Palestinian Students Trapped in Gaza by Israeli Border Closures
Approximately 1,000 Palestinian students remain trapped in Gaza despite having scholarships to attend universities abroad as Israel controls the borders and won't them out.
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Palestinian Christians Blocked from Traveling to Jerusalem, Celebrate Easter in Gaza City
Orthodox Christians in Gaza celebrated Easter at the Church of St. Porphyrius as Israel has prevented them from holding celebrations and reaching Jerusalem for the Holy Week of festivities.
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Palestinian Christians Observe Palm Sunday with Prayers for an End to the War
Inside the sanctuary at the Holy Family Church in Gaza, Christians in the war-torn city observed Palm Sunday with gratitude for the chance to congregate but weary of the ongoing assault on the territory they call home.
Eid Celebrations in Gaza Bring Relief and Joy, but Lingering Pain of War Remains
Palestinians inside the besieged Gaza Strip welcomed this year Eid al-Fitr celebration as a relief, while continuing to grapple with the hardships created by the Israeli genocide.
Palestinian Christians Light Christmas Tree at Gaza City’s Holy Family Church
Palestinian Christians at Gaza City's Holy Family Church lit their Christmas tree for the first time since Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.
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Israel’s Committed 497 Ceasefire Violations Since October, Killing 342 Palestinians
Israel has committed at least 497 ceasefire violations, killing at least 342 Palestinians since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect on Oct. 10, according to the Gaza Government Media Office.
Demonstrators Protest in Front of the Israeli Embassy in Greece, Police Violently Attack Crowd
Around 5,000 demonstrators marched through Athens' city center to the Israeli Embassy in solidarity with the Palestinian people on Oct. 7, 2025.
Thousands March on UN, Demand Arrest of Netanyahu
Over 10,000 demonstrators, gathered in the city’s iconic Times Square. The protestors were demanding an end to Israel’s nearly two year genocide.
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Beautifying Cancer Patients in Gaza While Being Prevented From Life-Saving Treatment
Suffering from cancer while beautifying campmates in Gaza as cancer patients are prevented from leaving for treatment -- with videos from Gaza.
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Israel Bombs Residential Towers, Unleashes ‘Gates of Hell’ on Gaza City
"Gaza is burning," says Israel's Defense Minister as Israel starts their ground invasion of Gaza City after bombing over 50 residential towers in the biggest city in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.
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Israel Slaughters Thousands of Palestinians Through Weaponized Aid
Gaza, Palestine — As international scholars have finally come to officially define Israel’s actions in Gaza over the last 23 months as genocide, we look at how Israel is using starvation to weaponize humanitarian aid in the strategy of further killings. Over the summer of…
Amidst Tourist Season, a Pro-Palestinian Initiative Holds Daily Protests Outside the Greek Parliament
Athens, Greece — On the evening of Saturday, July 26, pro-Palestinian protesters crafted and placed puppet dolls dedicated to the children killed in Gaza outside the Greek Parliament. The demonstration was organized by Initiative Against Genocide, a group staging sit-in protests and other activities in…
Access is Love and ‘Disability Justice is Liberation’
Minneapolis, MN — On July 26, 1990, the world’s first civil rights law for people with disabilities, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in the U.S. July is now dubbed Disability Pride Month to commemorate the ADA. Thirty five years after…
Greek Dockworkers and Solidarity Activists Block Military Cargo Bound for Israel
A militant mobilization by dockworkers at Greece’s Port of Piraeus prevented the trans-shipment of military grade steel destined for Israel on July 16. Hundreds of solidarity activists, labor unions, and student associations joined the action organized by members of the union ENEDEP (Union of Container…
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Israel Strikes Gaza’s Catholic Church Again, Kills Three
Gaza City, Gaza — Israel has once again bombed Gaza’s only Catholic Church, Holy Family, this time killing three and wounding at least 10 others, including Parish Priest Gabriel Romanelli, who suffered leg injuries.
