Seham Tantesh
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- Sep 27, 2026
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61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies (opens the original)
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Removal of war debris, in which lives, memories and unexploded Israeli bombs lie buried, is one of largest clearance operations in modern history It took all day to clear a section of road in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza City. At the end of it, Ahmed Alyan, a UN engineer, was exhausted, surrounded by mountains of rubble despite the day’s work. “I feel as if we are holding a spoon and trying to empty the sea,” Alyan said, beads of sweat trickling down his forehead after a long, hot summe
âWe skate on the rooftops of damaged buildingsâ: a day in the life a skateboarder in Gaza (opens the original)
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As the war in Gaza approaches its fourth year, the Guardian follows five ordinary Palestinians as they go about their lives. Each tells the story of their day, revealing the terrible toll of the conflict. Rajab al-Reefi teaches children to skate to âbring some joyâ, but finding boards and safe spaces is a daily challenge Rajab al-Reefi remembers the day the clubâs last skateboard broke. Those pastry-thin layers of maple, carefully pressed into a curve, had carried child after child up and
âFirst thereâs the gruelling task of trying to charge my laptopâ: a day in the life of a university lecturer in Gaza (opens the original)
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As the war in Gaza approaches its fourth year, the Guardian follows five ordinary Palestinians as they go about their lives. Each tells the story of their day, revealing the terrible toll of the conflict. Overcoming internet cuts and power outages, Mahmoud battles to provide his students an education It is time for Mahmoud Seydamâs online lecture on museum architecture. He squats in front of the step he calls a table and opens his laptop. âIs Mohammed the only one here?â He pulls out his p
Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gazaâs treatment plants (opens the original)
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Five desalination plants shut down for days, while Gaza remains in grip of severe water and sanitation crisis Israel is facing weeks of water shortages after an exceptional algae bloom crippled much of its desalination capacity, in a crisis scientists say was triggered when Israeli attacks destroyed much of Gazaâs wastewater infrastructure, causing a massive discharge of untreated sewage. âPollution does not recognise political borders,â said the Zalul Environmental Association, an Israeli
On scraps of land and under constant threat, Gaza farmers struggle to survive (opens the original)
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Efforts to rebuild domestic food production face severe challenges and have come at deadly cost As Gaza’s population of 2.1 million has been hemmed into an ever smaller slice of the territory, farmers are using every last remaining patch of unspoiled earth, no matter how tiny, in their struggle to survive. With severe shortages of water, fertiliser and pesticide, and with more than 80% of greenhouses ruined, it has taken inventiveness and determination to clear land of debris and coax new seedli
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