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Akram Awwad works on a locally manufactured toilet, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
June 7, 2026, 11:59 am
Gazans resort to makeshift toilets amid sanitation crisis in Strip’s vast tent camps
Without a single normal toilet in the camps, residents are forced to use communal latrines or dig their own; efforts by aid groups to supply solutions are limited, while officials blame Hamas for holding up reconstruction
By WAFAA SHURAFA and TOQA EZZIDIN
(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)
May 29, 2026, 4:39 pm
Displacement, hunger push some desperate families in Gaza to marry off their children
Around 20.6% of marriages in Gaza last year were with girls under 18; many face abuse, rape, and difficult pregnancies
By TOQA EZZIDIN and WAFAA SHURAFA
Palestinian Tahseen Abu Assi rides a wave at a beach along the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
May 9, 2026, 11:05 am
Surfers in war-torn Gaza find rare moments of relief taking to the waves
The handful of Gaza surfers are challenged in their passion by a lack of equipment, Israeli military restrictions and a dearth of good waves
By WAFAA SHURAFA
Palestinians are welcomed by relatives after they enter Gaza from Egypt following the long-awaited reopening of the Rafah border crossing, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, February 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
February 8, 2026, 5:38 am
Rafah crossing may again be open, but delays and major limits on movement hamper relief
Only days after reopening, Egypt-Gaza border said to close over weekend; more Palestinian women recount handcuffs, blindfolds and long interrogations by Israeli troops
By WAFAA SHURAFA, NOHA ELHENNAWY and ADAM GELLER
Palestinian couples participate in a mass wedding ceremony in Hamad City in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
December 2, 2025, 11:24 pm
Mass wedding in Gaza celebrates new life after years of war and tragedy
‘Despite everything that has happened, we will begin a new life,’ groom Hikmat Lawwa says. ‘I used to dream of having a home, a job. Today, my dream is to find a tent to live in’
By WAFAA SHURAFA and MEGAN JANETSKY
Muhannad Abu Muharib, 27, reinforces his tent after it was damaged by the storm at a temporary camp on the beach in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, November 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
November 15, 2025, 8:12 pm
First storm of the season pummels Gaza, flooding tent camps and makeshift shelters
‘I spent all day pushing water out of my tent,’ says displaced Palestinian in Gaza, adding that ‘water puddles are inches high, and there is no proper drainage’
By WAFAA SHURAFA
Alaa Hamami prepares a meal while her 10-year-old daughter, Basant, sits inside their tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
December 30, 2024, 11:23 am
Packed into squalid tent camps, Gazan women struggle to live without privacy
With limited access to menstrual products, the proximity of men, and constant fear of needing to flee, displaced women feel they ‘have become exposed to the public’
By WAFAA SHURAFA and Julia Frankel
Palestinians carry the bodies of four Palestinian migrants who died off the Tunisian coast, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 18, 2022. (AP/ Fatima Shbair)
December 18, 2022, 10:52 pm
At mass funeral, furious Gazans blame Hamas for drowning of migrants
Mother of Palestinian who died at sea trying to reach Europe slams terror group’s leaders for living luxuriously while youth make risky journey to flee hardship in Strip
By WAFAA SHURAFA and Fares Akram
Ukrainian Oksana al-Astal sits with her Palestinian husband and their children as they pose for a photo in front of Palestinian and Ukrainian flags decorating the living room of their home in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, March 13, 2022. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
March 17, 2022, 10:11 am
Gazans with ties to Ukraine anxiously watch war unfold from afar
Palestinians are divided over conflict, with some supporting Russia, which has long championed their cause, against Western countries that have always backed Israel
By Fares Akram and WAFAA SHURAFA
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