Since the “ceasefire” between Israel and Gaza began in October 2025, Israel has killed at least 265 children – at home, in school, while they played. For Palestinian children this so-called ceasefire has become a cruel and a deadly illusion.
We speak to Palestinian parents about the pain and grief of separation after their premature babies were evacuated abroad during the war, leaving families apart
Months of hostilities, displacement and an estimated 72,000 civilian deaths in Gaza are reshaping family structures and leaving a growing number of children without parental care
Gaza’s ‘Bermuda Triangle’; Israeli settler violence; kill a Palestinian, get a promotion; ‘imperial Israel’; ‘Israelis are numb to suffering other than their own’; Northwestern U
Four-year-old Massa Abed was killed by an Israeli strike while playing with her doll and ball in central Gaza – an all-too-common event.
Israel targeted displaced Palestinians in a civilian tent encampment in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis. Eight children and six adults were burned alive.
Life for children in Gaza is precarious, haunted with memories and fears, hunger and hopelessness. Losing one or both parents is a very real risk.
As Nuseirat tries to recover from Saturday’s massacre, some pieces fit together: possible US complicity in the attack, possible use of the Gaza pier, war crimes; horrific descriptions from the ground; reactions from key stakeholders; a look at the math of hostage rescue; US diplomat calls Gaza a holocaust; more.
UN leaders reflect on 6 months of slaughter; Israel admits to “grave mistake” in targeting of World Kitchen; US on high alert for possible attack by Iran; Israel claims it’s opening another crossing into Gaza; childhood in Gaza; UN calls for arms embargo…
Gazan children are dying; humanitarian aid blocked, bombed by Israel; calamity in Rafah; Israel “provides no evidence to support its claim” against UNRWA staff; West Bank Palestinians have experienced “a brutal wave of violence” under the world’s radar; more illegal settler housing; Israeli entrepreneur envisions new post-war Gaza; Congress bill earmarks $14 bn for Israel aid, $1.4 bn for Palestinians – but not through UNRWA; Biden calls Netanyahu a “bad f***ing guy”