Daily Life Amid War

Gaza Herald — Long before military aggression reduced vast swaths of the enclave to rubble, Gaza was a vibrant epicenter of Levantine culture. It was a place where street weddings echoed with traditional music, youth played football on neighborhood pitches,

Gaza Herald — In Gaza, even a toothache has transformed into an agonizing crisis. Behind every dental chair sits a healthcare system struggling to find the most basic supplies needed for procedures like fillings, root canals, or extractions. For local

Gaza Herald — Across the devastated landscape of the Gaza Strip, the formal cessation of heavy, continuous bombardment has offered no respite to thousands of Palestinian families whose missing loved ones remain buried beneath millions of tons of pulverized concrete

Gaza Herald – The danger facing humanitarian workers in Gaza has evolved from the risk of operating in a war zone into a deeper crisis over whether humanitarian work can continue at all. For nearly three years, medical and relief

Gaza Herald — Along the edge of the Israeli military’s so-called “Yellow Line,” Palestinian farmers in Beit Lahia are carrying out a quiet but powerful act of sumud, steadfastness. They are returning to fields devastated by Israeli bombardment, clearing rubble,

Gaza Herald — In Gaza, the start of a new school year once brought a familiar sense of excitement. Children would crowd around stationery shelves choosing colorful notebooks, pens, and school bags, while parents prepared to cover the expenses of

Gaza Herald — Khawla Bint Al-Azwar School in eastern Deir al-Balah was not the home of the Ghaliya family, but it was the last place they believed could protect their children. After their home in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, was

Gaza Herald — The sea in Gaza is no longer simply a place of work or a source of food and income. For Palestinian fishermen, it has become a zone of constant danger, where every attempt to earn a living

Gaza Herad — A new school year is approaching in Gaza, but for hundreds of thousands of children, there will be no familiar classroom to return to, no intact schoolyard and, in many cases, no school building at all. After

Gaza Herald — September was supposed to bring the simple joy of a new beginning for six-year-old Wafa’a Akila. She had spent the morning preparing for her very first day of school, eager to wear her new backpack, meet her