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‘We try every day to escape’: Palestinians struggle to afford Gaza exit fees
With private brokers charging thousands of dollars to coordinate passage through Rafah Crossing, most Gazans are being priced out of safety. After months of a war like no other in Gaza — a war of endless bombing, displacement, hunger, and thirst — those who have lost...
With no safety in Rafah, Palestinians are fleeing back to Gaza’s decimated center
Escalating attacks, unlivable conditions in tents, and a looming Israeli invasion are forcing many Palestinians to abandon the Strip's last refuge. Rafah is nearing breaking point. The small city on Gaza’s southern border with Egypt has swelled in recent months to...
Against the magnitude of death, our pens feel powerless in Gaza
Israel's onslaught made me a refugee, a bereaved sister, and a mother to starving children. My journalistic endeavors have become almost impossible. For the past six months, I have been moving from one address to the next across the Gaza Strip with my husband and two...
‘The colors and joy have disappeared’: Gazans return to decimated Khan Younis
After the withdrawal of Israeli troops, displaced Palestinians flooded back into the city to see what remained. Many were shocked by what they found. Thousands of Palestinians have returned to the city of Khan Younis in recent days after the sudden withdrawal of...
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. A sense of anxiety and anger crept into my heart when I left the Gaza Strip earlier this month. Even now,...
From the river to the sea, Israel is waging the same war
The Gaza assault cannot be understood separately from Israel’s divide-and-conquer strategy against Palestinians in Jenin, Jerusalem, and Nazareth. In an interview about Israel’s economy with business newspaper “The Marker” in 2012, Benjamin Netanyahu boasted, in what...





