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1 week ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Maha Hussaini |Mera Aladam |Ahmed Abu Artema
It was midnight when Israeli warplanes bombed the Fahmi al-Jarjawi School in Gaza City, setting it ablaze. Families who had sought refuge in the school after being displaced were instead engulfed by fire in the early hours of Monday, desperately trying to reach loved ones trapped in the flames. "The aftermath of the Israeli strike revealed the charred remains of more than 30 Palestinians, 18 of them children and six women.
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1 month ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Alex MacDonald |Mera Aladam
Israel has struck the last functioning hospital in Gaza, further worsening an already critical lack of medical facilities in the enclave. Although the attack caused no direct casualties, Gaza's civil defence rescue agency said the strike on al-Ahli al-Arabi Baptist Hospital led to "the destruction of the surgery building and the oxygen generation station for the intensive care units".
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2 months ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Mera Aladam |Victoria Brittain
Israeli troops were given orders to raze agricultural land, destroy residential blocks and open fire on anyone who came near them to make way for deadly buffer zones in Gaza, a report by Israeli veterans' group Breaking the Silence (BtS) has revealed.
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2 months ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Mera Aladam |Lubna Masarwa
Palestinian journalist Ahmed Mansour has succumbed to burns sustained after an Israeli strike on a tent where reporters were known to reside in Khan Younis was set on fire. In a widely shared clip, the correspondent for the local Palestine Today news agency was seen engulfed in flames as colleagues desperately attempt to save him on Monday. Mansour was left in critical condition with life-threatening injuries.
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2 months ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Mera Aladam |David Hearst
An Israeli air strike killed a UN worker and wounded five others on Wednesday in the central Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The bombing targeted a UN headquarters in Deir al-Balah, local media reported. Six foreign staff members were seriously injured, and one of them died upon arrival at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, the ministry added. The victims were members of the United Nations Mine Action Service, which is responsible for clearing leftover explosive devices.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
middleeasteye.net | Mera Aladam |Sarah Leah Whitson
Israeli police briefly detained and questioned Palestinian artist and comedian Nidal Badarneh on Monday over his stand-up shows, according to his family. His home in Haifa was raided, and the Palestinian citizens of Israel was taken in for investigation under the pretext of "posing a danger to the public," the family told Arab48 news outlet. The arrest followed calls from far-right Israeli groups to cancel his shows, including one in Nazareth last Friday.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
middleeasteye.net | Maha Hussaini |Mera Aladam |Marco Carnelos
Dozens of caravans and bulldozers have entered the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing awaiting entry into Gaza, as Hamas has said it will abide by the ceasefire deal and release Israeli captives as scheduled. Israeli authorities are expected to allow these vehicles through the Philadelphia corridor that runs along Egypt's boundary with Gaza and then into the Palestinian enclave via the Israeli-controlled Karem Abu Salem crossing.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
middleeasteye.net | Maha Hussaini |Mera Aladam |Marco Carnelos
Dozens of caravans and bulldozers have entered the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing awaiting entry into Gaza, as Hamas has said it will abide by the ceasefire deal and release Israeli captives as scheduled. Israeli authorities are expected to allow these vehicles through the Philadelphia corridor that runs along Egypt's boundary with Gaza and then into the Palestinian enclave via the Israeli-controlled Karem Abu Salem crossing.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
middleeasteye.net | Muhammad Ateeq |Mera Aladam
On the third day of Israel's major assault on Jenin, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city are grappling with forced displacement, mass arrests and reports of field executions by Israeli forces. The invasion has led to widespread fear and hardship, with local infrastructure severely damaged and medical access restricted.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
middleeasteye.net | Mera Aladam |Oscar Rickett |Andreas Krieg
The Israeli defence minister has cancelled administrative detention orders against settlers in the occupied West Bank, citing the expected release of Palestinians under the recent ceasefire agreement with Hamas. According to the three-phase truce deal, 33 Israeli captives held in Gaza will be released in the first phase, including nine who are ill or wounded. Israel, in return, will release 1,000 Palestinians detained from 8 October 2023 onwards.
