The Palestinian Authority, the UN, and NGOs offer classes in shelters and displacement camps, as well as online courses, but 60% of students have not been able to continue any type of learning since October 2023, in a territory where illiteracy was almost nonexistent
Suffering has gripped the Palestinian population, while academic and political consensus on the existence of genocide grows
Coined to define the Nazi massacres, it has become the most discussed word of the year. Leading world experts reflect on its legal, political, and moral significance amid the Gaza war
She revolutionized science since the 1960s with her innovative methods and fascinating discoveries about wild chimpanzees
Defectors from the Pyongyang regime describe the growing repression and deterioration of human rights denounced by the UN
The Ukrainian president thanked Donald Trump for his support and called for regulating the use of AI ‘in the most destructive arms race in history’
The Israeli project to divide the West Bank dates back to the 1990s, but no government had dared to approve it due to international pressure. ‘This place is ours,’ the Israeli prime minister emphasized
Bombardments and loneliness worsen the ailments of the most vulnerable groups. More than half a million people in the country need palliative care
Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing the capital in the face of intense Israeli attacks. Al Mawasi, one of the designated ‘safe’ areas, is overflowing with displaced people facing shortages of food, water, and shelter
Residents describe the anguish of choosing between yet another forced displacement or witnessing the arrival of Israeli tanks
Benjamin Netanyahu announces the start of an ‘intensive operation’ on the Strip’s capital. A UN commission has concluded that Israel is committing genocide, which its authorities have dismissed as ‘Hamas falsehoods, laundered and repeated by others’
The lives of millions of children hang in the balance if they lose access to this compound. The UN and NGOs are seeking solutions to produce it locally and distribute the US stockpile
The UN and OSCE accuse Moscow of systematic mistreatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war. Putin is considering withdrawing the country from the European anti-torture treaty
A group of exiles from Equatorial Guinea is defending their separation from the former Spanish territory in response to decades of abuse, isolation, and repression
Experts and industry promoters warn that the gains from this growing sector are not fully reaching local workers and suppliers, and stress the need to invest in education and the competitiveness of community projects
A human rights lawyer, a former officer and activist, and a reserve soldier, all Israelis, describe the Netanyahu government’s actions as ‘criminal’
The WHO warns of the potential spread of GBS, of which 85 cases have already been detected in the enclave, three of them fatal
The sick are dying in the largest medical center in southern Gaza, with hardly any medicine available and many malnourished patients who are unable to leave the Strip for treatment
Netanyahu states that the offensive on the Strip’s capital is continuing while announcing talks to free all hostages held by Hamas
The government has called up 60,000 reservists while Netanyahu rejected the truce proposal accepted by Hamas and called for ‘seizing control of the last terrorist strongholds’
More than 100 NGOs are denouncing new registration rules requiring them to provide confidential information about donors and staff, which is further hindering the delivery of aid to the Strip
Many reporters are estranged from their loved ones, and suffer from the constant fear they experience in the face of an Israeli offensive that has killed more than 200 of their colleagues
The plan to take the entire Strip remains in place despite criticism from the army leadership, the families of the hostages, and the humanitarian sector
Around 350,000 people suffering from some kind of illness not directly caused by the Israeli offensive have been unable to receive treatment due to the destruction of hospitals and mass displacement in the Strip
Gazan photographer Ahmed al-Arini recounts the pain and exhaustion he deals with daily to document the humanitarian catastrophe ravaging the enclave
The Israeli blockade is forcing more than two million people into a daily struggle to survive. Over 100 organizations denounce a deliberately provoked humanitarian catastrophe. ‘There is no food in Gaza, absolutely none’
Gazan authorities say 10 more people have died of starvation in the past 24 hours as White House Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff travels to Rome to reinvigorate truce talks
