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Palestinians walk on the street in Yarmouk, December 19, 2024. (Salvador Soler)

In Syria’s war-scarred Yarmouk Camp, Palestinians begin long path to recovery

Syria's largest Palestinian refugee camp was brutally besieged and almost entirely depopulated during the civil war. Now, returnees are starting to rebuild — but face extreme poverty and deep political uncertainty.

By Santiago Montag January 10, 2025

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 Amer and Mahmoud Mushtaha September 12, 2024

Palestinians run through Nuseirat following an Israeli attack on the camp, June 8, 2024. (Khaled Ali/Flash90)

‘How is it reasonable to kill over 200 for the sake of four?’

Relentless bombing, hospitals overflowing, soldiers in aid trucks: survivors recount the massacre in Nuseirat refugee camp during Israel’s hostage rescue.

By Ruwaida Amer June 13, 2024

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A young Palestinian boy and girl stand near a painted mural in Balata Refugee Camp in the West Bank city of Nablus. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

‘In Balata camp, every single child suffers from psychological problems’

Yafa Cultural Center is one of the few places left for Palestinian children from Balata refugee camp to cope with the violence they witness on a daily basis. With funding running low, the center is at risk of closing. When the door opens, I am surprised to see a six or seven-year-old boy on the other…

By Rami Younis February 11, 2019

Palestinians flee from their village in the Galilee after it was conquered by Israeli forces during the 1948 war. (GPO)

The untold story of the Palestinian refugees who managed to return

As opposed to the hundreds of Palestinian villages whose residents were expelled in 1948 and were not permitted to return, the residents of Wadi Fukin managed to come back — under the nose of the Israeli radar. And yet, despite the joy over being able to return, the villagers are still living under a regime…

By Social TV July 2, 2017

Palestinians carry the body of Eissa al-Qotri during his funeral at the Al-Amari refugee camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah, September 10, 2014. Al-Qotri was killed by the Israeli army early on September 10, 2014 during clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers after the Israeli army raided the camp. (photo: Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Activestills)

PHOTOS: Hundreds attend Ramallah funeral of young Palestinian killed by IDF

A 22-year-old Palestinian man was shot in the chest by Israeli soldiers at about 5 a.m. Wednesday after troops raided the al-Amari refugee camp near Ramallah. Hundreds of people attended the funeral Wednesday of Issa al-Qatri, who was killed earlier by Israeli soldiers during a raid on the al-Amari refugee camp near Ramallah. According to Ma’an…

By Activestills September 10, 2014

Amna (left) and Salman Mansour mourn their son Ibrahim who was shot and killed on February 13 by Israeli forces while he was collecting gravel near the border with Israel in the Al Mentar area of the Gaza Strip, February 17, 2014. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

In Gaza, Palestinians know why the caged bird sings

Though she never made it there, Maya Angelou’s spirit resounds in my native Gaza. For she and I have known different shades of the same tyranny: that quiet brutality wrought by generations upon the next. By Ghada Ageel It’s predictable by now. Within hours of their passing, our most famous artists—whose works outlast them precisely because…

By +972 Magazine June 12, 2014

Yarmouk residents gathered to await a food distribution from UNRWA in January 2014. (Photo by UNRWA)

PHOTOS: Devastation in Damascus Palestinian refugee camp

After months under siege, humanitarian aid finally reached the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in war-torn Damascus this week. UNRWA on Wednesday released photos of the camp, showing the devastation and desperation that has taken hold there after years of civil war and months under siege. “It is impossible not to be touched by the apocalyptic…

By +972 Magazine February 26, 2014