humanitarian aid

Palestinians seen at the port of Gaza City, June 13, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)

‘Armchair humanitarianism’: The problem with Gaza’s maritime aid corridor

While aid is desperately needed, critics warn the U.S.-led plan evades the fundamental cause of Gaza’s starvation: Israel’s total control of the Strip.

By Samer Badawi March 16, 2024

Palestinians walk amid the rubble of Shuja'iya, northern Gaza, February, 2024. (Mohammed Hajjar)

‘We scream, starve, and die alone’: Life in the ruins of Shuja’iya

Israel’s month-long invasion of the Gaza City neighborhood left behind a trail of devastation. Still under siege, its Palestinian residents are risking death to get their hands on a bag of flour.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha March 16, 2024

Palestinian gather as humanitarian aid arrives on Al-Rashid Street, northern Gaza Strip, February 28, 2024. (Omar El Qattaa)

Survivors of Gaza aid convoy massacre describe ‘indiscriminate’ Israeli fire

Palestinian eyewitnesses say troops shot directly at a starving crowd trying to get flour for their families, killing and wounding many in the mayhem.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha March 5, 2024

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Palestinians wait for a hot meal prepared by volunteers in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, January 26, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘My children are crying from hunger. This is a war of starvation’

With insufficient aid and skyrocketing prices across Gaza, Palestinians in the overcrowded city of Rafah are struggling to feed their families.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer January 31, 2024

Palestinians line up to buy bread at a bakery in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 4, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘It’s like living in a mortuary, waiting for someone to bury you’

With Israel isolating the northern Strip, displaced Palestinians in Gaza City are grappling with the immediate perils of starvation and disease.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha January 11, 2024

Families react to Palestinian family members having been killed in Israeli airstrikes during recent fighting between Israel-Gaza. October 9, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

Operation ‘A Thousand Eyes for an Eye’ is underway in Gaza

With Israel cutting off food, water, and power supplies, the dehumanization of the strip's population is complete — laying the groundwork for what's to come.

By Amir Rotem October 11, 2023

Mohammed Halabi (Courtesy the Halabi family)

Kafka in Gaza: How Israel turned a Palestinian aid worker into a ‘terrorist’

All of the evidence in Mohammed Halabi’s six-year trial was either 'secret' or implausible. That didn’t stop Israel sentencing him to 12 years in prison.

By Antony Loewenstein September 8, 2022

Mohammed Halabi, former director of World Vision in Gaza who was arrested in 2016 by Israel for unsubstantiated claims of diverting funds to Hamas, is still behind bars. (World Vision)

After 3 years, accusations against Gaza World Vision head remain unproven

Mohammed Halabi, arrested in 2016 by Israel on accusations of diverting charity funds to Hamas, is still behind bars. Dozens of court hearings later, the state has yet to present evidence against him.

By Antony Loewenstein June 14, 2019

Palestinians stand next to the remains of a car destroyed during fighting between Hamas militants and Israeli special forces in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, November 12, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

The Israeli army is putting humanitarian workers at risk in Gaza

According to the Israeli media, the soldiers who took part in a botched intelligence operation in Khan Younis earlier this month were dressed up as humanitarian workers. If the details are true, it could put countless people in danger. Israeli troops impersonated humanitarian workers in order to carry out an intelligence operation deep inside the…

By Yali (Yael) Marom November 26, 2018

Palestinian refugees play in an impoverished area in Gaza City on January 17, 2018, after the White House froze tens of millions of dollars in aid to UNRWA. (Wissam Nassar/Flash90)

Humanitarian aid to Palestinians ‘at an all-time low,’ UN warns

The funding crisis is particularly devastating in the Gaza Strip, where humanitarian officials say basic services such as education, health, and food security have been reduced to a minimum. By Fidaa Shurrab Funding for humanitarian activities in the occupied Palestinian territories is “at an all-time low,” according to a UN agency responsible for humanitarian affairs in…

By +972 Magazine October 25, 2018

Palestinians take part in a protest against aid cuts, outside the United Nations' offices in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 28, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)

The problem with international aid to Palestine

The Palestinian people have become dependent on foreign humanitarian aid to survive, but its adverse effects are strangling their economy. By Liora Sion International aid to the Palestinians is very generous. The United Nations is aiming to raise approximately $540 million per year for the five million Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. That’s a…

By +972 Magazine March 20, 2018

Syrian refugees march toward the border between Hungary and Serbia, September 15, 2015. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

What I’m doing to help the Syrian people

Read up, share information, attend protests, donate to NGOs. This is what we can do to help Syrians. By Elizabeth Tsurkov A number of people have asked me what they can do about the situation in Aleppo or Syria. My answer to them is to donate money and spread information about what is happening there. Although…

By +972 Magazine December 17, 2016

A Palestinian woman waits to receive food vouchers at an UNRWA distribution center in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza, February 2012. According to Israeli human rights group Gisha, some 70 percent of Gazans rely on humanitarian aid. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Who receives more foreign funds: The Left or the Occupation?

The Israeli government is up in arms about the foreign funds propping up human rights organizations. Guess what else foreign cash props up: the occupation. By Dror Etkes The road between the Nablus-area villages of Bazaariya and Deir Sharaf was once narrow and in a state of disrepair. Not anymore. Also the road that historically…

By +972 Magazine January 4, 2016