forced displacement

Selfie on Gaza's beach

Displacement begins with a scissor’s cut

Israa Alsigaly 21 October 2025

On the walk south, the author confronts memory, loss and the reality of an irreparable break with the past. Read more about Displacement begins with a scissor’s cut

Plumes of dark smoke hover above a sunrise as a man watches.

A dangerous trip to salvage what we could

Khaled Al-Qershali 8 October 2025

The occupation’s latest attacks forced many south, but my family made the trip north, to our home. Read more about A dangerous trip to salvage what we could

A small child clings to a rusty metal object, looking at the camera. Tent shelters are in the foreground.

Israel attacks international flotilla while killing hundreds in Gaza

Nora Barrows-Friedman 3 October 2025

Israeli army closes main north-south route along the coast for traffic in and out of Gaza City as war minister threatens Palestinians who stay. Read more about Israel attacks international flotilla while killing hundreds in Gaza

People stand on top of the rubble of a destroyed building, with black smoke rising around them. Several small fires are visible in front of them.

Israel destroys homes, hospitals in nonstop airstrikes on Gaza City

Nora Barrows-Friedman 26 September 2025

Palestinians mourn over the bodies of loved ones as Israel continues to massacre hundreds. Read more about Israel destroys homes, hospitals in nonstop airstrikes on Gaza City

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

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

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 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"

Dozens of tents are set up on the sand, with a view of the ocean in the background.

“This place doesn’t exist to the world”

Noor Alyacoubi 12 June 2025

Space is scarce in Gaza, and people are setting up tents in areas once thought uninhabitable. Read more about “This place doesn’t exist to the world”

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