

Features

“She was still holding on to the plastic plate”
An Israeli attack on a charity kitchen west of Khan Younis on 7 April killed 7 people waiting for a meal, including 3 children.

Rahaf taught me the true meaning of being a sister
I can no longer share life’s joys and sorrows with my once constant companion.

Fatima Hassouna, a photographer who made a difference
My friend and I shared everything.

Nylon for lessons prompts kindness of strangers
A flimsy wall and English teaching rekindle writer’s hope and bring a brief moment of respite.

Gaza and the end of humanitarian law
We should never let the West’s leaders lecture us again.

Palestinians sidelined over Gaza’s future
Bombed, starved and threatened with expulsion.

How Hiba became a mother to her sister’s four children
Jabaliya woman puts aside grief to provide for and protect young relatives.

Where is the salvation, Smurfette?
At a puppet show in Gaza City, kids act out their struggles through a play.

Five children, a detained husband and a haunting return
Neighbor tells of her family’s displacement, her husband’s seizure and her return to the burnt-out shell that used to be home.

A day in Ward B
Newborns at a Khan Younis hospital need special care.
Reviews

Palestine is not so complicated
4 April 2025
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ welcome message. Read more about Palestine is not so complicated

Guardian's Zionist gatekeeper rewrites Holocaust history
22 August 2024
Jonathan Freedland’s book downplays Rudolph Vrba’s heroic criticism of Zionism. Read more about Guardian's Zionist gatekeeper rewrites Holocaust history