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Israel proposes, retracts resolution on Gaza refugees at IPU assembly

At the IPU assembly, Israel called for the international community to help Gaza refugees before retracting its proposal.

|ByELIAV BREUER
Palestinians gather to receive aid provided by UNRWA including food supplies, after Israel says it has ceased entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, outside a distribution center, at Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip, March 2, 2025.
Displaced Palestinians make their way as they flee Hamad City following an Israeli evacuation order, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip August 11, 2024.

IDF examining claims of soldiers using Gazans to check dangerous areas

A Haaretz report on the matter framed this as a widespread practice.

|ByEVE YOUNG
A RESIDENT of Kibbutz Nir Oz walks, this past week, in front of houses burned during the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas from Gaza. How come these are not characterized as war crimes? It’s because the victims are Jews, the writer maintains.

Innocence during wartime is a nuanced issue - opinion

Not every civilian in society can be neatly categorized as innocent, and it’s well beyond time that we acknowledge this nuance.

|ByPERRI SCHWARTZ
PALESTINIANS ENJOY the beach in Gaza City, on Sunday, after a ceasefire went into effect. With a little imagination, ingenuity and investment, Gaza could be turned into an enormously requested vacation spot.

Who’s really preventing the good life in Gaza? - opinion

Gazans are the pawns in a very evil chess game where the leaders are only pretending to bring justice, opportunity and prosperity to their people

|ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN

Gaza struggles to accommodate the living and the dead as population grows

The pressure on space in the cemetery reflects the growing pressure on land in Gaza, a narrow patch between Egypt and Israel blockaded from both sides.

OCTOBER 4, 2022
ByREUTERS
A general view of the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip August 10, 2022.

Gaza's health system days from being overwhelmed by COVID-19

Seventy-nine of Gaza's 100 ventilators have been taken up by COVID-19 patients, said Elmanama, a microbiologist who is part of Gaza's pandemic task force.

NOVEMBER 22, 2020
ByREUTERS
A Palestinian woman waits before leaving Rafah border crossing with Egypt, which was reopened for the first time since it was closed in March over Covid-19 concerns, in the southern Gaza strip August 11, 2020.

Knesset committee discusses rights and welfare of Gazan children

Does Israel really block 40% of parents of Gazan children from crossing border for medical treatment?

OCTOBER 20, 2020
Palestinian security forces and trucks seen at the Kerem Shalom crossing, the main passage point for goods entering Gaza, in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 1, 2020.

Rights groups denounce rise in Gaza death sentences

Victim’s son: We demand execution of criminal who killed our father.

OCTOBER 16, 2020
BySANAA ALSWERKY / THE MEDIA LINE
Palestinian members of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement seen during a patrol in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on January 26, 2020.

A memorable weekend

My eldest daughter is a tough cookie

MAY 15, 2019
ByBERNARD EDINGER
THE IRON DOME air defense system fires interceptor missiles over Ashkelon on Sunday.

Nine killed during Friday ‘March of Return’

Despite Hamas’s claims, seeing the clashes close up revealed the reality.

APRIL 8, 2018
A Palestinian demonstrator hurl stones at Israeli troops during clashes at the Israel-Gaza border at a protest demanding the right to return to their homeland, east of Gaza City April 6, 2018.

15 million Palestinian crossings into Israel in 2017

Defense Ministry notes increase of 15% in crossings from Gaza, West Bank

JANUARY 24, 2018
Erez crossing

World Bank to help fund solar panels project in Gaza

‘Will also strengthen utility performance by encouraging good payment behavior through monthly installments’

AUGUST 1, 2017
A worker installs solar panels on a roof in Gaza City

Gaza health care suffers as Palestinian factions play blame game

Hamas says that Abbas restricted transfers of medicine to Gaza in March, accusing Hamas of failing to reimburse the PA for its purchases, and cut the salaries of its officials in May.

JULY 19, 2017
ByREUTERS
Palestinian boy Ahmed Abu Saman, 16, who was injured in a car accident, lies on a bed at the emergency department at Shifa hospital, Gaza's largest public medical facility, in Gaza City, March 29, 2017.

Living in the dark: Gazans talk about the electricity crisis

The electricity crisis is having a critical impact on Gaza’s health sector.

JUNE 14, 2017
A Palestinian woman stands by a fence during a protest calling for an end to the power crisis, outside the power plant in the central Gaza Strip April 23, 2017.

Netanyahu: Israel doesn’t want Gaza violence outbreak

He spoke two-days after the security cabinet agreed to cut by 40% the amount of electricity it supplies to Gaza.

JUNE 13, 2017
PM Benjamin Netanyahu