“Finding flour alone took five full days,” says Dema Al-Buhisi, who continued baking in Gaza amid famine and bombings.
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Amid Starvation and Mass Killings, This Gaza Baker Refused to Stop Her Work Read Post »
Christmas is due to arrive without lights and without warmth, burdened by the memory of a war that has not truly ended.
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Gaza Will Mark Christmas With Silent Bells, Frozen Nights, and Grief Read Post »
For us here in Gaza, this “ceasefire” is a fiction. The bombing has continued as Israel moves its Yellow Line.
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Israel Is Quietly Expanding Its Occupation of Gaza Under Cover of “Ceasefire” Read Post »
On my journey home, memories of my former life flooded me: the streets once beautiful, full of cars and smiling faces.
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Our Road Back to the Ghost Town of Gaza City Is Paved in Pain and Loss Read Post »
Israel killed one painter as she worked on her canvas. Another painter survived the destruction of all her life’s work.
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Living Amid Bombs and Bloodshed, Painters in Gaza Hold Steadfast to Their Craft Read Post »
Now that the airstrikes have stopped, we face a new devastation, assessing our ruined homes and mourning our loved ones.
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When Ceasefire Finally Arrived Here in Gaza, What Poured Out of Me Was Grief Read Post »
After our apartment was bombed, we tried to flee south but failed, returning to our ruined home only to be bombed again.
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In Gaza City, I Have Been Rendered Homeless in My Homeland Read Post »
My cousin saved my life by warning me of the bomb that was about to fall. Now we must flee, but we have nowhere to go.
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Israel Bombed My High-Rise Apartment This Week. We Barely Survived. Read Post »
My bag is packed, but I have nowhere to flee. I live in fear as I watch residential towers fall around me.
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Israel Demolished 50 High-Rises in Two Days. Will My Apartment Building Be Next? Read Post »
We have no real options: stay in the north and suffer, or flee south and suffer all the same.
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We Have No Shelter and No Escape as Israel Prepares to Invade Gaza City Read Post »
My father feels dizzy every single day. I lost four kilograms in just one week. People are collapsing in the streets.
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The Last Thing We Had in Gaza Was Flour. Now Even That Is Gone. Read Post »
When movement is restricted and ambulances are scarce, the smallest wound can become a death sentence in Gaza.
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Israel’s Decimation of Transportation Is Adding to Gaza’s Death Toll Read Post »
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