusalem, September 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Killing Hezbollah leaders failed 30 years ago. It won’t work now

Instead of debilitating Hezbollah, Israel’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah may prove to be a major PR boost for the embattled organization.

By Elia Ayoub October 4, 2024

Graffiti showing Hazbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in Tel Aviv, after Israel's assassination of the leader in Beirut, September 29, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

For Israel’s weary army, war in Lebanon is an attempt to salvage its image

Dystopian displays of technological prowess serve to distract the Israeli public from the military's failure to achieve its long-stated war aims.

By Sophia Goodfriend October 2, 2024

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Police officers at the scene of a car bombing in Ramle, September 5, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

How weapons from the Gaza war are killing Palestinians on Israel’s streets

Arab crime organizations are carrying out attacks using smuggled military explosives, with experts accusing the government of turning a blind eye.

By Baker Zoubi October 1, 2024

Palestinians wave Lebanese flags during a demonstration against Israel's assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, Ramallah, occupied West Bank, September 28, 2024. (Flash90)

Palestine and Lebanon are living the same nightmare. We will rise out of it together

The people of Lebanon know that our struggles are intertwined; that the bombs killing their children are the same ones killing ours in Gaza.

By Mohammed R. Mhawish September 29, 2024

Uncommitted delegates Meryem Maameri and Asma Mohammed, both of Minnesota, lock arms as they enter the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Aug. 22, 2024. (Lorie Shaull/Wikimedia Commons)

‘American society will have to divest from Israel before our leaders do’

In Ohio and around the U.S., pro-Palestine activists alienated by the presidential race are redoubling their efforts in local elections.

By Samer Badawi September 27, 2024

Palestinians participate in an activity with pets at the Basmat Amal camp for displaced people with disabilities, Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, August 14, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

For Gazans with disabilities, Israel’s genocide shows no mercy

Feeling but not hearing the bombs, displaced without their specialized equipment, mauled by army dogs: this is how Palestinians with physical and cognitive impairments are surviving and dying amid Israel’s onslaught.

By Ibtisam Mahdi September 27, 2024

A woman watches the speech of Secretary-general of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah at her home in Mishmar David, September 19, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

What Israelis don’t want to hear about Iran and Hezbollah

For years, Israeli expert Ori Goldberg has tried to challenge commonly-held assumptions about the Islamic Republic and its allies. Will anyone listen?

By Edo Konrad September 20, 2024

Asser and Aysal Abu Al-Qumsan, killed when they were four days old. (Courtesy of Muhammad Abu Al-Qumsan)

The Gazan infants who never saw their first birthday

For thousands of Palestinian parents, the joy of giving birth rapidly turned to grief when their newborn babies were killed by Israel's bombardment.

By Ibrahim Mohammad September 18, 2024

Israeli soldiers operating in Gaza city, July 28, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

A plan to liquidate northern Gaza is gaining steam

As Israeli ministers, generals, and academics bay for a decisive new phase in the war, this is what Operation Starvation and Extermination would look like.

By Meron Rapoport September 17, 2024

Displaced Palestinians inspect the damage from an Israeli airstrike, in Al-Mawasi, September 10, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘People torn to pieces’ in Israeli airstrike on Gaza displacement camp

Israeli bombs set tents ablaze and left deep craters in the earth as the army attacked Al-Mawasi, a designated 'safe zone', for the fifth time.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer and Mahmoud Mushtaha September 12, 2024

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks about the need for Israeli troops to remain in the Philadelphi Corridor during a Hebrew press conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Why did a British Jewish newspaper publish fake Israeli intelligence?

Israel’s army suspects fabrications published in the Jewish Chronicle were part of a pro-Bibi influence campaign, while the article’s author is not as he claims.

By Ben Reiff September 11, 2024

Israeli security forces destroy a house in Silwan, February 14, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Under cover of war, Israel is demolishing home after home in Silwan

The government has accelerated plans to depopulate the East Jerusalem neighborhood, displacing dozens of Palestinian residents this year.

By Jessica Buxbaum September 6, 2024