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‘My Husband Went to Buy Bread’ – Palestine Chronicle Speaks to Bereaved Gaza Women
By Abdallah Aljamal – Gaza The Palestine Chronicle spoke with three women whose husbands were killed in the Israeli bombing. They told us about their daily challenges, their fears, and the great and growing responsibilities […]

‘Nobody Can Kill Our Dream’ – Palestinian Women on Their Way to the Top of Asian Football
By Romana Rubeo “We only have one regret: there are no athletes from Gaza to play with us. We play thinking that they will play with us again, soon.” This is what Natali Shaheen […]

Reaching the Semifinals: Palestine Women’s Football Team Winning in WAFF Championship
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Palestine women’s national football team is making their mark at the West Asian Women’s Football Championship as they beat Syria to advance to the semis. In a major feat, […]

Amid Widespread Rape Allegations in Gaza, CNN Reports on ‘Brutal Sexual Assaults’ by Palestinians
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In a CNN report that doesn’t offer much detail, the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel (ARCII) holds that Israeli civilians suffered “brutal sexual assaults” that were carried out […]

Rape in Gaza – UN Experts Demand Investigation into Israeli Sexual Assaults on Palestinian Girls
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The UN experts have raised concerns of Palestinian women and girls reportedly subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment, including multiple forms of sexual assault and rape. A group of UN […]

Voices from Rafah – Amal al-Meinawi Has Only One Wish (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
By Mahmoud Ajjour in Gaza & Romana Rubeo “I come from Shati and I am so tired,” the woman told the Palestine Chronicle, as she stood in front of her small tent in Rafah. Amal […]

Amira Al-Assouli – Palestinians Celebrate Heroic Khan Yunis Doctor in Viral Video
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Every war has its villains and its heroes. This maxim is more accentuated in the ongoing genocidal Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip than any other. While it is […]

Elderly, Sick, Displaced Flee South Gaza Hospital amid Israeli Bombardment
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The elderly and sick, along with displaced families, have been forced to flee another hospital in Gaza amidst an ongoing siege on the facility. The elderly and sick have been […]

Beaten, Strip Searched – Female Palestinian Detainees Tell Harrowing Stories
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Female Palestinian detainees have shared testimonies of gross violations at the hands of Israeli prison guards including beatings and strip searches, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society. The organization said […]

‘Fire Rained down on Us’ – Palestinian Woman Describes Horrific Israeli Crime (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “My daughter, beside me, was charred. She burned and I could not help her,” the woman said, in a state of shock. A Palestinian woman told reporters that her husband […]

Two Mothers Killed Every Hour in Gaza – UN Report
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Two mothers are killed every hour by Israeli occupation forces in Gaza. This is the shocking number revealed by a UN Women report on Friday. Women and children account for […]

Up to 20,000 Babies Born into Gaza ‘Hell’ – UNICEF Official
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Nearly 20,000 Palestinian babies have been born into war in the Gaza Strip, while 135,000 children under age two in the besieged enclave are at severe risk of malnutrition, UNICEF […]

Israeli Forces Shoot Woman with Child Holding White Flag – VIDEO
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Recently released footage shows a Palestinian woman being shot by Israeli forces as she and a group of others, while waving white flags, attempt to evacuate Gaza City. The footage, […]

‘Transported in Cages’ – Shocking Details of How Israel Treats Female Gaza Prisoners
By Fayha Shalash – Ramallah This is a difficult, but critical read. The collective hardship experienced by Gaza’s female prisoners in Israel is unprecedented even within the tragic history of Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners. […]

Enforced Disappearance – Names of 51 Female Detainees from Gaza Revealed
By Palestine Chronicle Staff According to the statement, the list includes elderly women and children, but the total number of female detainees from Gaza is higher. The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and […]

‘O Lord, Let Me Die First’ – Who is Haneen Qashtan, Palestinian Journalist Killed by Israel in Gaza
By Abdallah Aljamal – Gaza “Oh Lord, let me be the first one in my family to die, so I will not have to endure the pain of their death,” Haneen wrote on Facebook. Then, […]

