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2 weeks ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Ahmed Dremly |Nader Durgham
Malak Yahya was reading a book at home when the massive Israeli bombing of Gaza City's Shujaiya neighbourhood took place on Wednesday. “The sound was frightening, the entire house shook, and the window fell on me,” she told Middle East Eye. She quickly went down to pick up her two younger brothers, who were outside when the strikes hit, as she was worried the Israeli army would attack again.
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3 weeks ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Ahmed Dremly |Lubna Masarwa
Crowds who took to the streets of Gaza this week were protesting against the ongoing war and to draw attention to their desperate situation, people who took part have told Middle East Eye. Participants in the protests, which started in the northern city of Beit Lahia on Wednesday, also rejected their widely reported characterisation in western media and on social media as “anti-Hamas”.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
middleeasteye.net | Ahmed Aziz |Ahmed Dremly |Maha Hussaini
As the long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect on Sunday morning, thousands of displaced Palestinians rushed to return to their homes. For many, the return was a bittersweet journey marked by shock, loss and uncertainty. What they have returned to is mostly flattened homes and, at best, half-standing structures.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
middleeasteye.net | Ahmed Dremly |Joseph A. Massad
Israeli strikes on Gaza intensified overnight after the announcement on Wednesday of a ceasefire deal that should come into effect on Sunday,creating deadly chaos amongst celebrating Palestinians. According to Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for Gaza's civil defence, since the announcement, Israeli forces have killed 73 people, including 20 children and 25 women, and left over 230 injured.
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Dec 27, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Ahmed Dremly
Israeli soldiers stormed Gaza's last functioning hospital on Friday and forced semi-naked Palestinian medics and patients to leave on foot to an unknown destination, according to videos and eyewitness testimony shared with Middle East Eye. According to one video sent to MEE, several Israeli tanks could be seen stationed outside the bombed-out Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, whilst dozens of men stripped to their underwear were being directed to an area off screen.
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Dec 14, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Ahmed Dremly
Jacqueline Almasri was feeding her two young children in a schoolyard-turned-shelter in Beit Lahia earlier this month when Israeli quadcopter drones buzzed overhead. Over the past 14 months, Almasri has lived in several shelters after her family home in Beit Hanoun was bombed in the early weeks of October 2023. Her husband, Mohammed, and her father-in-law were trying to retrieve food and belongings from the remnants of their home when it was bombed again.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
theintercept.com | Ahmed Dremly |Ahmed Alsammak
Yehya Qasem was having dinner with his family one evening in early October when the unmistakable sound of Israeli airstrikes pierced the air. The series of so-called firebelts were so deafening that his mom and siblings froze in fear, forsaking their meal of canned chickpeas. Qasem peered out the window to see what was going on. His family worried that Israeli troops would enter their town of Jabalia that night.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Ahmed Dremly
Nearly six weeks have passed since Yasmin al-Masri last saw or heard from her husband, Ahmed. The two were separated after Israeli forces raided north Gaza early last month and kidnapped Ahmed to an unknown location. When the assault began on 5 October under the cover of heavy bombardment, the couple were holding their seven-month-old baby boy Omar close. "It felt like doomsday,” the 21-year-old mother told Middle East Eye.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Joseph A. Massad |Ahmed Dremly |Nicola Perugini
On 28 October, the Israeli parliament officially labelled the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) a "terrorist organisation". Israel’s unauthenticated and uncorroborated allegations, to which the agency has responded with precautionary suspensions, is that Unrwa’s staff participated in the attacks of 7 October.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Joseph A. Massad |Ahmed Dremly |Jonathan Cook |Shahd Safi
Israel recently announced a ban on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa), the agency responsible for supporting Palestinian refugees. For Palestinians, especially those in Gaza, this decision is heartbreaking and marks a significant shift in their suffering. Israel's claim that Unrwa has links to terrorism stems from allegations that nine employees might have participated in the 7 October attack.
