West Bank death toll amid genocide tops 1,000 as Israeli forces kill child

Sharon Zhang Truthout  /  October 17, 2025 Israeli forces shot and killed fourth grader Mohammad Bahjat al-Hallaq while he was playing soccer with friends. The number of...

‘We expected to die’: freed Gazan detainees recount Israeli torture

Ibtisam Mahdi +972 Magazine  /  October 17, 2025 Though overjoyed by their release in the ceasefire, Palestinians — blinded, beaten, and starved in Israeli jails —...

[VIDEO] Freed Palestinian prisoners tell of horrific rape, torture in Israeli detention

TNA Staff The New Arab  /  October 17, 2025 Anonymous testimonies from freed Palestinian prisoners have revealed the horrific sexual torture inflicted on them by Israel. Anonymous...

Daily struggles persist in Gaza even as ceasefire offers some respite

Toqa Ezzidin, Wafaa Shurafa & Mariam Fam AP  /  October 17, 2025 DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip – Bassil Naggar can finally sleep without getting jolted awake...

As Gaza starts to rebuild, what lessons can be learned from Nagasaki in 1945 ?

Gwyn McClelland The Conversation  /  October 16, 2025 At first, there might not seem to be any immediate similarities between a devastated Nagasaki after the US...

With 83% of its buildings destroyed, Gaza needs more than money to rebuild

John Tookey The Conversation  /  October 16, 2025 The Gaza Strip is a tortured piece of land that is about 40km long and 11km wide. Some...

What Palestinians and Israelis have learned since October 7th – an interview with Nathan...

Isaac Chotiner The New Yorker  /  October 16, 2025 Despite the ceasefire in Gaza, prospects for long-term peace seem worse than ever. Earlier this week, Hamas and...

Inside Hamas’s violent battle for control in post-war Gaza

Sally Ibrahim The New Arab  /  October 16, 2025 From public executions to gun battles with clans, Hamas is fighting to reassert its power and authority...

When ceasefire finally arrived here in Gaza, what poured out of me was grief

Dalia Abu Ramadan Truthout  /  October 16, 2025 Now that the airstrikes have stopped, we face a new devastation, assessing our ruined homes and mourning our...

‘Taken hostage by the Israeli military’: freed Palestinian prisoners describe widespread torture

Democracy Now!  /  October 16, 2025 Guest:  Moureen Kaki – head of mission for Glia International in Gaza Links :  Glia.org Palestinians who have been released from...