Happy Christmas to all those celebrating 🥳

Electronics taken away, 2+ hours of questioning, a full body search, going through the contents of my devices without permission and then denied boarding despite valid visa and Israeli press card. A first and most definitely last EL AL Airlines experience!

‘There are not many outlets for fun’: the Gazan arts centre that keeps music alive theguardian.com/world/2022/feb…

Fund to Jerusalem hospitals, more fund to UNRWA, 4G in WB then Gaza, & more working hours at Allenby bridge for Palestinian passengers to Jordan. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

#Hamas executes five men in #Gaza, 2 accused of collaborating with #Israel, 3 for committing crimes the Hamas-run interior ministry says “to achieve public deterrence and societal security”

Israel has finally acknowledged one its soldiers likely killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11, 2022. A quick thread on Israel’s changing statements on the killing over the last 117 days:

Weeks before Israel sent troops into al-Shifa Hospital, its spokesman began building a public case that it was central to Hamas. A The Washington Post examination finds those claims fall short. By Louisa Loveluck, Evan Hill, Jonathan Baran, Jarret Ley, & Ellen Nakashima washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/…

Israel has waged one of this century’s most destructive wars in Gaza washingtonpost.com/investigations…

“If traffic increased by 15 to 20 percent, it’s okay,” he said. But with so many people heading south, “suddenly our network lost more than 50 to 60 percent of its capacity due to damage, and the 1 million people [in the south] became 2 million people.” washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/…

That at least 85 of our journalistic colleagues have been killed in Gaza is a tragedy and an outrage. This is a tribute to them. washingtonpost.com/world/interact… by Ellen Francis Artur Galocha Joe Snell Reem Akkad.

NEW—> Drone footage raises questions about Israeli justification for deadly strike on Gaza journalists ⁦Louisa Loveluck⁩ ⁩ ⁦Imogen Piper⁩ ⁦Sarah Cahlan⁩ ⁦Hazem Balousha⁩ washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/…

An incredibly deep dive from the Post on an Israeli missile strike targeting a car carrying four Palestinian journalists in January. 2 members of an Al Jazeera PR crew were killed. Report by Louisa Loveluck, Imogen Piper, Sarah Cahlan, Hajar Harb & Hazem Balousha washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/…

6yr old Hind Rajab's emergency call from Gaza drew global calls for investigation of her death. IDF deny they were there. The Washington Post finds: - IDF vehicles present. - Gunfire as girls begged for help + damage to ambulance = consistent w/ IDF weapons. washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

Israel High Court Hears First Case Challenging Secret Detentions in Gaza War Claire Parker & Hazem Balousha on our case - will the Court force the state to reveal whereabouts of Gaza detainees? washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/…

.William Booth tells Douglas Jehl, “In 2014, a couple of days before this 50 day war began … we had free movement in 2014. 2014 was not the same war as this one is …. This 2024 war, we are not in Gaza, I think the world is missing Hazem Balousha's (Hazem Balousha) coverage."

Israel insists it does not intend to permanently reoccupy Gaza. But new construction of roads, outposts and buffer zones suggests instead that it is planning for a longer term military presence there. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/… Loveday Morris Evan Hill Sam Granados Hazem Balousha.

יואב גלנט - Yoav Gallant Chatham House corey scher Jamon Van Den Hoek But it’s hard to capture the human-scale of this loss. Families described leaving, when it felt like “every shell felt like it was falling on us.” Read the full set of reporting from Loveday Morris Hazem Balousha Hajar Harb Jarrett Ley washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/…

“Whenever you talk to people here in Egypt, they talk about loving Gazans. When it comes to bureaucracy, you are nothing, you are alien." In Egypt, Gaza evacuees live in the shadows Claire Parker Lorenzo Tugnoli Hazem Balousha wapo.st/3XIpcPY

A review of videos of the June 8 raid in Nuseirat shows the Israeli military employed heavy airstrikes on a dense residential area for nearly four hours. wapo.st/3SMoHRY

The Washington Post analyzed exclusive videos and spoke to more than a dozen witnesses and residents to piece together the day Ayşenur Eygi’s was killed. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/…