Category: 2023 Israel Gaza War

Facts & analysis on the events of Oct. 7 and since

‘To call it a ceasefire is a joke’: Israeli soldiers share rare accounts from Gaza with AP

The U.S.-backed diplomat overseeing the truce says progress is deadlocked over the central sticking point of disarming Hamas, upon which all other issues — including Israeli withdrawals and reconstruction — hinge.

‘My only “crime” was being a doctor’: Dr. Ahmad Mhanna on his 22 months in Israeli detention

In the occupied Gaza Strip, Palestinian healthcare workers have been facing unprecedented dangers, with many detained under conditions that violate international humanitarian law. Dr. Ahmad Mhanna, former director of Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, shares with Amnesty International his harrowing testimony of survival.