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Gaza health ministry declares state of emergency
Rafah 14 July 2014
Frustrated aid workers stranded at border as Egypt keeps Gaza crossing closed. Read more about Gaza health ministry declares state of emergency
Rafah 14 July 2014
Frustrated aid workers stranded at border as Egypt keeps Gaza crossing closed. Read more about Gaza health ministry declares state of emergency
16 June 2014
Supposedly neutral organization shows double standard with immediate call for settlers’ release. Read more about Red Cross refuses to call on Israel to release Palestinian children held by army
31 December 2013
There can be no possible excuse or justification for the Syrian government to deny food and supplies to Yarmouk camp and other besieged areas. Read more about Palestinians trapped in Syria war denied aid, stalked by starvation
Gaza City 10 June 2013
After his eighth birthday next month, Obeida Shamali will be banned from seeing his dad. Read more about Israel bars children over eight from visiting fathers in prison
7 September 2012
Samer al-Barq may have only minutes to live, his father explains in a telephone call with The Electronic Intifada blogger Shahd Abusalama. Read more about "Every minute matters" for gravely ill hunger striker Samer al-Barq, says father
8 August 2012
Aisha Islieh, a detainee’s mother, died on the bus on her way to see her son Yahya after 5 years of a ban on family visits by Israel. Read more about “They enjoy breaking mothers' hearts over their sons”: Gaza mourns a detainee’s mother
26 June 2012
A notoriously racist rabbi who called on Israel to slaughter a million Palestinian civilians is to head a committee for Magen David Adom (MDA) – Israel’s equivalent of the Red Cross. Read more about Rabbi who called for slaughter of a million Palestinians is to supervise Israel's 'Red Cross'
10 May 2012
Thaer Halahleh has been told he “could die any moment,” by an Israeli prison doctor, as the gravely ill Palestinian who is held without charge or trial by Israel, completed his 73rd day of hunger strike. Read more about Thaer Halahleh told he "could die any moment," as hunger strikers' condition increasingly urgent
6 April 2012
My diaries from last Monday and Tuesday. I reflect my feelings on the death of three kids, an event for Palestinian political prisoners, and my meeting with Hana’ Shalabi. Read more about From sadness to happiness on two days in Gaza
Gaza Strip 23 January 2012
Gaza health facilities continue to suffer shortages of medicines and equipment because of rivalry between Palestinian political parties, as well as the siege Israel has imposed on the Strip. Read more about Medicines in Gaza are hostage to political rivalry that puts lives at risk