The Israeli attack occurred in the late morning on Thursday, July…
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Gazans Make Diesel From Plastic Amid Genocide
Gaza City, Palestine — With the US-backed genocide of Palestinians in Gaza continuing unabated and the border crossings closed by Israel, the ingenuity and resolve of Gazans continues to shine amid the ethnic cleansing being waged on them. As no diesel or gasoline is allowed…
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Global March to Gaza Violently Repressed by Egyptian Authorities
Cairo, Egypt — Thousands of people departed Cairo on June 13 in an attempt to break the siege of Gaza and demand an end to the genocide of the Palestinian people by Israeli forces. The effort was led by the grassroots movement Global March to…
Christians in Gaza Remember Pope Francis
Gaza City, Palestine — For the few hundred Christians left in Gaza sheltering in churches, the news of Pope Francis’ passing on April 21 has been a hard blow. Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, had consistently stayed in touch with the Holy…
Ramadan Among the Rubble in Gaza: A Collection of Stories
Gaza, Palestine — For Palestinians in the bombarded Gaza Strip, the holy month of Ramadan was stained by genocidal acts perpetrated by Israeli forces for the second year in a row. In attempts to understand those continuing to practice their faith whilst surviving horrors, Unicorn…
Thousands in Gaza Protest War, Israeli Occupation and Hamas
Gaza, Palestine — Amid Israeli war crimes and acts of collective punishment against the civilian population in Gaza, thousands of Palestinians amassed in multiple gatherings in late March to protest the war, Israeli occupation and the rule of Hamas.
Grassroots-led protests sprung up in Beit…
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Palestinian Christians in Gaza City Gather for Prayers Amid Israeli Bombardment
Gaza City, Palestine — Palestinian Christians gathered inside Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza’s Old City on April 13, 2025 to pray during Palm Sunday as Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza extends beyond 18 months. Gaza’s Christian community has come under threat as a low estimate…
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Israel Uses Food as a Weapon of War
Gaza, Palestine — Since 2007, Israel has imposed a land, air, and water siege on the Gaza Strip and restricted food entry. Over the last 17 months, that long-standing practice has only become more severe as Israel has used food as a weapon in its…
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Two Brothers Among Four Boys Killed by Israeli Drone Strike in Gaza City
Gaza City, Gaza — Four children, two of them brothers, were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a group of Palestinians collecting firewood in the Zeitoun neighborhood in southeast Gaza City on March 15, 2025.
“I have been taking care of my children for…
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UNRWA Vows to Help Palestinians Despite Israeli Ban, Deadly Attacks
Palestinian Territories — Israel has banned the United Nations agency mandated to support Palestinian refugees and designated it a terrorist organization. The United Nations UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has vowed to continue its humanitarian work until…
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An Eight-Year-Old Lone Survivor in Gaza
Gaza, Palestine — More than 61,000 Palestinians have been killed — a low estimate according to researchers — during Israel’s post-October 7 genocidal blitz of the Gaza Strip and the inhabitants. The parents and siblings of eight-year-old Ahmad Khalil were shot and killed in front…
American Freed, Palestinian Prisoners Compare Israeli Prisons to Guantanamo
Gaza, Palestine — Three more Israelis and 183 Palestinians were released during the fifth exchange in the first phase of the shaky Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Seven of the released Palestinians last Saturday were immediately transferred to the hospital for medical treatment and many shared accounts of…
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Finding Refuge in Gaza City and the Transformation of Gaza’s Yarmouk Stadium
Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine — Throughout 2024, a large number of families in the Beit Lahia area of the northern Gaza Strip were forcibly displaced under fire by the Israeli army. Many arrived in Gaza City with nowhere to settle and little or no possessions.…
Three Stories of Displacement From Israel’s War on Gaza
Gaza, Palestine — “We sleep and wake up in the street living in the same harsh conditions,” said Doaa Abu Jama, a Gazan woman sleeping on the street with her family. In the midst of genocidal acts perpetrated by Israel against the entire population of…
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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Leads to Possible End of Genocide in Gaza
It’s been over a year since the Israel-Hamas conflict escalated, leading to what some human rights’ experts have called a Palestinian genocide with more than 48,000 Palestinians killed, over 100,000 injured, and nearly 2 million internally displaced. The majority of the deaths in Israel occurred…
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Palestinians in Gaza Discuss Upcoming Donald Trump Presidency
Gaza, Palestine — In late 2024, not long after the U.S. Presidential Elections, three displaced Palestinians spoke with Unicorn Riot about their thoughts on Donald Trump again becoming president. “Regarding the U.S. elections, for us, the Palestinian people, it doesn’t matter who wins, because U.S.…