Category Archives: Blockade

First the drones. Then the bombs

The weekend had finally arrived. And the best thing about weekends is that I get to spend time with my 5-month-old nephew Yahya. He and my sister Inas visit us every weekend at our family home in the Maghazi camp in central … Continue reading

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Rights group calls for ICC investigation of possible war crimes during August Israeli offensive on Gaza

https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/6079/2022/en/ An International human rights group has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to look into potential war crimes following the “unlawful attacks” committed during Israel’s deadly assault on the Gaza Strip in August. Using photographs of weapons fragments, satellite … Continue reading

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Danger rises for Gaza’s fishers

Danger rises for Gaza’s fishers Source: Electronic Intifada Beirut al-Aqraa was two miles out at sea when his fishing boat started to sink. He immediately headed back toward the shore but a few hundred meters away from it, the vessel … Continue reading

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video del medico di Nefrologia responsabile dell’Unità di dialisi pediatrica dell’ospedale specialistico pediatrico Rantissi di Gaza

Carissime/i, ti inviamo un video del medico di Nefrologia responsabile dell’Unità di dialisi pediatrica dell’ospedale specialistico pediatrico Rantissi di Gaza, il dr. Moahmmed Al Aqar. Speravamo di ospitarlo nell’Ospedale Pediatrico Santobono di Napoli, per un periodo di formazione e scambio … Continue reading

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Gaza in the face of two viruses: COVID-19 and occupation Al Mezan and ActionAid Palestine jointly publish a fact sheet and a documentary on the challenges faced in tackling COVID-19 under Israel’s Apartheid in the Gaza Strip https://mezan.org/en/post/24182 Al Mezan … Continue reading

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The Untold Cost of War: Two Gaza Entrepreneurs Who Lost Everything

By Ahmed Dremly ‘Sami Haboush: The Shop was Our Last Hope’ A week before his blacksmith shop was bombed, Sami Haboush, 32, left the hospital against medical advice to bury his father, who died of a stroke in Israel while working. … Continue reading

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Why did I “swap” US for Gaza?

Why did I “swap” US for Gaza? Ghada Al-Haddad The Electronic Intifada 19 September 2022 Ghada Al-Haddad since her return to Gaza. (Photo courtesy of Ghada Al-Haddad) Why did I leave the US and come back to Gaza? I have … Continue reading

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A Gaza il mare ora fa’ paura

di Michele Giorgio da il Manifesto del  6/09/22 Nella Striscia di Gaza nessuno dimentica i lutti sofferti da 49 famiglie durante l’ultima escalation, un mese fa, tra Israele e il Jihad islami e sotto i bombardamenti dell’aviazione israeliana. Ma la … Continue reading

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Euro-Med officer: Israeli security pretexts for Gaza blockade are ‘contradictory and entirely ridiculous’

GENEVA, Tuesday, September 6, 2022 (WAFA) – Euro-Med Monitor’s Chief of Programs and Communications, Muhammed Shehada, recently called Israel’s security pretexts for its Gaza blockade “contradictory and entirely ridiculous” considering that, “It’s now relatively easier for a Gazan to get … Continue reading

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Israeli occupation have rejected or delayed 1922 medical permit requests for Palestinian patients from Gaza

UN has called on Israel to “end the arbitrary delay and denial of permits for Palestinian patients in need of essential care and ensure unhindered access for patients and their companions throughout the occupied Palestinian territory”, yet nothing changes. source … Continue reading

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