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Palestinians fleeing from the fighting in parts of Khan Younis to Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 26, 2024. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

I got out of Gaza. But I’m still trapped by the war

I left my family in Shuja’iya, crossed an Israeli army checkpoint, and spent weeks in a tent in Rafah in order to leave the Strip. The decision still haunts me.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha April 20, 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

Palestinians walk through rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the Jabalia area, northern Gaza Strip, October 11, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

These words are penned in hunger from northern Gaza. I have little energy to go on

From the daily indignity of searching for food to the extreme dangers of doing journalistic work, life in this dark corner of the earth has become impossible.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha February 29, 2024

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A Palestinian youth kicks a tear gas canister during clashes with the Israeli army in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, November 20, 2015. (photo: Activestills.org)

The Year in Photos: Palestine and Israel in 2015

Activestills selects the most powerful, important and moving images of 2015 — in chronological order. Photos by: Oren Ziv, Ahmad al-Bazz, Yotam Ronen, Faiz Abu-Rmeleh, Keren Manor, Hosam Salem, Ezz Zanoun, Anne Paq, Shiraz Grinbaum Editing: Anka Mirkin, Merieke Lauken / Activestills.org …

By Activestills December 31, 2015

A Palestinian youth is carried to an ambulance during clashes at the DCO checkpoint in the West Bank, October 5, 2015 (Muhannad Saleem/Activestills)

10 Palestinians killed in last 24 hours as deadly attacks continue

A seventh Palestinian succumbs to his wounds following Friday’s deadly clashes on the Gaza border. Further shootings and attacks into Saturday morning show few signs that the surge in violence is abating. A total of seven Palestinians have now been killed as a result of IDF fire at protests along the Gaza Strip’s border fence,…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland October 10, 2015

A bloodied Palestinian protester is seen at a protest in the eastern Gaza Strip that left six Palestinians dead and over 130 injured when IDF troops opened fire over the border, Gaza Strip, 9 October, 2015. (Ezz Za'noun)

IDF kills 6 Gazans, wounds over 130 as violence spreads

As violence continues to sweep across Israel-Palestine on Friday, protests in Gaza along the border fence turn lethal when IDF units open fire on demonstrators in the besieged territory. At least 14 Palestinians and four Israelis have been killed since the wave of violence began. At least six Palestinians were killed and more than 130…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland October 9, 2015

Shrouq Aila, 20, Jabaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip. (Shrouq Aila)

Voices without borders: Four young writers from Gaza tell their story

Young Gazans are finally getting an opportunity to present themselves to the world in their own words. +972 speaks to some of the participants in the 'We Are Not Numbers' writing project about hope, love, war and, of course, writing.

By Natasha Roth-Rowland August 25, 2015

A Hamas supporter in Gaza City, March 23, 2014. (Basel Yazouri/Activestills.org)

Despite the devastation, Gazans see no alternative to Hamas

A year after Operation Protective Edge, I traveled from Israel to visit my family in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians are suffering from high rates of unemployment, violence, and drug use. By Thair Abu-Rass This past week I experienced one of the most formative events of my life: a three-day visit to Gaza for the Eid…

By +972 Magazine July 23, 2015

Elizabeth Tanboura stands with three of her daughters: Sundos, Malak, and Marwa (right), in front of their destroyed home in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, March 19, 2015. Elizabth's husband, Radad, and their children Ahmed (15) and Amna (13), were killed during an Israeli attack on August 25, 2014. Two other boys survived because they were not in the house at the time of the attack.

In war, there is no safe place for Gaza’s children

A new report details the harrowing reality for Gaza’s children during last summer’s assault. There came a point early on during last summer’s Gaza war when it seemed we reached a nadir. Four children, all under the age of 12, were killed by an Israeli naval attack while playing soccer on a beach. The boys were…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland April 21, 2015

A youth runs to the water with his surfboard, Gaza beach, February 12, 2015. Anne Paq / Activestills.org

PHOTOS: War-ravaged Gaza faces winter storm

By: Anne Paq & Basel Yazouri / Activestills.org Six months have passed since the last Israeli offensive left the Gaza Strip in a dire humanitarian crisis. The difficult storms of the past few months have affected those who were left homeless by Israeli air strikes, specifically the thousands of internally displaced Palestinians who have been staying in shelters…

By Activestills February 15, 2015