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A small boy with dust, ash and blood on his face looks at the camera as he is being held by a woman inside an ambulance.

Israel could destroy Gaza City within 60 days

Nora Barrows-Friedman 5 September 2025

Five Palestinian boys remain missing after being abducted by Israeli soldiers at aid points in Gaza. Read more about Israel could destroy Gaza City within 60 days

A woman wearing pink prayer clothes holds a toddler, dressed in a red shirt and green shorts. The toddler is missing his left arm.

Israel targets journalists, rescuers in double-tap strike on Gaza hospital

Nora Barrows-Friedman 30 August 2025

Israeli soldiers and settlers uproot thousands of olive trees in occupied West Bank as military raids intensify. Read more about Israel targets journalists, rescuers in double-tap strike on Gaza hospital

A man holds the body of a child, wrapped in a white burial shroud. Two men walk alongside him

Israel escalates destruction of Gaza City

Nora Barrows-Friedman 22 August 2025

Quadcopters are being used to encircle residential blocks and coerce civilians into fleeing under armed threat, rights group reports. Read more about Israel escalates destruction of Gaza City

What does Israel’s starvation of Gaza do to the human body?

Nora Barrows-Friedman 19 August 2025

Dr. Thaer Ahmad explains how catastrophic malnutrition imposed by Israel impacts Palestinians’ bodies. Read more about What does Israel’s starvation of Gaza do to the human body?

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

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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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