UN News
A former pro footballer organizes a camp-vs-camp match in Gaza using taped boots and sandy pitches, proving that even amid displacement and destruction, the beautiful game finds a way to score a moment of joy.
The Guardian Europe
Israel's defence minister confirms plans for mass Palestinian departure from Gaza, ignoring a ceasefire he signed, while human rights groups call it ethnic cleansing by another name.
The Guardian
Gazan students compose poems on dying phones under collapsing ceilings because nothing says 'resistance' like lyrical witness to trauma and hope.
The Guardian Europe
New analysis finds 21,403 incidents of food-related violence since 2018, proving that UN resolutions are great at paper, less great at preventing starvation.
UN News
UN warns that blockaded medical supplies, rodents, and disease are making Gaza even more hellish - and a prefab hospital just sits in Jordan, waiting.
The Atlantic
Israel's national security minister, a convicted criminal and far-right provocateur, is busy handing Israel's enemies exactly the footage they need - while Netanyahu looks the other way.
UN News
War is still terrible for women and girls - more of them are dying, being displaced, and suffering sexual violence, while being largely excluded from peace talks. Shocking, we know.
The Guardian
Australia 'urgently seeks' updates on 11 citizens taken from Gaza aid flotilla; participants accuse IDF of kidnapping in international waters, call on government to intervene.
BBC World
Israeli forces board aid flotilla in international waters, calling it a 'provocation'; activists call it piracy; UN says Gaza still desperate for aid.
The Guardian Europe
The CPJ reports a record 129 journalist deaths in 2025, with Israeli forces responsible for two-thirds, as covering Gaza, Ukraine, and even White House dinners becomes increasingly lethal.
The Guardian Europe
Guardian staff reveal the unglamorous reality of defending press freedom: libel trials, drone detectors, secure messaging apps, and a lot of guilt about journalists in Gaza.
BBC World
Two Gaza sisters win an environmental prize for turning rubble into reusable bricks, proving that even in a war zone, you can build something from the wreckage - literally.
The Guardian Europe
JM Coetzee declines Jerusalem writers festival invite, citing Israel's 'genocidal campaign' in Gaza; festival director left 'in despair' by his literary shade.
UN News
UN demining chief Kazumi Ogawa reports record conflicts, shrinking budgets, and children playing with explosives - because apparently, war is still bad and we’re still bad at cleaning up after it.
The Good Times
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