Standing barefoot in the mud with an empty container in hand at a crowded water station in central Gaza, Palestinian Alaa Al-Shawish is fearing the winter weather and looking for clean water for her family. Her family are living in a makeshift tent in Deir Al-Balah, after being displaced from Gaza City amid heavy Israeli bombardment....
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‘Broken’: Domestic violence impacts women, children in Gaza
As Israel continues its relentless bombardment of Gaza, cases of domestic violence have rocketed. Experts fear women and children will never recover. The face of Samar Ahmed, 37, shows clear signs of exhaustion. It is not just because she has five children, nor that they have been displaced several times since the start of Israel’s...
Israeli forces storm Gaza school sheltering displaced, killing at least 15
Remaining displaced, including women and children, reportedly being forced out of Khalil Oweida School by Israeli forces. At least 15 Palestinians have been killed after Israeli forces stormed a Gaza school sheltering displaced people, sources have told Al Jazeera, amid a wave of attacks across the besieged Palestinian territory killing dozens more, including two journalists...
Israel bombards hospital, school in Gaza, a day after Nuseirat massacre
Israel has killed dozens over past day as it continues to bomb and burn homes in northern Gaza and strikes Khan Younis. Israel is still attacking schools, medical targets and homes across the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring several people just one day after dozens were massacred in a strike on Nuseirat camp. Dawn raids...