It’s a ceasefire…just not on the beach, not in your home
Eva Bartlett | In Gaza Ahmed Hassanin, 7, shot in the head outside his home by Israeli soldiers from Gaza’s eastern border on January 22nd. On the 5th morning after Israel declared a ‘ceasefire’,...
View ArticleAt Al Wafa – Saja and Ceasefiring
Sharon Lock | Tales to Tell Yesterday E and I went back to see Amer at his Zaytoun house. He told us his brother Abdullah is back home from the Egyptian hospital, and showed us his hospital records;...
View ArticleIsraeli gunboat sprays Palestinian fishing boat with bullets
27th January 2009, Gaza: On the morning of the 27th of January 2009, a Palestinian fishing boat left Gaza City port in one of the first attempts to work after the recent onslaught on Gaza, and the...
View ArticleWhere is the ceasefire?
27 January 2009 A young farm-worker, Arwan al Ibrim was murdered by Israeli military forces at approximately 9:45 am on Tuesday 27th January, in the village of Al Farahin, east of Khan Younis. 27 year...
View ArticleLife in the border zones
“If you stay here for five minutes, you will hear gunfire”, explain locals in Wadi Salqa. “They shoot at anything moving in the village”. Palestinian radio stations have reported that people living in...
View ArticleTo the sound of F16s
Sharon Lock | Tales to Tell Medic Hassan with his amazing stove & son Fawzi I’m told the bursts of noise that are currently shaking the net cafe a little are probably F16 sonic booms and not...
View ArticleIsrael’s definition of a ceasefire
14 January 2013 | Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestine Just three days after the fatal shooting of Anwar Al-Malouk near Jabalia, the Israeli military has murdered another Palestinian civilian...
View ArticleBulldozing the ceasefire
15 — 17 January 2013 | Khuza’a, Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestine At about 8.30pm on Tuesday 15th January, Israeli tanks and military bulldozers breached the border adjacent to the village of Khuza’a,...
View ArticleThe broken truce
21 January 2013 | GazaStories, Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestine A ceasefire was announced on 21st November, ending eight days of horrific bloodshed in Gaza. Has the delicate truce held over...
View ArticleThe blockade remains
8th September | Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine More than a week has passed since the ceasefire started and yet no significant easing of the blockade has been seen. Drones are still...
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