Gaza “most dangerous place in the world to be a child” – UNICEF
Reuters The Gaza Strip is the “most dangerous place in the world to be a child,” the head of the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said on Wednesday. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell told the UN Security Council that more than 5,300 Palestinian children had reportedly been killed since 7th October – when Palestinian militants […]
For some Gaza kids, a donkey cart is the only way to class
Khan Younis, Gaza StripReuters The crowded, potholed and often polluted streets of Gaza are tough – especially for children trying to get to school. For those who live too far away or who are too young to make the trip on foot, and too poor to afford a bus, Loay Abu Sahloul has a reliable […]
At least 21 killed, several others hurt in Gaza Strip fire
Gaza Reuters At least 21 people were killed and several others injured when a fire broke out in a building where residents attended a party in the Gaza Strip, health and civil emergency officials said on Thursday. It took fire fighters more than an hour to get control of the massive flames that burst through […]
Postcards: Gaza children breakdance to kick stress away
NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI, of Reuters, reports from the Nusseirat refugee camp…
Gaza farmer unearths Byzantine-era mosaic
GazaReuters An ornate Byzantine floor mosaic showing a variety of colourful birds and other animals has been discovered by chance in Gaza after a Palestinian farmer tried to plant new trees on his land. Salman al-Nabahin unearthed the relic six months ago while working in his olive orchard in Bureij refugee camp, about a kilometre […]
Gazans reel under heat and lengthy power cuts
GazaReuters For Palestinians living on the crowded Gaza Strip, a searing summer heatwave has been made worse by power cuts that leave them without electricity for as much as 10 hours a day. “The fan is broken, the battery is not working and we are fanning ourselves with trays,” said Alaa Zidan as she sat […]
Postcards: Decades-old Gaza homes make way for high-rises amid housing crunch
STEFANIE GLINKSI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the challenges of finding affordable housing in Gaza, said to be one of the world’s oldest cities…
Israel’s new government dealt blow in controversial citizenship vote
Jerusalem, IsraelReuters Israel’s new government faced its first big defeat in parliament on Tuesday, failing to renew a controversial law that prevents Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip who marry Israeli citizens from gaining citizenship themselves. It was the first major political test for Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who for nearly a […]
Red Cross chief urges Israel, Palestinians to end cycle of violence
GazaReuters The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross urged Israel and the Palestinians on Wednesday to find a political solution so violence like last month’s hostilities over the Gaza Strip border might be prevented. On his first visit to Gaza in four years, Robert Mardini toured areas devasted by Israeli bombardments during […]