UNICEF official James Elder describes horror in Gaza

22 March 2024 – Quoted in the Guardian James Elder describes children on the brink of death and families desperate for clean water, food and shelter “The depth of the horror surpasses our ability to describe it,” said James Elder, a spokesperson with the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef). “As soon as you drive through …

Forced to return to Gaza by the IDF

CNN’s Jeremy Diamond meets three mothers who gave birth in Jerusalem before October 7th and are now being forced to return to Gaza along with their newborns by the Israeli government. In a statement to CNN, Israel’s Defense Ministry said that “Gazan residents and their escorts, who have received medical treatment in Israeli hospitals and …

WAPO: Palestinian paramedics said Israel gave them safe passage to save a 6-year-old girl in Gaza. They were all killed.

(Obtained by the Washington Post) By Meg Kelly, Hajar Harb, Louisa Loveluck, Miriam Berger and Cate Brown Published and Updated April 16, 2024 at 4:39 p.m. For three-and-a-half long hours on Jan. 29, the cellphone in 6-year old Hind Rajab’s hands was the closest thing she had to a lifeline. Alone in the back seat of a car outside a Gaza City gas station, …

Sidra Hassouna and her twin sister Suzan

Written by Humans of Gaza 14 Feb 2024 Sidra Hassouna, a resident of northern Gaza, had sought refuge with her family in the southern end of the besieged strip, temporarily declared a “safe zone” by the occupying regime. On February 14, the regime launched a major overnight attack on Rafah that killed more than a …