Gaza City

A woman in a blue headscarf holds her head in her hand. A man faces her. They are both looking at a body wrapped in a white shroud.

Israel ramps up Gaza City massacres

Nora Barrows-Friedman 19 September 2025

More than 1,000 Palestinians arrested in occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm in one day. Read more about Israel ramps up Gaza City massacres

Daytime scene of a building collapsing, giant plumes of gray smoke, with tents and people in the foreground.

There is nowhere left to go – we are trapped

Malak Hijazi 10 September 2025

Israeli ground forces are closing in, and we face an impossible evacuation from northern Gaza. Read more about There is nowhere left to go – we are trapped

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 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 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 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