‘No Joy, but Pity’ – More than 180 Gazan Women Give Birth Every Day
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The UN Agency for Palestine Refugees has said there are an estimated 50,000 pregnant women in the Gaza Strip, with more than 180 giving birth every day. The agency’s “doctors […]

Israel Subjects Female Gaza Prisoners to ‘Torture and Abuse’ – Rights Group
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A Palestinian prisoners’ rights group has highlighted the “extremely difficult” conditions under which female prisoners are being held in Israel’s Damon prison, especially those detained from the Gaza Strip. In […]

‘12 Days of Terror’: What Happened to Kholoud Al-Jarmi in Israeli Prison
By Fayha Shalash – Ramallah Kholoud was taken to a military vehicle. She wept and pleaded for them to leave her with her children. Her youngest daughter was just 40 days old. Kholoud will not […]

Gaza Women, Their Children, Detained in Israel – Rights Group
Israeli forces have detained 142 Palestinian women and children during their ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, including nursing infants and the elderly, two rights groups announced on Sunday. The information was revealed in a […]

Gaza is Most Dangerous Place for Women Right Now – ActionAid
By Palestine Chronicle Staff According to ActionAid, Gaza is one of the world’s most dangerous places to be a woman right now due to the unprecedented levels of violence experienced by women and girls […]

‘Older than Israel’: Elderly Palestinian Woman in Viral Video Murdered by Israeli Sniper in Gaza
By Palestine Chronicle Staff An elderly Palestinian woman, who had gone viral for saying that she was “older than Israel” in a video circulating online, was killed by an Israeli sniper. Palestinian photographer Saleh […]

A Daughter of Nabi Saleh – Who Is Palestinian Icon Ahed Tamimi?
By Robert Inlakesh The story of Ahed Tamimi has come to embody, in many ways, the wider Palestinian experience under Israeli occupation. A daughter of Nabi Saleh, a Palestinian village cut off from the rest […]

‘We Are the Murabitat’: Who is Hanadi Halawani, Just Released from Israeli Prison
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Hanadi Halawani is not an ordinary ‘prisoner’. She has been detained numerous times in the past, simply because she has, for years, led a community group, mostly of Palestinian women, […]

39 Palestinian Women and Children Released from Israeli Detention
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Israeli military administration in the West Bank released after midnight on Sunday, 39 Palestinian women and children who were held in Israeli prisons. UPDATE: Al-Qassam Brigades releases a video […]

Was Al-Qassam Fighter Who Released Israeli Captives a Woman? – Fact Check
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A ‘mysterious’ figure with the Al-Qassam Brigades unit, who handed over Israeli and international captives, has ignited speculations in social media and throughout the Arab world. It all began when […]

‘No Pain like Mine’: The Story of Palestinian Prisoner Israa’ Ja’abis
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Starting on Friday, November 24, a prisoner swap between the Palestinian resistance and Israel began in stages. On Friday, 39 Palestinian prisoners were released. More prisoners were freed on Saturday. […]

Life Hanging in the Balance: The Perils of Pregnancy and Childbirth in Gaza
By Abdallah Aljamal – Gaza Mahmoud Tawfiq, a young man from Nuseirat refugee camp, spoke with the Palestine Chronicle and described the challenges he faced during his wife’s childbirth amid the conflict. “Doctors described my […]

‘I Love You, My Dear Moon’: Gaza Man Eulogizes His Sister, Killed by Israeli Airstrike
By Abdallah Aljamal – Gaza Salamah Al-Bayoumi and her young son, Ali, are some of the newest casualties of Israel’s brutal war on Gaza. The young mother and son were killed when an Israeli airstrike […]

ActionAid Says Pregnant Women in Gaza are Faced with Impossible Choice
ActionAid has expressed its profound concerns over pregnant Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip, “as they make the impossible choice of fleeing with no guarantee of safety or remaining at risk of almost certain death”. […]