
Gaza Residents Dig Books From Library Rubble After Israeli Strikes Destroyed Dozens of Collections
After Israeli strikes destroyed dozens of Gaza's libraries, residents are digging books from rubble and rebuilding reading stalls in tents.
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After Israeli strikes destroyed dozens of Gaza's libraries, residents are digging books from rubble and rebuilding reading stalls in tents.

Updated Google Maps satellite imagery from June shows Gaza's northern towns, Rafah and Tel al-Sultan in ruins, with UN data showing destruction rising since the ceasefire.

Nachala rallied at the Gaza border demanding resettlement of Nissanit; Ben-Gvir pledged a return to "all of Gaza" ahead of Israel's October 27 election.

Jared Kushner unveiled a $2.45bn Gaza rebuilding plan and admitted delays, as aid officials say the Board of Peace enables Israeli obstruction and Israel holds most of Gaza.

Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor documents Israeli quadcopters killing at least 60 Gaza civilians since the October 2025 ceasefire, calling the pattern deliberate.

Witnesses and verified video describe an Israeli drone striking a wounded paramedic, then killing a 15-year-old boy who ran to help him.

Gaza civil defence teams recovered 55 bodies of the Malka family from rubble in Zeytoun after a 72-hour search; a joint funeral is planned.

An anonymous Israeli drone operator told Haaretz officers treated Gaza's two million residents as targets, describing the Rafah ambulance killings and unaccountable command culture.

Israeli ministers Katz and Ben-Gvir detailed formal plans to remove Gaza's population this week as strikes killed children and West Bank demolitions left dozens homeless.
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UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese warns rubble removal in Israeli-controlled Gaza is erasing evidence of atrocity crimes while more than 10,000 remain buried.

Palestinians in Gaza describe lighters becoming scarce and costly under blockade, forcing families to borrow, repair and hoard a once-disposable item.

Reserve colonel Nochi Mendel tells the Guardian the WCK convoy was targeted under 'haflala,' a military practice of designating people as terrorists by association.