Features
New Year’s rituals in Gaza transformed
A writer returns to Gaza City to ring in 2026 only to find that the city is not what it used to be.
Winter strikes with a vengeance
Nearly 2 million people have been forcibly displaced in Gaza and 1.3 million are without adequate shelter as the cold bites.
New wall threatens thousands of Palestinian families
The Israeli military has begun the first stretch of a $1.7 billion project to build a wall running from the occupied Golan Heights to Eilat, slicing through the occupied West Bank.
Detained but disappeared
No information offered about Awad Nofal, a father of seven with a heart condition who was captured by Israeli forces in January 2024.
Fate of Gaza’s disappeared remains unknown
Israel refuses to disclose the number of people it has abducted, bodies it still holds or has bundled into mass graves.
Palestine in Pictures: December 2025
A monthly digest of key developments in Palestine showcasing powerful images by photojournalists.
Freedom is the eternal dream
Imprisoned by Israel for years, Mahmoud al-Arda, Ahmad al-Dahidi and Muhammad Imran were deported to Egypt upon their release.
Going back to Gaza's broken universities
The author narrates her journey accompanying her sister to register at university.
BBC's pro-Israel training is nothing new
I took the BBC’s Palestine training course in 2006.
Israel wreaked havoc on Gaza landmarks
Churches, mosques and markets have all been targeted during the genocide.
Reviews
Bearing witness to the gruesome end of Western liberalism
29 December 2025
Corporate journalism skewered in Omar El Akkad’s award-winning book on Gaza genocide. Read more about Bearing witness to the gruesome end of Western liberalism
Betraying the underdog in Gaza
25 November 2025
Peter Oborne’s new book is a minutely detailed account of an England betrayed at its moral heart. Read more about Betraying the underdog in Gaza