Abbie Cheeseman

Beirut

Middle East Reporter at Freelance

Middle East Reporter at The Washington Post

Middle East for @washingtonpost. Before: '24 Stern fellow in DC, freelance ME corro/investigative reporter. Previous life @airwars. | Signal: abbiecheeseman.58

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Articles

Gaza faces ‘critical’ famine risk, experts say, as Israel blocks aid

2 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Abbie Cheeseman |Miriam Berger |Claire Parker

Gaza faces ‘critical’ famine risk, experts say, as Israel blocks aid (washingtonpost.com) Gaza faces ‘critical’ famine risk, experts say, as Israel blocks aid By Abbie Cheeseman; Miriam Berger; Claire Parker 2025051216213600 One in five Gazans are facing starvation, while the entire territory is at critical risk of famine that is projected to worsen in the coming months, the globe's leading body on food emergencies said Monday.
At least 40 killed, hundreds injured in massive Iranian port explosion

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Mikhail Klimentov |Susannah George |Niha Masih |Abbie Cheeseman

At least 40 killed, hundreds injured in massive Iranian port explosion (washingtonpost.com) At least 40 killed, hundreds injured in massive Iranian port explosion By Mikhail Klimentov; Susannah George; Niha Masih; Abbie Cheeseman 2025042618221900 The death toll from a massive explosion at a port in southern Iran has risen to 40, with more than 900 people injured, the country's state-run IRNA news agency reported Sunday.
Israel’s European allies urge lifting of ‘intolerable’ Gaza aid blockade

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Abbie Cheeseman

Israel’s European allies urge lifting of ‘intolerable’ Gaza aid blockade (washingtonpost.com) Israel’s European allies urge lifting of ‘intolerable’ Gaza aid blockade By Abbie Cheeseman 2025042311451100 BEIRUT — Three of Israel's key European allies urged the government Wednesday to end its "intolerable" blockade on aid entering the Gaza Strip.
Thousands of Israeli reservists condemn leadership for return to war

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Chason |Abbie Cheeseman |Alon Rom

Thousands of Israeli reservists condemn leadership for return to war (washingtonpost.com) Thousands of Israeli reservists condemn leadership for return to war By Rachel Chason; Abbie Cheeseman; Alon Rom 2025041419571800 JERUSALEM — A growing chorus of Israelis, including those participating directly in the war, are publicly condemning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to resume fighting in the Gaza Strip and calling for an immediate end to the conflict to bring Israeli hostages...
Thousands of Israeli reservists condemn leadership for return to war

1 month ago | stripes.com | Rachel Chason |Abbie Cheeseman |Alon Rom

Israeli artillery along the Gaza border fires toward Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Sunday. (Heidi Levine/The Washington Post) JERUSALEM — A growing chorus of Israelis, including those participating directly in the war, are publicly condemning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to resume fighting in the Gaza Strip and calling for an immediate end to the conflict to bring Israeli hostages home.
Israeli strike damages last fully functional hospital in Gaza City

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Abbie Cheeseman |Hajar Harb

Israeli strike damages last fully functional hospital in Gaza City (washingtonpost.com) Israeli strike damages last fully functional hospital in Gaza City By Abbie Cheeseman; Hajar Harb 2025041319144800 BEIRUT — The Israeli military bombed the last fully functional hospital in Gaza City early Sunday, medics there said, giving patients, doctors and displaced Palestinians sheltering on the grounds only 20 minutes to evacuate before it struck and destroyed key parts of the facility. More than...
Photos point to Israeli tank fire in deadly strike on U.N. guest house

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Louisa Loveluck |Meg Kelly |Imogen Piper |Abbie Cheeseman

Photos point to Israeli tank fire in deadly strike on U.N. guest house (washingtonpost.com) Photos point to Israeli tank fire in deadly strike on U.N. guest house By Louisa Loveluck; Meg Kelly; Imogen Piper; Abbie Cheeseman 2025041309000000 Explosions at a United Nations guesthouse in Gaza that killed a European aid worker and severely wounded five others last month were very likely caused by two Israeli tank shells, according to experts who analyzed photos of the scene obtained exclusively...
How Palestinian first responders ended up in a mass grave in Gaza

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Miriam Berger |Louisa Loveluck |Imogen Piper |Hazem Balousha |Hajar Harb |Abbie Cheeseman

The 14 Palestinian emergency workers had been missing for a week when U.N. and civil defense personnel found them late last month in a mass grave of sand. Israeli soldiers had buried them, as well as the wreckage of their ambulances, videos showed. Theirresting place, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah, was marked with one of their red emergency lights. The Israeli military says its soldiers had believed the men were Palestinian militants and had fired on them from a distance.
UN says Israel’s aid blockade has opened ‘floodgates of horror’ in Gaza

1 month ago | dailyherald.com | Abbie Cheeseman |Hazem Balousha

Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli bombardment Monday in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel. AP BEIRUT — The United Nations secretary-general has issued a stinging rebuke of Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, describing it as an act that has opened the “floodgates of horror” and condemning it as a violation of international law. “More than an entire month has passed without a drop of aid into Gaza. No food. No fuel. No medicine.
U.N. says Israel’s aid blockade has opened ‘floodgates of horror’ in Gaza

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Abbie Cheeseman

BEIRUT — The United Nations secretary general has issued a stinging rebuke of Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, describing it as an act that has opened the “floodgates of horror” and condemning it as a violation of international law. “More than an entire month has passed without a drop of aid into Gaza. No food. No fuel. No medicine. No commercial supplies,” António Guterres said in remarks at U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday. “As aid has dried up, the floodgates of horror have reopened.