Bilal Shbair

1 week ago | thestar.com.my | Vivian Yee |Bilal Shbair

IT had made sense to Nour Barda and Heba al-Arqan in November 2023 to try for another baby when a temporary truce had just taken hold in the Gaza Strip. Barda’s father, who had only sons, kept asking when he might have a granddaughter at last. Back then, the war seemed like it might end. Back then, there was food, even if it was not enough. By the time al-Arqan found out she was pregnant last year, things in Gaza were much worse.

2 weeks ago | rsn.org | Vivian Yee |Bilal Shbair

It had made sense to Nour Barda and Heba al-Arqan in November 2023 to try for another baby when a temporary truce had just taken hold in Gaza. Mr. Barda’s father, who had only sons, kept asking when he might have a granddaughter at last. Back then, the war seemed like it might end. Back then, there was food, even if it was not enough. By the time Ms. al-Arqan found out she was pregnant last year, things in Gaza were much worse.

2 weeks ago | telegraphindia.com | Vivian Yee |Bilal Shbair

It had been like this with Jihad, their son, who was born in 2023, two weeks after the war began. Their increasingly desperate efforts to find food when Jihad was six months old were described in a New York Times article about malnourished children in Gaza in April 2024 Vivian Yee, Bilal Shbair Published 08.06.25, 11:45 AM Palestinian children struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Monday.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Vivian Yee |Bilal Shbair

A New York Times article last year described two families struggling to keep their malnourished children alive in Gaza. Now, as Israeli restrictions keep out most aid, that's even harder. A New York Times article last year described two families struggling to keep their malnourished children alive in Gaza. Now, as Israeli restrictions keep out most aid, that's even harder. A food distribution line in Jabaliya, in northern Gaza, in April. The territory is facing a hunger crisis. Credit...

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Adam Rasgon |Bilal Shbair |Aaron Boxerman

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip – Hungry and desperate, they raced to secure just one box of food. After nearly three months without any aid entering the Gaza Strip, Palestinians had learned that an Israeli-backed aid site would open in Rafah. Israel promised an orderly system that would improve on the United Nations’ efforts to distribute much-needed food to Palestinians in Gaza. Almost from the beginning, things went horribly wrong.