Deir al-Balah

Two young men smile in a close-up portrait

A long-awaited reunion in Amman

Khaled El-Hissy 13 May 2025

Friendships in Gaza are tested by genocide and distance. Read more about A long-awaited reunion in Amman

People walk past a small stall amid destroyed buildings

Cash is disappearing in Gaza

Rola Hamdouna 5 May 2025

A liquidity crisis is affecting everyone with old notes falling apart, commissions skyrocketing, and merchants refusing electronic payments. Read more about Cash is disappearing in Gaza

People stand on the top of piles of rubble. Some of them are wearing orange vests.

Rafah "obliterated" by Israel's attacks

Nora Barrows-Friedman 11 April 2025

Ahmad Manasra, child prisoner subjected to torture by Israeli jailers, released after 10 years Read more about Rafah "obliterated" by Israel's attacks

Floodlights at night shine on a building in ruins

Breaking into my home in Gaza City

Khaled Al-Qershali 21 February 2025

I walked from Deir al-Balah to my home in the north and pried open the front door with a hammer. Read more about Breaking into my home in Gaza City

A man speaks and gestures with hands while sitting on a chair on a sunny day

Gaza’s poets never stopped writing

Abdullah Younis 5 February 2025

Poets in a camp in Deir al-Balah gather to recite their work amid Israel’s cultural genocide. Read more about Gaza’s poets never stopped writing

Two young children walk through the rubble of a destroyed house

Israel escalates airstrikes on Gaza in lead-up to ceasefire

Nora Barrows-Friedman 17 January 2025

Six Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli attacks. Read more about Israel escalates airstrikes on Gaza in lead-up to ceasefire

Day 439: Questions and answers

Nora Barrows-Friedman 19 December 2024

Israel kills four journalists in Gaza, carries out massacres of school shelters. Read more about Day 439: Questions and answers

Two boys stand facing the camera in front of white tents, with destroyed buildings in the background

Gaza "has become a graveyard for children," UNICEF says

Nora Barrows-Friedman 12 December 2024

Israel escalates attacks on Kamal Adwan hospital, killing medical workers and ordering staff and patients to leave. Read more about Gaza "has become a graveyard for children," UNICEF says

Families with young children carry their belongings past piles of rubble and wreckage

Surge in Israeli attacks on northern Gaza

Nora Barrows-Friedman 15 November 2024

Israel has attacked and destroyed villages in south Lebanon while bombing areas of Beirut. Read more about Surge in Israeli attacks on northern Gaza

Three children stand on the charred and twisted ruins of shelters hit by an Israeli airstrike.

Israel is starving northern Gaza

Nora Barrows-Friedman 17 October 2024

Tents in hospital courtyard in Deir al-Balah set ablaze by Israeli airstrike, burning people alive. Read more about Israel is starving northern Gaza