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Raja Abdulrahim

@RajaAbdulrahim

Middle East correspondent covering the Levant for @NYTimes.
Formerly @WSJ and @LATimes. News tips: [email protected]

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calendar_today30-04-2011 00:54:08

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New: Bellingcat and Scripps News followed one IDF battalion’s movements across Gaza, geolocating their social posts to highlight IDF involvement in systematic destruction of Palestinian land and livelihoods: bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/2…

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We tracked an IDF combat engineering unit as they moved across Gaza, using social media and satellite imagery to build a picture of where they went, what they demolished and why.

By their own count, they destroyed hundreds of homes.

bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/2…

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Congratulations to Samar Abu Elouf of the The New York Times for winning the Robert Capa Gold Medal Award for best photographic reporting with courage and enterprise, for coverage of Gaza. Watch the acceptance speech here: youtu.be/AuLbBdL8rAc

Congratulations to @samarabuelouf of the @nytimes for winning the Robert Capa Gold Medal Award for best photographic reporting with courage and enterprise, for coverage of Gaza. Watch the acceptance speech here: youtu.be/AuLbBdL8rAc #OPCAwards85
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CNN’s analysis of dozens of videos and testimonies from 22 eyewitnesses’ casts doubt on the Israeli military's timeline of February 29, when more than 100 people were killed and 700 injured during a food aid delivery southwest of Gaza City. edition.cnn.com/2024/04/09/mid…

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Gaza has become a 140-square-mile graveyard, each destroyed building another jagged tomb for those still buried within.

Harrowing read on the thousands killed by Israeli strikes but unaccounted for, by Vivian Yee

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In what seemed like cruel mocking to Gazans, a resident said Israeli warplanes dropped leaflets that read, “May your fast be accepted, your sins forgiven and iftar delicious.”

Asked about the leaflets the Israeli military did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

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Facing Israeli Restrictions, Many Palestinians Barred from Reaching Al Aqsa Mosque

Muslim access to the mosque compound has long been a point of contention as Israel has exerted tighter control over the third holiest site in Islam.

nytimes.com/2024/03/11/wor…

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They represent a fraction of the more than 30,000 killed in Gaza. Their stories offer a snapshot of the vast human loss — one in every 73 of Gaza’s 2.2 million people.

More than two-thirds were women and children. Most were killed with their families in Israeli airstrikes.

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An investigation into the items Israel rejects as humanitarian aid to Gaza - including green sleeping bags because 'green is military.'

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They went out in the thousands—making fires to keep warm—waiting for aid to come so they can feed their families.

What they encountered was death as Israeli forces opened fire toward hungry desperate Palestinians who surged forward when aid trucks arrived.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/0…

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Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians, UN rights expert says

'We have never seen a civilian population made to go so hungry so quickly and so completely, that is the consensus among starvation experts.” theguardian.com/world/2024/feb…

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Sanitation Crisis in Gaza Spreads Disease

Lack of toilets and water are problems that displaced Palestinians have struggled with since early days of Israel’s assault on Gaza.

“It is a public health concern. But the second thing is simply just dignity.” nytimes.com/2024/02/24/wor…

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“We resist with our colors and our canvases in order to relay our message to the world”: ⁦⁦Raja Abdulrahim⁩ writes about “This Is Not an Exhibition” show, which is showcasing the work of over 100 Gazan artists some of whom were recently killed. nytimes.com/2024/02/18/wor…

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Against a Canvas of Despair, Gaza’s Artists Trace Their Struggle

An exhibition in the Israeli-occupied West Bank features works evoking Palestinian life and protest. But the show is as much about the art that cannot be displayed, lost forever in the war. nytimes.com/2024/02/18/wor…

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Against a Canvas of Despair, Gaza’s Artists Trace Their Struggle

An exhibition in the Israeli-occupied West Bank features works evoking Palestinian life and protest. But the show is as much about the art that cannot be displayed, lost forever in the war. nytimes.com/2024/02/18/wor…

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Missing 6-Year-Old Palestinian Girl and Rescuers Who Went Looking for Her Found Dead

Nearly two weeks ago rescuers were dispatched in an ambulance to find Hind Rajab, trapped in a vehicle in Gaza with six dead family members, killed by Israeli fire. nytimes.com/2024/02/10/wor…

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The Israeli Defence Forces are reportedly destroying all buildings in the Strip within a km of the Israel-Gaza fence.

Extensive destruction of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully & wantonly, amounts to a war crime - Volker Türk

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What Israeli Soldiers’ Videos Reveal: Cheering Destruction and Mocking Gazans

Soldiers vandalized shops and classrooms, made derogatory comments about Palestinians, bulldozed what appear to be civilian areas and called for Israeli settlements in Gaza. nytimes.com/2024/02/06/wor…

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We got hold of Israel’s dossier against UNRWA - why did the donors including the UK withdraw funding on such flimsy unproven allegations before an investigation?
channel4.com/news/israels-e…

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