Category: Violence on Civilians

‘If these words reach you … Israel has succeeded in killing me’: the last words of a journalist killed in Gaza Anas al-Sharif Anas al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera reporter, was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night. This is the message he had prepared for his family, and his call for the world not […]

Sent into Gaza straight from high school, five young Israeli conscripts describe the brutal, exhausting reality of the war with Hamas – a world of despair, rage and crippling fear, with no end in sight Illustration: Aron Ehrlich Tom Levinson Jul 3, 2025 1:31 pm IDT She stands in front of the cameras. Her eyes […]

IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, prompting the military prosecution to call for a review into possible war crimes ■ Netanyahu, Katz reject claims, call them ‘blood libels’ Palestinians […]

Fatma Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed alongside six family members Hannah Ellis-Petersen in JerusalemFri 18 Apr 2025 15.25 BST As a young photojournalist living in Gaza, Fatma Hassouna knew that death was always at her doorstep. As she spent the past 18 […]

Haaretz Exclusive | Israel Is Recruiting African Asylum Seekers for Life-threatening Gaza War Operations, Promising Permanent Legal Status Israeli security officials are offering the incentive of permanent residency status to asylum seekers who agree to participate in sometimes life-threatening military operations in Gaza. Sources say that internal criticism of this exploitation has been silenced: ‘This […]

By: Sarbpreet SinghDuring his return home after visiting Mecca, Guru Nanak Sahib halted at Sayyidpur, which fallsin modern day Pakistan, to visit a humble carpenter named Lalo, who was devoted to him. Whathe saw in Sayyidpur prompted him to address these powerful words to the Almighty in anguish:Khorasan he laid to wasteTo India then he […]

Haaretz | Opinion The Eviatar outpost in the West Bank, in July.Credit: Ohad Zwigenberg / AP Gideon Levy Sep 8, 2024 1:01 am IDT On Friday, 11 funerals were held in the Jenin refugee camp. Eight of the deceased were camp residents who were killed by the Israeli army; three died of natural causes. None […]