Gaza: The conduct of this conflict is a race to the bottom, and it's happening with American, German, and other western-supplied arms.

After the killing of the 7 aid workers from World Central Kitchen, its work in Gaza stopped. Tens of thousands of displaced families will not receive their only meal. WCK work in Gaza is very much needed, it shouldn’t stop for the memory of those who lost their lives supporting the others.

Born and raised as a refugee in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. I lived in Gaza for 32 years, during which I witnessed many wars, but nothing was ever similar to this one. Now, after 178 days of war on Gaza, Refugee once again.

Beyond shocking

What's in new report by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt for UN describing Israeli genocide in #Gaza ? Mohammed Jamjoom with Mustafa Barghouti @Mustafa_Barghouti Yousef D. Hammash Geoffrey Nice Al Jazeera English
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“Following nearly 6 months of unrelenting Israeli assault on occupied #Gaza , it is my solemn duty to report on the worst of what humanity is capable of & to present my findings: 'the Anatomy of a Genocide'.” — Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt #HRC55

Even if the war stops one day, and it will stop, our generations won’t recover in the next decades.

It took 5 months for UN Security Council to pass the resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire that we asked for in October. Today only 95 aid trucks were allowed through to starving Gaza. More civilians died. No hostages were released. Can we get action now? bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

I can’t be proud more, very well deserved Channel 4 News, huge thanks for giving me the chance to be part of one the most professional teams and congratulations to federico escher Rob Hodge Matt Frei Lindsey Hilsum Secunder Kermani Millicent and the rest of the amazing team

For the first time in several months, flour entered northern Gaza

As the U.S. airdrops some food into Gaza and plans to build an off-shore port, aid worker Yousef D. Hammash with @nrc_norway says the 'more simple, more realistic and more efficient' route would be for the U.S. to pressure its ally Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian relief.

My interview with NRC's Yousef D. Hammash in Rafah. He says any small aid helps but air drops and a pier are 'unrealistic options.' On a ceasefire he tells me that 'we are looking for a second to breathe' but 'we don’t need a break, we want to ensure our lives back.'

Rafah, catch a glimpse of what’s freedom looks like.

Despite hunger and war, Ramadan Kareem.
North Gaza

On this March 8 I think of my heroic female NRC colleagues in Gaza who have been displaced multiple times, lost their homes, lost family members - but still they work day and night for starving girls and women, boys and men under bombardment and besiegement.

'My children know this is a war, and we don't have the ability to protect them.'

Our advocacy officer in Gaza, Yousef D. Hammash speaks to This American Life podcast about what it means to be a father in this conflict.

Give it a listen here:
thisamericanlife.org/825/yousef

'I don’t open my Facebook or Instagram, because all my friends from Gaza are there. I don’t want to know who is dead.' A series of conversations with a man in Gaza over the course of one week, on the particulars of everyday life during the war. bit.ly/48IKhvr

Yousef is managing a camp of 60 people in Rafah, including his youngest sister, who is eight months pregnant. They make a plan for her to give birth safely, but it doesn’t go according to plan at all. bit.ly/48IKhvr