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Médecins Sans Frontières step up efforts to address facial injuries in Gaza
At the only facility of its kind in the Gaza Strip, the technical team at Médecins Sans Frontières are intensifying efforts to create transparent plastic masks designed to reduce the visible impact of war injuries suffered by residents. The injuries sustained often leave scars, facial protrusions, and deformities — especially…
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Gaza: Efforts underway to rebuild 900-year-old bathhouse
The ancient Al-Samra Bathhouse, a model bathhouse in the heart of Gaza’s Old City, was established 900 years ago. This bathhouse is considered a testament to the rich history of bathhouses, having flourished under various civilizations, including the Ottoman period, and continuing into modern times. It remains a popular destination,…
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Gaza Civil Defence continue efforts to recover bodies
The Civil Defence in Gaza City has continued the initial phase of recovering the bodies of martyrs from under the rubble, a number estimated at 10,000. Operations are currently taking place in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood in the center of Gaza City. Major Mahmoud Basal told MEMO, “We are currently at…
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After the terror, Al-Mushtal Sports Club helps children in Gaza to recover
As soon as residents returned to Gaza City, Captain Hassan Al-Ra‘i looked at the club building, which had been destroyed and burned by the Israeli war machine. Despite the painful, heartbreaking, and difficult psychological conditions residents were living through, this did not stop Captain Hassan. He found it necessary to…
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UNRWA medical supplies in Gaza are completely depleted
READ: No shortage of bombs, but scarcity of everything to starve Gazans by Israel as war weapon: Palestine
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Gazans repair water tanks punctured by Israel’s shells
As Israel continues its blockade of Gaza, Palestinians are now working to repair water tanks which have been ruptured by Israel’s tank shells and bombs. Ihab Abdel Bari, a plumber, says the war has had a significant impact on water tanks, as they are located on roofs. This has made…
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Palestinians in Gaza try to mark Eid amidst Israel’s bombs
READ: Gazans perform Eid prayers atop ruins of mosques amid relentless Israeli bombardment
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Israel demolished my 570-year-old home in Gaza
Like the majority of Palestinians in Gaza, 60-year-old Hazem Al-Shawa is homeless because of Israel’s bombing of the enclave. Hazem, however, hasn’t only lost his home and possessions, by destroying his home and neighbourhood in a firebelt, Israel has tried to erase Gaza’s history. “This house of ours is 570…
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‘We’re surprised by the volume of patients in Gaza’
READ: Gaza Civil Defence recovers 48 bodies from Al-Shifa Hospital
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Walking through the ruins of Gaza’s Great Omari Mosque
Gazan return to home in ruins: ‘This was Israel’s revenge’
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Gazans use any space to grow crops to survive
Israel’s tightened siege on the besieged Gaza Strip has led some to resort to growing crops in any space they can find. Salah Muhaisen, who was displaced from Az-Zawayda neighbourhood of Gaza City, did just that because of the rising food prices. Growing vegetables isn’t easy, Muhaisen explains, there is…
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Charities set up tents for 700 displaced families in Gaza
A group of international organisations have established a camp to house 700 families who have been displaced from southern Gaza and forced to move to the enclave’s coast. The families have been repeatedly displaced as a result of Israel’s genocidal bombing of the Strip, occupation of large swathes of Gaza…
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Gaza student uses her passport to draw out her travel plans
Twenty-year-old Nour Al-Ramlawi was due to leave Gaza and head to university abroad when Israel launched its devastating war on Gaza. Nour had received her visa and was due to travel through the Rafah Crossing in October 2023, but her dreams were shattered after Israeli occupation authorities closed the crossing…
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Appeal for stationery from the people of Gaza
The people of the Gaza Strip appeal to the world to try to save the educational process by allowing stationery into the Gaza Strip. The people accuse the Occupation of stalling the entry of stationery into the Strip and adding it to the prohibited materials, as well as accuse it…
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13-year-old displaced Gazan delves into her passion for fashion
Living in a displacement tent in central Gaza, west of the town of Al-Zawaizah, 13-year-old Ruba Muhammad continues to pursue her passion for fashion design. Shaded by some olive trees, Ruba says her interest in fashion began when she came across dress designs on Pinterest before the war, leading to…
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Gaza’s teachers are rehabilitating students back into education
Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip has left children unable to attend school for a full academic year. While its bombing campaign has destroyed school buildings and wiped out all of the Strip’s universities. Any remaining academic centres have been damaged and are being used as shelters for displaced…
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Israel returns ‘unidentifiable’ bodies of 80 Palestinians to Gaza
Israeli occupation authorities today handed over the bodies of more than 80 Palestinians killed in various circumstances during the Gaza war. The corpses were transferred to the Strip in coordination with the International Red Cross (ICRC), which in turn handed them over to the Ministry of Health in Gaza…
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Piecing together Gaza’s shattered solar panels
It is rare to find a solar panel in Gaza that is not damaged as a result of the relentless Israeli bombing campaign. Israel cut electricity supplies to Gaza in the early stages of the war, in its effort to tighten its grip on Palestinian there and make the humanitarian…
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Palestinians in Gaza left thirsty as Israel blocks fuel deliveries
Displaced Palestinians in Gaza are struggling to meet their water needs as Israel continues to ban the entry of fuel into the enclave thus stopping the delivery of water and the operation of desalination plants. More than one million Palestinians are now crowded into the western region of Gaza, along…
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Displaced Palestinians’ efforts to put smiles on children’s faces
OPINION: ‘My fears came true, Israel demolished my house as it had in 2014’
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‘My fears came true, Israel demolished my house as it had in 2014’
Since Israel’s war on Gaza on 7 October, tens of thousands of tonnes of bombs have struck the enclave, forcing millions of Palestinians from their homes. Swarms of planes dropped their missiles on high-rise residential buildings, killing over 32,000 Palestinians and injuring over 72,000 more. Thousands more are missing and…
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Only 440 injured Palestinians have left Gaza for treatment, the rest need global intervention
While 440 injured people have been transferred abroad for treatment, over 5,000 patients in urgent need of treatment and critical surgeries have yet to be allowed to travel out of Gaza for vital medical care. With Israeli forces targeting hospitals and over 200 healthcare workers killed, hospitals in Gaza are…
