starvation

Young men push a bicycle and ride a donkey-drawn cart carrying their possessions along a bombed-out road

A conversation between life and death in Gaza

Asem Alnabih 19 September 2024

Displacement, hunger and hardship stalk Palestinians in the north and south. Read more about A conversation between life and death in Gaza

Palestinian boys, some holding pots, stand in a line at a food distribution site.

Israel tightens restrictions on food, medicine at Gaza crossings

Nora Barrows-Friedman 31 August 2024

Mass polio vaccination campaign begins amidst enormous logistical obstacles. Read more about Israel tightens restrictions on food, medicine at Gaza crossings

A woman sits against a wall, touching her sleeping infant.

Women in Gaza three times more likely to die during childbirth, experts warn

Nora Barrows-Friedman 13 July 2024

Israel’s targeting of hospitals, along with extreme hunger and lack of medicine, put pregnant women and their babies at critical risk. Read more about Women in Gaza three times more likely to die during childbirth, experts warn

News highlights on week 37 of Israel's genocide in Gaza

Nora Barrows-Friedman 20 June 2024

Starvation accelerates, Israeli forces continue to block international aid convoys. Read more about News highlights on week 37 of Israel's genocide in Gaza

Day 257 roundtable: Gaza's deepening agony

Nora Barrows-Friedman 19 June 2024

Hope persists despite worsening days in Gaza, with Abubaker Abed (01:47); Nora Barrows-Friedman delivers the latest news highlights (30:20); The duty to document Israel’s genocidal crimes, with Aseel Mousa (53:10); Jon Elmer reports on resistance in Rafah, ambush in Netzarim corridor and Hizballah’s escalation on Lebanon front (01:21:44); Group discussion (02:22:19). Read more about Day 257 roundtable: Gaza's deepening agony

News highlights on week 35 of Israel's genocide in Gaza

Nora Barrows-Friedman 7 June 2024

Israel bombs central Gaza refugee camps, displaced persons shelters. Read more about News highlights on week 35 of Israel's genocide in Gaza

A group of people walk as parachuted packages are visible in the air behind them

The desperate scrabble for food in northern Gaza

Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman 10 April 2024

Air deliveries remain haphazard as those who refused to leave northern Gaza try to survive Israel’s imposed famine. Read more about The desperate scrabble for food in northern Gaza

A crying child leans on a woman, sitting next to a corpse.

A voucher for two eggs

Asmaa Habib 4 April 2024

I waited in line for five hours for UNRWA food aid. Read more about A voucher for two eggs

An older man whose face and body is covered in blood sits in the bed of a pickup truck

South Africa accuses Israel of contempt for World Court order

Maureen Clare Murphy 10 March 2024

Situation in Gaza “is now so terrifying as to be unspeakable.” Read more about South Africa accuses Israel of contempt for World Court order

Forcibly displaced women carrying their belongings walk past Israeli forces

Famine is already here

Hamza Salha 8 March 2024

How many ways can we say we are starving? Read more about Famine is already here