90 Days of Fate Unknown: The Mother Who Died Calling Her Missing Son’s Name
On the morning of 7 October 2023, as initial news of military developments along the eastern border began to break, 22-year-old Khaled Abu Hamada left his family home in the al-Bureij refugee camp to see what was taking place in the eastern area. He took nothing with him except his mobile phone. From that morning
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“I want to see Baba”: The desperate search for missing Gaza journalist Ahmed al-Agha
On the morning of 4 March 2024, the Hamad Towers in Khan Younis ceased to be a residential complex and became a trap. As Israeli forces launched a military operation in the northwest of the city, Ahmed al-Agha, a Palestinian journalist, was inside his apartment. Then, the line went dead. Since that moment, Agha’s family
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Lost in the void: The disappearance of a Gaza youth with Down syndrome
GAZA CITY – In the al-Maqusi Towers area of northwestern Gaza City, Ahmed al-Madhoun was more than just a neighbour. To the entire district, the 21-year-old was described as “a soul walking on two feet.” Ahmed, who lived with Down syndrome, possessed a brand of innocence that radiated through a distinctive smile—one that neighbors say
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“She Went to Bring Him Back… and Vanished With Him”: A Gaza Mother Becomes the Missing in a Search for Her Son
While countries across the Middle East celebrate Mother’s Day, some families in the Gaza Strip are enduring the day in pain and heartbreak. What is meant to be an occasion to honor and gather around mothers has instead turned into a day where children search for their mothers’ names on lists of the missing, living
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“They Were My Sight and My Support”: A Gaza Mother’s Ordeal Searching for Two Sons After the Killing of a Third
“Do you have any news about my sons? I am still waiting for a call to tell me anything new about their fate.” With these words, heavy with tears, 42-year-old Anhar Hajjaj tells a story that encapsulates the tragedy of thousands of mothers in the Gaza Strip—where the war has not only claimed lives but
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