humanitarian aid

Amidst tents of displaced families, a boy points a stick at a rainbow arching across the sky.

Israel's genocidal war orphaned 40,000 children

Nora Barrows-Friedman 24 January 2025

Israeli forces besiege Jenin, settlers attack Palestinians across occupied West Bank. Read more about Israel's genocidal war orphaned 40,000 children

A large crowd is seen from above

Bread line deaths highlight how aid blockade caused chaos

Rasha Abou Jalal 22 January 2025

Israeli military allowed mayhem to proliferate and undermined any attempt to instill order in Gaza. Read more about Bread line deaths highlight how aid blockade caused chaos

people carry goods away from a truck

Lawlessness will ease if ceasefire brings food

Somaya Muhammad Mezyed 18 January 2025

In the absence of any functioning civil police in Gaza, looters have targeted trucks to sell aid on for inflated prices. Read more about Lawlessness will ease if ceasefire brings food

a tailor at work

A verse in used fabric

Saeda Hamdona 16 January 2025

People in Gaza are constantly finding ways to cope. Read more about A verse in used fabric

Palestinian children and a man step over the destroyed remains of fabric and plastic tents.

Oxfam director: Conditions in Gaza "apocalyptic"

Nora Barrows-Friedman 10 January 2025

Israel kills aid workers, empowers armed gangs to loot food, fuel in starved Gaza. Read more about Oxfam director: Conditions in Gaza "apocalyptic"

People and donkey carts pass by enormous piles of rubble from bombed buildings

Israel carries out field executions, massacres in north Gaza

Nora Barrows-Friedman 21 November 2024

Israeli airstrikes, new waves of displacement in Lebanon. Read more about Israel carries out field executions, massacres in north Gaza

Families with young children carry their belongings past piles of rubble and wreckage

Surge in Israeli attacks on northern Gaza

Nora Barrows-Friedman 15 November 2024

Israel has attacked and destroyed villages in south Lebanon while bombing areas of Beirut. Read more about Surge in Israeli attacks on northern Gaza

A street vendor concludes a sale with a woman

Trading shoes for a mattress

Nada Hamdouna 7 November 2024

Aid brings relief but providing for ourselves preserves our dignity. Read more about Trading shoes for a mattress

A man and a woman mourn next to two bodies wrapped in white shrouds

Israeli forces carry out death marches in north Gaza

Nora Barrows-Friedman 24 October 2024

Israel broadens assaults on civilian life in Lebanon. Read more about Israeli forces carry out death marches in north Gaza

people crowd around a charity food distribution center for rice

A complicated journey to recovery

Hanin A. Elholy 20 October 2024

Decimated health sector in Gaza forces writer to diagnose and treat herself. Read more about A complicated journey to recovery