Khan Younis

A girl stands in the foreground of a group of people on top of the rubble of a destroyed building

Ceasefire elusive as Gaza genocide enters fifth month

Maureen Clare Murphy 7 February 2024

At least 100,000 Palestinians are killed, injured, or missing and presumed dead. Read more about Ceasefire elusive as Gaza genocide enters fifth month

Men carry large sacks on their shoulders while walking on a flooded road covered with debris alongside bombed-out buildings

Israel kills hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza after ICJ ruling

Maureen Clare Murphy 31 January 2024

Residential buildings bombed and neighborhoods ordered evacuated. Read more about Israel kills hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza after ICJ ruling

A kneeling man cradles and puts his head next to the face of a small child in a body bag as other men kneel and stand around him

Israeli fire kills Palestinians waiting for food aid and at UN shelter

Maureen Clare Murphy 25 January 2024

“World will bear witness to untold thousands of preventable deaths” if hospitals collapse in Gaza’s south, Red Cross warns. Read more about Israeli fire kills Palestinians waiting for food aid and at UN shelter

An older woman carries a small purse as she walks on sandy road with two young children carrying blankets close behind her and other people carrying their belongings traveling by foot, donkey cart and car at a distance behind her

Israel besieges hospitals as it widens offensive in Khan Younis

Maureen Clare Murphy 24 January 2024

More than 20 soldiers killed while planting explosives to establish “buffer zone.” Read more about Israel besieges hospitals as it widens offensive in Khan Younis

A man wearing medical scrubs holds a syringe above the arm of a boy laying on tiled floor smeared with blood

Israel closes in on Gaza hospital during Blinken visit

Maureen Clare Murphy 10 January 2024

UN warns that young children “are at high risk of severe malnutrition.” Read more about Israel closes in on Gaza hospital during Blinken visit

A red and white couch with heart design on the street, with a for-sale sign in Arabic

Fear will never leave us

Nowar Nabil Diab 4 January 2024

I was playing a game of cards when Israel bombed the house where we sought shelter. Read more about Fear will never leave us

A baby wearing a blue cap is swaddled in a white blanket

Giving birth amid genocide

Sura Sufyan Mousa 2 January 2023

My mother died when I was born in 2004, during Israel’s attacks on Gaza. I feared I would face a similar fate. Read more about Giving birth amid genocide

A father poses with three children in the courtyard of a school

Israel has killed 50 people in my village

Nawal Soleman Akel 2 January 2024

My village is a part of me, and Israel is killing it. Read more about Israel has killed 50 people in my village

People crowd through a cityscape in ruins

I must remember every corner before my city’s oblivion

Bashaer Muammar 5 December 2023

A city in shock fears the worst as Israel orders evacuation. Read more about I must remember every corner before my city’s oblivion

Outside of a tent, a man cooks bread on an outdoor stove

“I want to put this tent on the rubble”

Ruwaida Amer 5 December 2023

Driven south to Khan Younis by Israel’s bombs, Palestinians are eager to return home. Read more about “I want to put this tent on the rubble”