Center East Roundup: Know their names – Gaza’s useless, greater than a statistic | Israel-Palestine battle Information

A refugee camp bombed, twice; a communications blackout; an exit, for a number of – our Gaza protection this week.

A refugee camp bombed, twice | A communications blackout | Gaza’s moms, Gaza’s journalists | An exit, for a number of. Our protection of Gaza this week:

‘Assist us to remain alive’

133 infants hadn’t but reached the age of 1, killed earlier than they may stroll or discuss.

16-year-old Mahmoud needed to be a journalist, identical to his father, veteran Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Dahdouh.

Among the many oldest killed are those that have been Nakba survivors.

Produced by our workforce at AJ Labs, “Know Their Names” is a sequence of visualisations that places a reputation to a number of the many Palestinians killed by Israeli assaults, a determine that has now climbed above 9,000.

A refugee camp, a blackout

“It’s again, my sweetheart…
“So let’s take an image to reassure them we’re OK…
“The twenty fourth daybreak of the warfare…”

That’s a dialog Amjad al-Dirdasawii had along with his three sons because the web shakily began again once more after a near-total communications blackout in Gaza this week.

The blackout by Israel was reimposed later within the week, and led to fears of an escalated Israeli bombing marketing campaign. And bomb they did, even hitting the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp for two days in a row. The UN mentioned the assault may represent  a warfare crime.

An exit for a number of, only a few

Introduced in on a wheelchair, 10-year-old Aseel Al-Astal smiles, then winces in ache, solely to smile once more. She’s one of many a whole lot of wounded allowed to cross into Egypt from Gaza, via the Rafah crossing, to hunt remedy there; a fraction of these impacted.

“I’m very pleased as a result of I may be handled and have the ability to stroll once more,” she mentioned, constructive regardless of her accidents and shedding 15 relations to Israeli bombing.

Overseas nationals have additionally been allowed to depart via the crossing – however bombs are nonetheless dropping.

“What shall I do now?” Nadia Eldin puzzled, sobbing as she spoke to Al Jazeera. “There is no such thing as a safety, bombs in every single place.”

Being a lady, a mom in instances of warfare

Palestinian girls have resorted to taking drugs to delay their menstrual cycle as a result of Israel’s offensive has created unsanitary circumstances. However the drugs could have uncomfortable side effects, from irregular vaginal bleeding to nausea.

In the meantime, Gaza’s moms concern for his or her untimely infants because the Israeli siege cripples hospitals throughout the enclave.

“Each second the warfare continues, my coronary heart burns with concern for my baby and for all kids,” mentioned one mom.

Worry over the warfare spreading

In Lebanon, fears of a regional battle are reaching a crescendo as Israel’s preventing with Hezbollah continues, and as its chief Hassan Nasrallah gave his first speech for the reason that warfare started. However even and not using a floor warfare, the financial fallout has been painful..

In the meantime, Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they fired a variety of ballistic missiles and drones in the direction of Israel, warning of future assaults.

Reporting atrocities, dealing with their very own

And as Al Jazeera journalists threat their lives to report on these atrocities in Gaza, they’re having to come back head to head with their very own. We delve into the lives of the members of Wael Dahdouh’s household killed final week throughout an Israeli raid.

In one other tragedy, Mohamed Abu Al-Qumsan, a broadcast engineer with Al Jazeera’s bureau in Gaza, misplaced 19 relations, together with his father and two sisters, in raids on the Jabalia refugee camp.

Correspondent Youmna ElSayed additionally obtained a threatening cellphone name, claiming to come back from the Israeli military, warning her and her household to instantly depart their dwelling.

And now for one thing totally different

Iraq’s elusive, shape-shifting Tantals; Tunisia’s wrinkled hammam maiden maintaining younger girls at bay; the djinns in Sudan’s Crimson Sea metropolis of Suakin; and the story of Dr. Dahesh, a barber with supernatural powers from Lebanon.

They’re all featured in our spooky Arab tales for Halloween. Have a learn, if you happen to dare.

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Quote of the Week

“They beat a prisoner who has diabetes and takes three injections a day. He was throwing up a lot blood … we have been nervous sick for 2 hours that he could be martyred from the quantity of blood that he was throwing up.” |  Salah Fateen Salah, a former prisoner, not too long ago launched, recounting Israeli forces beating a fellow inmate on October 8, following Hamas’ assault a day earlier.