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A Palestinian woman waits to receive food supplies at an aid distribution center run by United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), at Beach refugee camp in Gaza City March 10, 2022

Gaza's Food Crisis Began Long Before the Israel-Hamas Conflict

by Simone Lipkind

The threat of famine has deepened with war and will continue after the conflict ends

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Palestinians, who were displaced by Israel's military offensive on south Gaza, make their way as they attempt to return to their homes in north Gaza.

Gaza's Health Toll in Numbers

by Christina Bouri

With more than 800 attacks on health-care facilities, Gaza is facing increased levels of diseases and malnutrition

A Palestinian family eats their iftar meal they break their fast near the rubble of their destroyed house.
Governance

Will International Humanitarian Law Survive the Israel-Hamas Conflict?

by Rohini Haar, Saman Zia-Zarifi

Human rights should not be cast aside during times of war

A woman rests next to a damaged building, as Palestinian arrive in Rafah after they were evacuated from Nasser hospital in Khan Younis.
Governance

Facts and Falsehoods: Israel's Attacks Against Gaza's Hospitals

by Leonard S. Rubenstein, J. Stephen Morrison

How Biden could intervene against Israel's assaults on Gaza's hospitals

Israeli soldiers operate next to the UNRWA headquarters, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Governance

UNRWA Under Fire

by Anne Irfan, Jo Kelcey

Unraveling the allegations against the organization and the looming humanitarian disaster

Palestinian women sit near bags of flour distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA),
Governance

Inside UN Relief Efforts in Gaza

A recently deployed relief worker on preserving humanitarian principles amid the Israel-Hamas firestorm

Palestinians inspect damages following an Israeli raid at Kamal Adwan hospital.
Governance

Trapped in the Crossfire: Gaza’s Health Crisis

by Natasha Ross, Mustafa Al-Bayati

A frontline look at Gaza’s health-care system

A 23-year-old Jewish American, sits with the phone he uses to access social media and see posts about the Israel-Palestinian conflict at his home.
Migration

Media’s Mental Battlefield: Navigating Coverage of Israel-Gaza

by Sammy Chown, Ayeshah Haque

Decoding the psychological impact of crisis coverage

A Palestinian woman reacts at the site of Israeli strikes on houses, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 17, 2023
Governance

An Open-Air Prison: Gaza’s Worsening Health and Humanitarian Crises

by Christina Bouri

As casualty numbers increase, Gaza’s already fragile health-care system will soon cease to function

Mehr del Khan Rahmati, who is in charge of a bakery, passes a large flat piece of bread to people awaiting food, in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 31, 2022.
Food

Mitigating Malnutrition

by Allison Daniel

An arresting global surge in the number of people experiencing hunger and what's behind it

Ukrainian paramedics take cover in the woods as air raid sirens go off again following an attack on the Yavoriv military base, outside a hospital in Yavoriv, Ukraine, during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on March 13, 2022.
Governance

Ukraine: A Turning Point for Attacks on Health

by Leonard S. Rubenstein, Eric A. Friedman, Lawrence O. Gostin

Accountability is overdue for wartime atrocities in Syria, Yemen, Ethiopia, Gaza, Myanmar, and now Ukraine

dummy babies are used during a protest against the war in Ukraine
Migration

Let Ukraine Set the Example for How to Treat Children Caught in Conflict 

by Maja Pašović, Ali H. Mokdad, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Laurent Grosvenor

The world should protect the safety of children in all war zones, including those who don't make the news

A boy, suffering from an extensive burn injury, holds a pencil to write during a lesson inside his the classroom at a primary school in Zhuanji town, Anhui province, China, on November 15, 2011.
Poverty

A Burning Issue

by Laura Hoemeke, Joshua Korn, Natalie Meyers, Kiran Nakarmi

Every three seconds, someone around the world requires medical attention for burns