Gaza Diaries: Tulip’s Story
Oct 28, 2025
By Eman Al-Astal On October 4th, at around 1:00 a.m., an Israeli airstrike bombed the home of Tulip, a ten-year-old Palestinian girl who was asleep in her family’s living room....
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Gaza Diaries: Because Baba Named me Eman
Sep 10, 2025
When mama knew that she was pregnant with a girl, Baba wanted to name me Saba’a. For 9 months I was Saba’a, the first grandchild of my mom’s family, and...
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Famine in Gaza: A War Crime Robbing Children of Their Future
Aug 31, 2025
By Eman, MECA staff in Gaza There are 5 phases of declaring a situation of catastrophe/famine according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) and the Famine Review Committee...
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Joint statement from 100+ organizations: As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away
Jul 25, 2025
As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. With supplies now...
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Bread, Ovens, and Bakers in Gaza!
Jul 16, 2025
One in ten children in Gaza are now suffering from severe malnutrition. Everywhere in Gaza is close to famine. Israel is blocking nearly all aid trucks from entering Gaza and—along...
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Gaza Diaries: Israel killed Sham
Jun 26, 2025
We’ve been working on writing Sham’s story for weeks now, not knowing how to share it amongst the never-ending horrors caused by Israeli-manufactured genocide and famine against Palestinians in the...
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What we are still able to do in Gaza
Mar 22, 2025
During these terrifying and difficult times, MECA's team in Gaza is still working After a temporary ceasefire, Israel is dropping bombs on hungry, sick, and traumatized children in Gaza. You’re...
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Moments of joy and warmth
Jan 03, 2025
You know how horrible everything is in Gaza. You’ve watched the videos. You’ve seen the reports. You’ve heard the stories. But we want to start the new year by sharing...
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