Leonie Fleischmann

Residents of Gaza need to go to one of four checkpoints managed by the US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to receive aid supplies. Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/Alamy Live News

Chaotic new aid system means getting food in Gaza has become a matter of life – and often death

Critics say the new aid distribution system put in place by Israel is deeply flawed and is leading to the deaths of hundreds of Palestinian civilians.
Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, dancing with members of the settler movement at a conference about estalbishing settlements in Gaza, October 2024. AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov

Israel’s ‘generals’ plan’ to clear Palestinians from north of Gaza could pave the way for settlers to return

There are widespread fears that Israel is planning to clear Palestinians from the northern part of the Gaza Strip to allow for settlements.
Cycle of violence: the funeral of one of the 12 Palestinians estimated to have been killed during Israel’s military operation in Jenin, July 2023. Mohammed Turabi/IMAGESLIVE via ZUMA Press Wire

Death in Jenin: Israel’s biggest attack in the West Bank in 20 years is down to Netanyahu’s political weakness – here’s why

Israel’s prime minister is under pressure from public protests and an increasingly assertive right wing in his coalition government.

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