WorldcrunchSalem is a Palestinian journalist based in the Gaza Strip, working in the field since 2008. Al Rayyes covers political, economic, cultural, social and environmental topics in Palestine and regionally for Ultra Sawt, AlManassa, Al Majalla and other publications.
A Palestinian journalist in Gaza chronicles his long road back to the north, walking along with hundreds of thousands of displaced people returning to their homes. He, like most others, arrived at his family house reduced to rubble. What do you do then? What do you tell the kids?
Palestinians in Gaza complain that they don’t receive enough aid to feed their children even after a surge of aid trucks entering the strip as part of the Hamas-Israel cease-fire deal.
With up to two million displaced, United Nations designated more than 50 sites and shelters as the most vulnerable areas for floods and rainfall across Gaza. But as some people have been displaced multiple times, and humanitarian aid is being blocked, refugees have few options to shelter themselves ahead of the upcoming winter.
With Israel blocking aid from entering Gaza, some are either resorting to force to get aid to feed their children or turning to a new black market where merchants and war profiteers exploit people’s needs.
With the Israel-Hamas war now in its sixth month and hunger worsening in Gaza, Palestinian have begun fasting for Ramadan. Al Manassa spent the first day of the Muslim holy month with a displaced family in their tent in Mawasi.