A Palestinian woman reads the Quran next to the grave of her son

A Palestinian woman reads the Quran next to the grave of her son at a cemetery on the first day of Eid al-Fitr celebrations, in Gaza City.

Four youths maimed during Israeli airstrikes

Four youths maimed during Israeli airstrikes walk with the aid of crutches in the port of Gaza.

Palestinian survivor meets Real Madrid stars

 A five-year-old Palestinian boy who survived a firebomb attack by Jewish settlers met Real Madrid players during a training session. Ahmad Dawabsheh, the sole survivor of a Palestinian family whose house was burned down by Israeli extremists last year, was invited by Real Madrid and met the club’s players in the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

 “He is the best player, but I only see him on TV,” Ahmad told Anadolu Agency. “I wanted to meet Cristiano Ronaldo in person.” Ahmad’s grandfather, Hussien Dawabsheh, told Anadolu Agency that Ahmad was thrilled to receive an invitation to visit Real Madrid. On July 31, Israeli settlers set the Dawabsheh family’s home on fire in the West Bank town of Duma. The attack claimed the lives of Ahmad’s parents and his 18-month-old baby brother Ali. 

Ahmed suffers from brutal burns that have severely affected his mobility. He will be back to hospital for treatment. The fatal event caused widespread anger that many analysts believe was the source of the heightened ongoing violence in Palestine and Israel.

Gaza’s way of the ninja

Youths, who have been receiving martial arts training decided to form a team to hold regular shows in the hope that the publicity generated will get them invited to participate in international contests.

Floods in Gaza mean misery for children

 Heavy rains and a winter storm bring flooding to the Gaza Strip.

The orphans of Gaza

Anger and frustration over killing of Palestinian baby

The death of an 18-month-old Palestinian baby in firebomb attack at his family house in the occupied West Bank, has been condemned around the world. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he had ordered his foreign minister to file a complaint at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. “We want true justice, but I doubt that Israel will provide that,” he said of the attack which took place in Duma village, south of the city of Nablus.

Family members buried the toddler, who was burnt to death by suspcted Jewish setllers, as his parents and four-year-old brother were fighting for their lives at an Israeli hospital. At least one Palestinian has been killed during clashes with Israeli forces. Settler violence is not new, and the Israeli authorities have been accused of not doing enough to stop it. According to the UN, at least 120 attacks by Israeli settlers have been documented in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of 2015. A recent report by Yesh Din, an Israeli human rights organisation, showed that more than 92.6 percent of complaints Palestinians lodge with the Israeli police go without charges being filed.

Gaza in the dark

A Palestinian woman holds coffee inside her house during power cuts in Khan Younis in the southern of Gaza Strip.

 A Palestinian woman makes tea inside her house during power cut at Shatti (beach) refugee camp in Gaza City. Palestinian Energy officials said residents of Gaza, home to 1.8 million people, have been experiencing up to 18 hours of electricity outage a day for three days due to fuel and power shortages. 

‘Only stones remain’: Gaza lies in ruins

A Palestinian woman looks out her makeshift shelter near her house, that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip.

Palestinians look out a residential building, that witnesses said was badly damaged by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in Beit Lahiya town in the northern Gaza Strip.

Palestinian children play on a swing near houses, that witnesses said were destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip.

Palestinian children play atop the ruins of a house, that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip.

Palestinians sit outside their makeshift shelters near their houses, that witnesses said were destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip.

Palestinians sit outside their makeshift shelters near their houses, that witnesses said were destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip.

Palestinians sit outside their makeshift shelters near their houses, that witnesses said were destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip.

Still standing in Gaza