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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

A man cradles the body of a loved one on the floor of a hospital. The body is wrapped in a blanket.

Gaza is the slaughterhouse

Nora Barrows-Friedman 23 May 2025

Israel’s engineered humanitarian catastrophe a “central tool” of extermination. Read more about Gaza is the slaughterhouse

Inside Gaza hospitals under attack

Nora Barrows-Friedman 21 May 2025

Israel bombed three medical facilities in one week. Read more about Inside Gaza hospitals under attack

Women and children carry belongings amidst rubble. Ambulances are behind them.

Israel kills 100 Palestinians on Nakba Day

Nora Barrows-Friedman 16 May 2025

Two Khan Younis hospitals bombed, killing dozens, including prominent journalist Hassan Aslayeh in his clinic bed. Read more about Israel kills 100 Palestinians on Nakba Day

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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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