War, siege and crumbling infrastructure has left Gaza’s water resources dangerously strained. Read more about Water pollution reaches catastrophic levels in Gaza 

A snapshot of survival from Gaza’s Cold River to the rubble of Khan Younis. Read more about In photos: Scavenging to live 

Unable to feed his animals, the owner of Gaza’s zoo has put them up for sale. Read more about In photos: The last tiger in Gaza 

Aid for impoverished families dries up after Israel outlaws Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement. Read more about Ban on political group in Israel leaves Gaza orphans destitute 

People in Gaza have only six hours of electricity per day. Read more about Gaza struggles to cope with siege and storms 

Wael Abu Rida holds Egyptian nationality but crisis in Cairo means his abduction has gone largely unnoticed there. Read more about Gaza man "kidnapped" by Israel in Sinai, says family 

In the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, a team of vocational college students, with the help of two mechanical engineers, built a racing car — the first of its kind in the besieged coastal territory. Read more about Student-built racing car shows Gaza ingenuity 

It’s interesting to read the news from this perspective. I mean, when you are the news, or when you are living the news that is being reported. On Monday I visited the Khan Yunis refugee camp, the target of many an attack by Israeli forces, to talk to Palestinian refugees there, to hear their thoughts on Israeli disengagement. It was quite an incongruous-and bleak-scene, as is often the case in Gaza. Crumbling refugee homes with pockmarks the size of apples stand like carcasses in front of the Neve Dekalim settlement, part of the Gush settlement bloc. It is shaded with palm trees, red-roofed villas, and the unspoilt pristine sands of the Khan Yunis beach, accessible to all but the Palestinians now. Read more about Life in Khan Yunis 

Arjan El Fassed talks to Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip on the eve of the election for president of the Palestinian Authority. El Fassed is a co-founder of the Electronic Intifada and a member of UCP’s election mission, accredited as international election observers. Read more about Gaza on the eve of the elections 

On September 7, Raghda al-Assar was at school in the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis. After less than hour, she was receiving medical treatment in emergency room of Nasser Hospital after having been struck by Israeli bullets in her head while she was in her classroom listening to her English teacher. Raghda died Wednesday of the critical wounds she sustained two weeks ago. On September 7, Raghda was one of hundreds of Palestinian schoolgirls, dressed in crisp striped school uniforms, crowding the streets of Khan Yunis refugee camp on their way to school. Sami Abu Salem reports from Khan Younis. Read more about Girl's life ended by Israeli bullets