Maram Humaid

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Gaza Digital Reporter at Al Jazeera English

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Articles

A daughter's tribute from Gaza

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Maram Humaid

My beloved mother, I began writing this piece in the first month after your passing. I gathered my words and my pain to pour into this text, but my tears would choke me, and I'd close the file. Recommended Stories I came back to it two months later, then six, then again at the end of the year, but I still couldn't finish it. Each time I returned to it, I carried new burdens, new grief, and new tears as the war wove itself into our lives, adding sorrows.
How Israel's 'plan' for Gaza could turbocharge ethnic cleansing

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Mat Nashed |Maram Humaid

Israel's far-right government has approved a "plan" to carve up and ethnically cleanse Gaza, analysts told Al Jazeera. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the plan, couching it in claims that its goal is to dismantle Hamas and retrieve the 24 or so living captives taken from Israel on October 7, 2023.
Gaza Christians remember calls with Pope Francis

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Maram Humaid

Gaza City, Palestine - For 72-year-old Kamal Anton, Pope Francis was a source of comfort and support. Kamal has had to shelter since the start of the war in the same Catholic church compound in Gaza City - the Holy Family Church - that his wife and daughter were shot and killed by an Israeli sniper in. Recommended Stories That was in December 2023, two months after the start of Israel's war.
How a rescued baby brought two Gaza families together

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Maram Humaid

Jabalia, Gaza - Between the arms of his father and the family who cared for him during his disappearance, little Mohammed plays happily. About 16 months ago, a 13-month-old Mohammed sat crying beside his mother's lifeless body, surrounded by the dead and wounded, after an attack on the school the family was sheltering in. Recommended Stories That day, amid the chaos and fear as displaced families fled, he disappeared.
A Gaza mother's agony for a son Israel killed

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Maram Humaid

Mawasi Khan Younis, Gaza - Her son's final words haunt Ghalia Radwan. "Forgive me, mama," the 24-year-old said as he lay dying, shot by Israeli soldiers while he was on a rescue mission on March 23, which he recorded until his last breath. Recommended Stories He wanted her forgiveness for the pain his death would cause, knowing that she had worried about him every day since he had become a paramedic.
How the sick and injured fled as Israel bombed Gaza's al-Ahli Hospital

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Maram Humaid

Al Jazeera's Maram Humaid reports from Gaza's bombed-out al-Ahli HospitalGaza City, Gaza - Yousef Abu Sakran was dozing next to his injured child and wife, Iman, in a tent ward at al-Ahli Arab Hospital when the sounds of people running and shouting woke him up.
Journalists in Gaza attacked by Israel

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Justin Salhani |Maram Humaid

Abed Shaat drifted off to sleep on Sunday night, exhausted after covering Israeli air strikes all day. The 33-year-old freelance photographer had returned to a tent in front of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza where he'd been based along with other journalists since the start of Israel's war on Gaza. Recommended Stories Then, they were jolted awake. "I woke up to the sound of a huge explosion nearby," Shaat said. "My colleagues and I immediately rushed out of the tent.
Protests demand an end to war and suffering

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Maram Humaid

Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza - For the third consecutive day, Hassan Saad, 38, and hundreds of others took to the streets in Beit Lahiya, demanding an end to their suffering and a halt to the war on Gaza. Saad is one of the protest coordinators, working with 14 others who he says came together spontaneously to organise the demonstrations. Recommended Stories The main trigger, Saad explains, was a Facebook discussion after new Israeli eviction orders were issued last Monday.
Palestinians face struggle to survive in Gaza or being forced out by Israel

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Maram Humaid

Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, Palestine - Listening to the radio a few days ago outside the tent he now has to call home, 77-year-old Mohammed al-Nabahin heard about an Israeli plan to establish a "voluntary" migration office for Palestinians in Gaza. The news report gave al-Nabahin the details. An agency planned by Israel's defence minister, Israel Katz, and approved by the cabinet. Its aim was to organise and secure the exit of Palestinians "wishing to migrate" to third countries.
Torna l’incubo della guerra

1 month ago | internazionale.it | Maram Humaid

Non era un incubo, era reale. La guerra era tornata, così, da un momento all’altro, senza preavviso. L’orologio segnava le 2.20 quando ci siamo svegliati in preda al terrore per il suono assordante degli attacchi aerei. Tutto tremava intorno a noi. Mia figlia gridava: “Papà! Mamma! Che succede?”. La mia mente era nel caos. Era di nuovo un bombardamento? Le esplosioni si sono intensificate, e il suono era inconfondibile, lo conosciamo troppo bene: gli attacchi aerei israeliani su Gaza.