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A man in a press vest looks down at the damage after an airstrike. There are shrapnel holes in the wall beside him.

Israel hunts, then kills, Anas Al-Sharif in Gaza City

Nora Barrows-Friedman 15 August 2025

More than 230 Palestinians in Gaza, including 106 children, have starved to death. Read more about Israel hunts, then kills, Anas Al-Sharif in Gaza City

A Palestinian man pushes a bicycle in front of a bombed-out building

Airdrops kill starving people with rotten food

Nora Barrows-Friedman 8 August 2025

Catastrophic blood shortage in Gaza means treatable, small wounds are fatal. Read more about Airdrops kill starving people with rotten food

Boys sit on the burned-out shell of a car. In the background are some tents and destroyed buildings.

Israel abducted starving children at Gaza "aid" sites, then tortured them

Nora Barrows-Friedman 1 August 2025

1,200 Palestinian elders have died from Israel’s starvation policy. Read more about Israel abducted starving children at Gaza "aid" sites, then tortured them

A woman in a pink dress wipes her eyes with one hand and holds her child in the other. The child is severely malnourished and is wearing a black plastic bag as a diaper.

Israel shoots at heads of children seeking aid

Nora Barrows-Friedman 25 July 2025

Infants are being starved to death by Israel’s blockade. Read more about Israel shoots at heads of children seeking aid

A man in a black t-shirt carries the body of a child, wrapped in a bloodied white shroud, as other people in the background look on.

Israel bombs and starves Gaza with no end in sight

Nora Barrows-Friedman 18 July 2025

900 Palestinians killed by live fire, suffocation or stampedes at US-Israeli “aid” sites in seven weeks. Read more about Israel bombs and starves Gaza with no end in sight

A woman wearing prayer clothes mourns over the body of a small child under a blue medical blanket. Two small children lie motionless behind her as an older boy sits next to her.

Israel accelerates Gaza attacks amid plans for concentration camps in Rafah

Nora Barrows-Friedman 11 July 2025

Palestinian children are dying of starvation and preventable, treatable diseases in hospitals that are quickly going dark. Read more about Israel accelerates Gaza attacks amid plans for concentration camps in Rafah

A woman's arms, clothed in black, cradles a sleeping newborn baby wrapped in a white blanket.

Gaza out of baby formula, hundreds slaughtered at US-Israeli "aid" sites

Nora Barrows-Friedman 4 July 2025

Israel kills leading doctor, one of only two remaining cardiologists in northern Gaza. Read more about Gaza out of baby formula, hundreds slaughtered at US-Israeli "aid" sites

A group of men hold a body wrapped in a shroud. One of the men is weeping.

Gaza now in "stage of mass death"

Nora Barrows-Friedman 13 June 2025

Hundreds of Palestinians killed in US-Israeli death traps while trying to obtain food aid. Read more about Gaza now in "stage of mass death"

A child, dressed in red, pulls a can of water on a small cart up a hill, surrounded by rubble of destroyed buildings.

US and Israel turn "aid" centers into slaughter zones

Nora Barrows-Friedman 6 June 2025

More than 100 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 500 injured while seeking meager portions of food parcels. Read more about US and Israel turn "aid" centers into slaughter zones

Students achieve Israeli divestment victories on US college campuses

Nora Barrows-Friedman 29 May 2025

A global awakening of public opposition to the genocide puts pressure on university administrations. Read more about Students achieve Israeli divestment victories on US college campuses

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Nora Barrows-Friedman is a staff writer and associate editor at The Electronic Intifada, and is the author of In Our Power: US Students Organize for Justice in Palestine (Just World Books, 2014).

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