Survivors describe “hell raining down” on them following Israeli airstrikes on the European Hospital in Gaza. “There is nothing left of the horrors of the Day of Judgment that we have not witnessed in Gaza,” an eyewitness tells Mondoweiss.
The Israeli army killed my colleague Hassan Eslayeh in his hospital bed. He predicted his death before it happened, because he knew journalists in Gaza are the only people in the world bearing witness to the greatest crime of our times.
For many in Gaza, the psychological toll of seeing their children go hungry is far worse than the physical exhaustion they feel from malnutrition and scavenging for food.
Growing reports show that Israel has been fomenting armed gangs to loot food supplies in Gaza and sow chaos — and it’s killing those who attempt to stop it. But this strategy isn’t new: Israel has waged a war on Gaza’s civil government from the start.
The UN’s World Food Programme, a lifeline for millions of people in Gaza who rely on it for food aid, has run out of its food stores. Palestinians in Gaza say that famine isn’t imminent — it’s already here.
Israel has completely wiped out Rafah, turning a fifth of Gaza’s territory into a giant buffer zone. This is part of Israel’s plan to permanently remain in Gaza and ethnically cleanse its people.
Ibrahim Abu Mahadi lost all six of his sons in a single Israeli airstrike. His mourning voice was the voice of all fathers clutching at their children in their tents, afraid to close their eyes and sleep for fear of what they might wake up to.
Palestinian Christians in Gaza remember Pope Francis and his daily calls to the Catholic church in Gaza. “Gaza was among his last words,” one member of the parish told Mondoweiss. “His voice made us forget the sound of the planes and the bombs.”
Israel targeted displaced Palestinians in a tent encampment in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis, designated for civilians. Eight children were burned alive and charred beyond recognition alongside six others.
When the bombing of hospitals was still taboo in October 2023, Israel denied bombing al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. This time, Israel claims it targeted a Hamas command-and-control center at the hospital. It has not provided any evidence.