Gazans

‘They are fighting us through our food’: Gazans face new Israeli aid blockade

CNN — In the desolate ruins of the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza, Umm Muhammad’s daughter Hala assembles scraps of wood and chunks of foam to build a fire. Proper housing and basic infrastructure are nowhere to be found. Their family of 11 is living in a tent alongside heaps of concrete and mangled …

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Egypt Independent March 9, 2025

In photos: Gazans wade through rubble, after Israeli bombing leaves enclave in ruins

As the first full day of a ceasefire and hostage release deal bore out on Monday, displaced Palestinians surveyed the catastrophic destruction wrought by more than 15 months of Israel’s onslaught following the Hamas-led October 7 attacks. Scenes emerged of children carrying toys across thick layers of debris, while others returned to carpet-bombed neighborhoods in …

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Egypt Independent January 21, 2025

Hungry and displaced Gazans see their misery continuing with Hamas’ new leadership

CNN — Hamas’ choice of a hardline political leader did little to comfort Gazans displaced, hungry, and seeking a way out of their misery after nearly 10 months of war on Wednesday. The Palestinian militant group appointed Yahya Sinwar to lead its political bureau on Tuesday, replacing Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran in …

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Egypt Independent August 8, 2024

UN food agency can’t feed enough Gazans in ‘apocalyptic’ Rafah as IDF pushes into city

CNN — The United Nations food agency is unable to feed most civilians in Rafah, its local director warned Friday, with most border crossings closed amid what he described as “apocalyptic conditions” and the Israeli military pushing further into Gaza’s southernmost city. The World Food Programme (WFP) is currently serving only 27,000 people in Rafah, according …

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Egypt Independent June 1, 2024

Gazans start leaving eastern Rafah as Israeli military orders evacuations

CNN — Gazans began leaving eastern Rafah on Monday after Israel’s military issued a call for residents there to “evacuate immediately.” A CNN stringer in Rafah’s east said that people were terrified and in a state of panic, while video and images showed displaced people packing their belongings into the back of pick-up trucks, cars …

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Egypt Independent May 6, 2024