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Solidarity Aid Convoy Sends Message: ‘Gaza is Not Alone’ (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
By Roger Fowler A delegation of the Miles of Smiles 41st solidarity aid convoy recently entered Gaza to deliver over $US200,000 of much-needed medical supplies, including 250 new wheelchairs and walking frames, a range of […]

Happy Valentine’s Day: From Gaza with Love (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinians collect flowers and roses from special farms in the Gaza Strip with the purpose of exporting or selling them in the local market on Valentine’s Day. The Israeli blockade […]

Loveless in Gaza: Samar, Salama, and Israel’s ‘Separation Policy’
By Aseel Mousa “I am alone here. I miss being surrounded by the love of my husband and family. Ramadan is around the corner, I yearn to spend it with them.” These were the words […]

‘Documenting Joy’: Hamas’ Secret Factory is a Gaza Wedding Hall (PHOTOS)
Israel carried out several raids at the Gaza Strip on Monday morning, justifying its action as a response to a rocket fired from the besieged enclave two days earlier. The raids raised tensions in the […]

Gaza Conference Discusses ‘Israel’s New Extremist Government’ (PHOTOS)
By Wafa Aludaini The Gaza-based media group “16th October” held an event last week entitled “The new extremist Israeli government”. The discussion aimed at raising awareness among young media activists in the besieged Strip about […]

Banning Hope: The Lives and Trials of Two Gaza Patients
By Lubna Abuhashem In the corner of his living room, 34-year-old Basheer lay on his bed, his urinary catheter visible below his blanket. He is very sick; yet, his mother has been banned from traveling […]

Palestinian Ministry of Health Accuses Israel of Denying Treatment to Cancer Patients in Gaza
The Palestinian Health Ministry on Saturday accused Israel of denying cancer patients the right to medical treatment abroad, Anadolu news agency reported. “Israel deprives 40 percent of cancer patients in Gaza of their right to […]

Hamas Tells Israel It is Ready with ‘Sword and Shield’ in Large Gaza Rally (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas warned Israel on Friday of serious consequences if the attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza continue. The stern warning came during […]

EU Officials Visit Gaza as Palestinian NGOs Call for an End to Israel’s Blockade
20 European Union representatives arrived in besieged Gaza on Wednesday to monitor the humanitarian situation in the Strip as Palestinian official calls to end the 16-year Israeli blockade, The New Arab reported. “The diplomatic delegation […]

True Empowerment: Meet the Women Boxers of Gaza (PHOTOS)
By Salsabeel Abu Loghod After struggling for the last five years without any kind of support, and training in a small place below the house of Captain Osama Ayoub, The Palestinian Women’s Boxing Center was […]

Israeli Military Vehicles Breach Gaza’s Border, Raze Land
Israeli military vehicles breached the Gaza Strip’s central area borders and razed land on Tuesday, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. WAFA correspondent said five military vehicles and a bulldozer infiltrated the borders of […]

‘Made with Love’: Palestinian Filmmakers Preview New Release of Gaza Bride 17 (PHOTOS)
By Louis Brehony “Our conversation began with the question ‘why Gaza?’ and I think many people will have the same question. For me this, is a question of the essential duty of art and cinema.” […]

A Distant Dream: Why Not Many Gazans Made it to Qatar World Cup 2022
By Asma Abu Amra The crippling blockade and bad economic conditions in Gaza made it impossible for most Gazan football fans to attend the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the first ever held in an Arab […]

‘No International Immunity’: Who Will Defend Gaza’s Civil Defense?
By Shahd Safi – Gaza On December 18, 2022, a house fire in Gaza killed 21 civilians, including 10 children, all belonging to the same family. They were celebrating a birthday when the gasoline that […]

A Palestinian Engineer-Turned-Farmer Excels in Innovative Agriculture in Besieged Gaza
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A’ed Awni Abu Ramadan is a Palestinian engineer who studied Civil Engineering in the United States. However, Abu Ramadan now works as a farmer, as he inherited his love for […]

