Genocide Survivor Stories

Gaza Herald – The Gaza Health Ministry said Friday that Israel’s two-year genocidal war has produced an unprecedented wave of life-altering injuries among children, with 22% of all amputations recorded in Gaza involving minors. Doctors warn that many of these […]

Gaza Herald- The Central Bureau of Statistics reported that 42,000 people in Gaza are living with severe life-changing injuries, a number that has doubled over the past year. On Wednesday, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Ministry of

Gaza Herald — The first winter rain did not bring relief to Samar al-Salmi; it brought disaster. Before sunrise, freezing water burst through the thin walls of the family’s worn-out tent in a displacement camp in Deir el-Balah. Within minutes,

Gaza Herald_ Ten-year-old Abdullah barely looks up from his tablet, absorbed in his favorite game, where he builds a digital world that lets him imagine any life he wants. The steady beeping of the chemotherapy pump sending medication into his

Gaza Herald — After two years of forced shutdown caused by Israel’s genocide and the destruction of Gaza’s entire education system, the Islamic University of Gaza has begun its first steps toward a gradual return to in-person learning, inside buildings

Gaza Herald_ With slow steps and a pale face worn down by hunger, the released Palestinian nurse Tasneem al-Homs arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza, after Israel freed her along with four other detainees transferred by the International

Gaza Herald — In a modest shelter made of displacement tents on the outskirts of Deir al-Balah, sits Rida Alaywah, a woman in her sixties, worn down by time and by an occupation that reshaped every part of her life,

Gaza Herald — Near a burned-out car struck just outside their home, Faiq Ajour and his relatives stood sweeping away shards of glass and charred debris. Moments earlier, he had walked to a nearby vegetable stall to buy a few

Gaza Herald _In the heart of Gaza City, where entire neighborhoods have been reduced to rubble, a nine-year-old girl is trying to piece together a life forever changed. Her story reflects the unimaginable suffering endured by Gaza’s children, surviving Israeli

Gaza Herald_Freed Palestinian child detainees are recounting harrowing experiences of torture and abuse inside Israeli custody, according to a new report documenting the testimonies of three teenagers released in a recent prisoner exchange. The boys, seized by Israeli forces while