Juan Cole / Informed CommentJun 3, 2025
The mission is sponsored by the Freedom Flotilla in a symbolic effort to break Israel's blockade of food and aid to the Strip. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Ahmed Ahmed, Ruwaida Amer / +972 MagazineMay 12, 2025
With over 70,000 children hospitalized for malnutrition, Israel's blockade on the Strip has left parents to watch helplessly as their children waste away. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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Ruwaida Kamal Amer, Ibtisam Mahdi / +972 MagazineMar 20, 2025
Palestinians gather with surviving family members to observe the holiday in the rubble, even as Israel prevents the flow of food into the Strip. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / TruthdigMay 13, 2018
Hunger, sickness, terror, despair and Israeli military violence routinely afflict and kill the entrapped people of Gaza. The new film “Killing Gaza” explains in heartbreaking detail why Palestinians have been risking their lives during seven weeks of nonviolent protests. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
FARES AKRAM / The Associated PressApr 7, 2018
The Israeli military has said it fired only at "instigators" involved in attacks on soldiers and was investigating Yasswe Murtaja's gunshot death amid a very hectic environment. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
FARES AKRAM / The Associated PressApr 6, 2018
Israeli fire has killed 25 Palestinians, including 19 protesters, in the past week, and Gaza's Hamas rulers say there will be more protests over the decades-long border blockade of the territory. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 16, 2014
Richard Falk, who for six years served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, argues in a recent interview that there is no evidence that Israel’s air campaign has decreased rocket fire from Gaza. Likewise the claim that Hamas uses human shields is unfounded and Israel’s siege of Gaza is missing from media accounts of the cause of the current conflict, he contends. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 2, 2014
Operation Protective Edge has resulted in the deaths of more than 1,400 Palestinians in recent weeks, compared with 56 Israeli soldiers and four civilians. It's long past time for Israel to consider a two-state solution, stop the creeping encroachment of the occupation, and end a blockade that "ensures that ever more Palestinians grow up angry," The Economist writes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 20, 2012
A ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists bound for Gaza was intercepted and boarded by Israeli marines and rerouted to Israel’s southern Mediterranean port of Ashdod, where passengers could face charges of entering Israel illegally. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 1, 2011
The Audacity of Hope, an American ship in the defiant Freedom Flotilla 2, tried to set sail for Gaza on Friday afternoon but was stopped by the Greek coast guard shortly after leaving port. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 24, 2011
In a result sure to spark intense debate, Israel’s attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last May has been declared by a government commission to be a legal use of force for self-defense. Israeli commandos killed nine activists attempting to break the blockade on the impoverished Gaza Strip. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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