Ruwaida Kamal Amer

Ruwaida Kamal Amer is a freelance journalist from Khan Younis.

Recent Articles

Palestinians mourn the death of Palestinians killed in an Israeli air strike outside the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, March 18, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

‘We just want it all to stop’: Palestinians across Gaza awake to new Israeli massacre

After recovering a semblance of safety during the ceasefire, Gazans are forced again to decide whether or not to flee their homes as Israel resumes its assault.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer March 18, 2025

Gazans light fireworks over the ruins of Khan Younis to celebrate Ramadan, with Israel’s blockade causing an ongoing electricity blackout, March 12, 2025. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)

Fasting while starving, Gazans struggle to mark Ramadan

As Israel continues to prevent the entry of food into the Strip, Palestinians are gathering with surviving family members to observe the holiday in the rubble.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer and Ibtisam Mahdi March 17, 2025

A fisherman checks the fish he managed to catch, on the beach of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, December 7, 2024. (Ruwaida Amer)

‘Anyone who goes near the water risks his life. But if we leave the sea, we die’

Little remains of Gaza’s fishing industry, devastated by the war and years of Israeli restrictions. Yet fishermen are still clinging on to their livelihood.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer March 11, 2025

Displaced Palestinians make their way back to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip via the Netzarim Corridor, Jan. 28, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

Weeks after Israeli withdrawal, Gazans still search for the missing in Netzarim

Thousands of Palestinians have made the arduous journey across Gaza's central corridor, as Civil Defense workers slowly uncover human remains.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer March 4, 2025

Dr. Abu Shahada after his release from Israeli detention, January 2025. (Courtesy of Mahmoud Abu Shahada)

Beatings, diseases, humiliation: A Palestinian doctor’s year in Israeli jails

Held without charge, Dr. Mahmoud Abu Shahada faced months of physical and psychological abuse after his arrest in Israel’s raid on Gaza's Nasser Hospital.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer February 18, 2025

An aerial view of destroyed residential buildings in the Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood, following the withdrawal of Israeli army in Rafah, January 19, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

Gazans dreamed of returning to Rafah. The reality is a nightmare

Few have gone back to Gaza’s southern city, where Israeli forces on the border are still firing at civilians. Those who have barely recognize their own homes.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer February 4, 2025

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Albina Abu Safiya. (Courtesy of the family)

Albina Abu Safiya: ‘The Israeli army deliberately targeted my husband’

Following Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s arrest in northern Gaza, his wife describes her fears over the hospital director's fate and the tragedy of their son's killing.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer January 17, 2025

Palestinians celebrate the announcement on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 15, 2025.(Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘I pray to God it succeeds’: Fragile hope spreads in Gaza as ceasefire deal reached

After 15 months of devastation, Palestinians are anxiously awaiting the chance to reunite with loved ones and return to what remains of their homes.

By Ahmed Ahmed and Ruwaida Kamal Amer January 15, 2025

Yahya Al-Batran holds the body of his days-old son, who died from exposure in the family tent on the beach in Gaza, December 28, 2024. (Ruwaida Amer)

‘Every moment I fear losing another child’: Newborns freeze to death in Gaza tents

As displaced Palestinians endure a second winter in makeshift shelters, the death of at least six infants from exposure has sent parents into a panic.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer January 9, 2025

People react following Israel's attack on the compound of the Greek Orthodox St. Porphyrius Church in Gaza City, October 20, 2023. (Omar El-Qattaa)

Sheltering in churches, Gaza’s Christians face another Christmas under fire

After repeated Israeli attacks on Gaza's historic churches, displaced Palestinians are mourning loved ones and the joy of holidays past.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer December 24, 2024