As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organisations are witnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes.
Military targets key humanitarian hub that was relatively unscathed by war after ordering Palestinians to leave
Staff quarters attacked three times and four people detained, three temporarily, as IDF tanks enter Deir al-Balah
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom
A permanent ceasefire, the free and safe flow of aid, and the lifting of the blockade are needed now – all could be achieved with political will
Nick Maynard is a volunteer surgeon at Nasser hospital
Ramallah, July 19, 2025—Israeli forces killed a 13-year-old Palestinian boy in Ya’bad village yesterday. Amr Ali Ahmad Qabha, 13, was shot and killed around 6:30 p.m. on July 18 in the Palestinian village of Ya’bad, south of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International – Palestine. Two military vehicles came from the Mevo Dotan settlement and military base, entered the village and took up positions in its northern area, where several soldiers exited their vehicles near the Patient’s Friends Society.
In ancient Greece, the Ekecheiria — a sacred truce — was meant to suspend warfare during the Olympic Games, honoring the spirit of peace, competition, and shared humanity. In the twenty-first century, however, neither Russia nor Israel has shown any willingness to halt their campaigns of destruction, even during international events meant to celebrate youth and excellence, such as the Olympic Games in Paris (2024).
“This is a shameless and transparent attack on the fundamental principles of international justice.” Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard
No words can better capture the reality in Gaza today than this: We are dying. Every day, in every imaginable way, we die.
The $2 billion plan, submitted to the Trump administration, describes the camps as ‘large-scale’ and ‘voluntary’ places where the Gazan population could ‘temporarily reside, deradicalize, reintegrate, and prepare to relocate’
