Gaza City

A jetty filled with two rows of tents extends into the ocean.

“We live in a state of chaos”

Ruwaida Amer 10 July 2025

Israel’s attacks on the northern city of Beit Lahiya prompted a wave of evacuations to the port. Read more about “We live in a state of chaos”

A person walks on a road as a a giant plume of gray smoke clouds the horizon in front of them.

A horrific Monday in Gaza City

Yousef Alnono 3 July 2025

Israeli attacks killed over 60 people in Gaza City and the north on 30 June. Read more about A horrific Monday in Gaza City

A backdrop of clouds and small black packages with parachutes attached being dropped from the back of an airplane.

How a new vocabulary is emerging in the genocide

Yousef Alnono 1 July 2025

On the street in Gaza City and at an airdrop site, a writer learns how language is changing in Gaza. Read more about How a new vocabulary is emerging in the genocide

Two young girls sit on rubble, one holding a small lantern

Gaza’s Mshahar Generation

Nowar Nabil Diab 19 May 2025

Young people in Gaza cope with misery and boredom however they can. Read more about Gaza’s Mshahar Generation

A group of men walk together, one of them is carrying a body in a blue cloth

Israel bombs restaurant as Gaza famine rages

Nora Barrows-Friedman 9 May 2025

“Alarming levels” of child mortality as siege enters third month. Read more about Israel bombs restaurant as Gaza famine rages

A woman stand next to a mannequin wearing a wedding dress

Traders determined to reopen despite obstacles

Shojaa al-Safadi 1 April 2025

Resilience vital as costs skyrocket, challenges mount. Read more about Traders determined to reopen despite obstacles

Watch: “I wanted to show the world how it feels to go around Gaza”

Eli Gerzon 17 February 2025

We spoke with Abubaker Abed, discussed the state of the ceasefire deal, the Hannibal Directive and much more on the livestream. Read more about Watch: “I wanted to show the world how it feels to go around Gaza”

A family walks on a street between destroyed buildings

Palestinians return to homes in Gaza as UNRWA ban looms

Nora Barrows-Friedman 31 January 2025

Two weeks of siege in occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Israel attacks Lebanon despite extended ceasefire. Read more about Palestinians return to homes in Gaza as UNRWA ban looms

A boy looks out the window of fully loaded taxi

Freedom is precious but liberation is still a dream

Ghada Hania 28 January 2025

My family has been reduced to wishing to return to Gaza City, where my ancestors were forcibly expelled in 1948. Read more about Freedom is precious but liberation is still a dream

My final moments with Refaat Alareer

Asem Alnabih 5 December 2024

After one of many days spent together, we parted for the last time soon before his murder. Read more about My final moments with Refaat Alareer