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‘Legitimate’ targets

26th August 2014 | Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine This article was published before the recently agreed ceasefire. High-rise buildings have now been declared as legitimate targets for F-16 aircraft attacks. Yesterday evening a 16 story house called Little Italy, home ...

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Resistance and tear gas

21st August 2014 | Saeeda Al-Rashid | Occupied Palestine It’s late May [2013], and the air is stifling. Heat sizzles from the pavement, and Khalili youth, though well-adapted to these conditions, can be seen wiping sweat from their brows as they trek home from ...

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Consequences of destruction

17th August 2014 | Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine The military assaults on the Palestinians have been going on for over a month, and even if the war should end while I’m writing, the exhausting consequences of it will continue ...

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More stories from Gaza

9th August 2014 | Sarah Algherbawi | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Sarah Algherbawi is a Palestinian citizen who was born in Saudi Arabia in 1991 and now lives in the Gaza Strip. She finished her BSc degree in Business Administration at the Islamic University of Gaza, ...

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Journal: Clashes in Hebron

9th August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Vern | Hebron, Occupied Palestine As ISM volunteers were heading back from al-Masara village yesterday, we were dropped at off at Bab Al-Zawiye, the city center of Hebron. We observed a clash between Palestinian youths and ...

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Returning to Beit Hanoun

8th August 2014 | Charlie Andreasson| Gaza, Occupied Palestine We went back to Beit Hanoun almost two weeks after the Israeli military held us captive in the hospital and shelled it for 13 hours. It was the second day of the 72 ...

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Short stories from Gaza

5th August 2014 | Sarah Algherbawi | Gaza, Occupied Palestine These are short stories from Gaza, a brief picture of our suffering. Reality is much more painful. The description under each photo consists of facts published on news agencies and social media. For each photo I ...

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Gaza: Black sky turns orange

30th July 2014 | Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Since July 25th, international volunteers, including activists from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and other groups have begun a constant protective presence in various locations at the al-Shifa Hospital. Below is a journal ...

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Trapped in Beit Hanoun

27th July 2014 | Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine We raced towards the hospital in Beit Hanoun, our mission was to assist in the evacuation of the hospital with the same name. The Israeli forces had already destroyed 13 ambulances ...

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Gaza: Another home destroyed

25th July 2014 | Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine At 9 AM local time, a missile targeted a family home in central Gaza City. The house appeared to have been evacuated, but the shockwave and construction material that was thrown demolished ...

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