One year of war in Gaza
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For a year, I have watched the Israel-Hamas conflict lay waste to Gaza and its people from my home in nearby Lebanon.
Like other international reporters, I have been forced to bear witness from the sidelines as the Israeli government has denied free access to Gaza for foreign journalists. And so my colleagues and I have relied on fragile phone lines to connect us to the people in Gaza to hear their stories and give voice to their concerns.
Now I feel conflict in the air: I smell it in the smoke and dust that envelop parts of the Lebanese capital Beirut after Israeli airstrikes.
The conflict has finally spread into Lebanon after being confined to the border regions for much of the past year. The Israeli Defense Forces have begun a ground invasion, and everyone is wondering what comes next.
It feels like the prequel to a movie I have already watched. But that movie is still playing out in Gaza, where the death toll now stands at more than 41,600 people, according to Palestinian tallies.
One year ago, on Oct. 7, Hamas gunmen stormed into southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and capturing around 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. Israel launched a military offensive in Gaza in response. Now much of the enclave lies in ruins and most of the population of 2.3 million has been displaced.
In a series of stories to mark one year of conflict, we look at the mental toll on the people of Gaza, examine the role of Big Tech in the war and look at the price paid by Palestinian journalists, who have continued to report from the devastated enclave despite the dangers.
One Year of War in Gaza: The conflict in numbers
Israel launched a military offensive in Gaza after Hamas-led Palestinian militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and seizing around 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
One Year of War in Gaza: decoding the role of Big Tech
By Nazih Osseiran and Avi Asher-Schapiro
In pulverised Gaza, life has become almost medieval for traumatised residents but the Israeli offensive that obliterated their homes and killed their neighbours is defiantly modern and has raised profound questions over the role of Big Tech in war.
One Year of War in Gaza: Mental scars that will last a lifetime
By Nazih Osseiran and Menna A. Farouk
After a year of war between Israel and Hamas, Gazans have endured daily traumas that will scar them for life.
Sickness can be 'death sentence' in Gaza as war fuels disease
In Gaza, falling ill can be a death sentence. Cancer patients are waiting to die, polio has returned, and many of the doctors and nurses who might have offered help are dead while the hospitals they worked at have been reduced to rubble .
Extreme heat poses new challenge for aid agencies in Gaza
By Nazih Osseiran and Menna A. Farouk
As soaring temperatures make life in Gaza more unbearable, aid agencies are having to factor climate change into their relief plans.
In Gaza, keeping the internet on can cost lives but also save them
By Nazih Osseiran and Adam Smith
The internet is a lifeline for Gazans as Israel's offensive continues; tech activists, engineers work to keep people connected.
Gaza's pregnant women defy odds to give birth, protect babies
In Gaza, Palestinian women give birth in crowded hospitals or tents but that's just the start of a battle to protect their babies.
Gaza's tech 'window to the world' shattered by Israel-Hamas war
By Nazih Osseiran and Avi Asher-Schapiro
If the internet was once Gaza's window to the world, that window has now slammed shut and the strip's nascent tech industry has gone from incubator to grave in six weeks of all-out war.
I'm a doctor - here's what it means to be a health worker in Gaza
By Omar Abdel-Mannen
"Let’s teach our children some humanity and give Gazans, these children and our brave health workers a ceasefire."
In Gaza, Israeli bombardment makes already dire water crisis worse
Israel cut off food, water and fuel to Gaza shortly after the deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants, leading to desperate humanitarian conditions among more than 2 million Palestinians living in one the world's most densely populated areas.
But even before the latest fighting began, Israel supplied only around 10% of Gaza's water, so why is the territory severely short of water?
International Press Officer, German Environment Agency
1 个月Nothing to do with Big Tech. Big Ayatollah more like.