‘The Water is Surrounding Us’: Gaza Grieves as Israel Opens Floodgates
By Asma Abu Amra Without warning, on Saturday, December 24, Israeli Authorities opened the floodgates below Deir al-Balah, inundating the Al-Selqa Valley’s agricultural lands and flooding dozens of homes. ‘The Valley is Flooded’ Ibrahim Abuqutaifan’s […]

From Gaza to Tunisia: Grief is All the Same
By Majd Salem “Our sons are being thrown into the sea and the fish are eating them.” I was lucky. After I finished high school in Gaza in 2016, I got a scholarship to college […]

VIDEO: The Search for Drinking Water – Palestine Chronicle Production
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In this latest production by the Palestine Chronicle, local Gaza journalist Abdallah Aljamal follows the everyday struggle of Palestinian women to obtain drinking water. Israel has been accused of waging […]

Gaza Children Find Joy as Families Struggle to Stay Warm (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Despite frigid temperatures and the destructive impact of flooding, children in the Khan Yunis area, south of the Gaza Strip, still managed to find joy as they went out to […]

IN PHOTOS: Israel Opens Rainwater Ducts to Flood Gaza Towns, Destroy Lands
By Palestine Chronicle Staff After two days of heavy rain, the Israeli authorities contributed to the flooding of Gaza on Monday, by opening the ducts in the dams located on the Israeli side of […]

UNDP Remove Tonnes of Waste from Nature Reserve in Gaza
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Gaza has recently been working on clearing a nature reserve in the Gaza Strip following investment from European countries, The New Arab reported. In a press statement, the […]

Caged Sparrows: Palestinian Stories from the Gaza Sea
By Lubna Abuhashem Mahmoud Alsaidi, 29, barely escaped death. Now the Gazan fisherman cannot smell and he struggles to eat. In January 2016, Mahmoud and his brother Mohamed were three and a half miles out […]

Israel Bulldozes Gaza Crossing to Build Barrier – Palestine Chronicle EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli authorities proceeded to bulldoze the Al-Mentar (Karni) crossing at the fence separating the besieged Gaza Strip from Israel, in order to erect a land barrier in its place. The […]

Wheels of Suffering: The Never-Ending Struggle of Gazans with Disabilities
By Asma Abu Amra Saadi Suliman, 39, has had a hearing impairment since birth. He has faced many obstacles during his educational journey. “It’s hard for an able-bodied person to lose support in life, but […]

Israel Bulldozes Gaza Commercial Crossing to Build Barrier
Israeli bulldozers started on Monday to demolish a commercial border crossing to build a barrier along the fence separating the Gaza Strip from Israel, Anadolu News Agency reports. Israeli forces began to bulldoze Al-Mentar (Karni) […]

In Gaza, Students’ Heavy Endeavors are Going in Vain
By Shahd Safi – Gaza From the 1948 Nakba, the Naksa of 1967 to now, many Palestinians have been forced to live as refugees, facing dire social and financial difficulties. Education is their only hope for […]

‘The Land of Sad Oranges’: Gaza Farmers Harvest Their Crops (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinian farmers in Gaza began the process of harvesting their crops in the besieged Gaza Strip. The Palestine Chronicle recently reported on the harvest of strawberries. Yesterday, Palestine Chronicle correspondent […]

Selling Mulukhiyah at the Firas Market in Gaza (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Ahmad, 25, and Majed Ashour, 20, are two brothers from Gaza. Due to the difficult financial situation and the widespread unemployment, they resorted to picking mallow leaves (Mulukhiyah) and selling […]

Gaza’s Strawberry Farmers Hope for a Better Season (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff It is strawberry season in Gaza. The Palestine Chronicle joined Palestinian farmers as they harvest their crops in the town of Beit Lahiya, in the north of the Strip. Aside […]

Gaza Mourns, Buries 21 Fire Victims in Jabaliya (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Thousands of mourners took part on Friday in the funeral of 21 Palestinians in the Jabaliya refugee camp, north of the Gaza Strip, the Palestine Chronicle correspondent in Gaza reported. […]