Mahmoud Mushtaha

Mahmoud Mushtaha is a Gaza-based freelance journalist and human rights activist.

Recent Articles
Young Palestinians wait for a hot meal prepared by volunteers, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 10, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
Palestinians fear ‘slow death’ as hunger and thirst spread in Gaza
Israel’s assault has created a severe food and water crisis, with bakeries, shops, and local authorities unable to meet the population's minimum needs.
By Mahmoud Mushtaha November 14, 2023
Palestinians examine the ruins of the five-storey house of the Batniji and Badrasawi families after it was targeted by an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza City, October 7, 2023. (Mohammed Zaanoun/Activestills)
Our children hear Israeli troops getting closer. How can we comfort them?
As I write these words, Israel’s ground offensive is penetrating into Gaza City. But we remain determined to tell our stories and hold onto our humanity.
By Mahmoud Mushtaha November 9, 2023
Palestinians search a house after an Israeli air strike, in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, October 12 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
If we survive the bombs, what will remain of our lives?
My friend, killed in an Israeli airstrike, dreamed of traveling the world with me. We can’t make plans in Gaza when a soldier can turn our future into rubble.
By Mahmoud Mushtaha October 24, 2023
Palestinians carrying luggage walk through the massive destruction caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City's Al-Rimal district, Gaza, October 10, 2023. (Mohammed Zaanoun)
To stay or to leave? Gazans in the north torn over which is safer
While thousands flee — some for the second time this week — ahead of Israel's invasion, others are unwilling or unable to abandon their homes.
By Ruwaida Kamal Amer and Mahmoud Mushtaha October 15, 2023
Palestinians mourn beside the bodies of people killed in Israeli airstrikes, Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, October 11 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
The Qannans, the Shaheens, the Shaabans: Israel is wiping out entire families in Gaza
Palestinians here in the bombarded strip are facing a crisis on a scale we haven't seen before. We fear it could become a genocide.
By Mahmoud Mushtaha October 12, 2023
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  2. UK protests expose wide gulf between gov’t and public on Palestine
  3. Israeli arrogance thwarted a Palestinian political path. October 7 revealed the cost
  4. What Israelis won’t be asking about the Palestinians released for hostages
  5. Ceasefire reveals the toll of devastation in Khan Younis
  1. ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
  2. Israeli arrogance thwarted a Palestinian political path. October 7 revealed the cost
  3. What Israelis won’t be asking about the Palestinians released for hostages
  4. UK protests expose wide gulf between gov’t and public on Palestine
  5. Israel's ‘thought police’ law ramps up dangers for Palestinian social media users
  1. ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
  2. Expel all Palestinians from Gaza, recommends Israeli gov't ministry
  3. How October 7 has changed us all — and what it signals for our struggle
  4. The Israeli public has embraced the Smotrich doctrine
  5. What Israelis won’t be asking about the Palestinians released for hostages