Palestine Letter: What It’s Like to Witness Your Own Nakba
As a journalist I have listened to countless stories of Nakba survivors. They would always say, "we thought we would return." I never imagined that in my lifetime I would…
Rafah Massacre: How Israel Bombs Displaced Gazans in Their Tents
The Israeli army bombed Gazans in their tents in the "safe zone" where it told them to go. Eyewitnesses told Mondoweiss most of the dead were burned alive or decapitated…
Gazans Salute University Students’ Uprising for Palestine
As Israel’s invasion of Rafah begins, people in Gaza are holding out hope that international pressure will force Israel to stand down. Part of that hope is tied to the…
Gaza’s Collapsing Health System is One of the Goals of Israel’s Genocide
Israel is deliberately destroying the entire health sector in Gaza as only 4 hospitals remain operational. "If these hospitals stop working, they will turn into mass graves, like Nasser and…
“It Felt Like Pulling My Heart Out of the Earth”: Testimonies From the Mass Grave at Nasser Hospital
As Civil Defense teams continue to unearth hundreds of bodies from the mass graves discovered at Nasser Hospital, Palestinians are flocking to the medical complex in search of their missing…
Fleeing Rafah: “We Escaped Death to Walk Into a Different Kind of Death”
Many Palestinians are fleeing Rafah ahead of Israel’s impending invasion, but when they return to their destroyed neighborhoods they still face bombardment. "We escaped death to walk into a different…
Giving Birth in the Gaza Genocide
Sameh Jindiyya's daughter was born nine days ago in Al-Shifa hospital. Ever since he has been frantically searching for food for his nursing wife. “This is how we’re born in…
Testimonies Describe Forced Displacement Campaign in Northern Gaza
Israel claims there is not a policy to forcibly expel Palestinians in Gaza, but direct testimonies from people arriving in Rafah reveal there is a ethnic cleansing campaign taking place…
Gaza’s Economy Has Been Erased. Famine and Black Markets Are All That Remain.
Even in areas like Rafah, where the Israeli ground invasion has not reached, Gaza’s society has been decimated. Its economy no longer exists and basic goods can only be found…
The Inhumanity of Israel’s Crimes in Gaza
Survivors of Israel’s ground invasion in northern Gaza tell chilling stories of kidnappings, torture, and the rampant use of civilians as bait and human shields. The world still has no…
The New Nakba Generation Enters a New Year in Gaza
Israel’s genocidal war of expulsion is nothing like the people of Gaza have ever seen — not this generation, not their parents’ generation, and not the generation that survived the…
A Letter to My Son on His First Birthday in Gaza
I did everything I could to throw my son Qais the birthday party he deserved, even after we witnessed a bloody massacre on the same day he turned 1.