Aya Batrawy
Stories
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Health
High risk of famine across Gaza as hunger spreads, experts say
A new report by independent experts on famine says half a million people in Gaza are now facing starvation as the aid people depend on has dwindled.
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World
Gaza's sick and malnourished children die as hospitals collapse from Israel's war
Suggested web headline: Gaza's sick children are malnourished and dying as hospitals collapse from Israel's war DACS: A lethal combination of displacement, disease and malnutrition are killing Gaza's children as they wither away without healthcare
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World
Rafah's main hospital has shut down, people try to flee as Israel launches an attack
About half of Gaza's southern area of Rafah is under Israeli evacuation orders as aid groups race to assist those fleeing.
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Why it's been a whirlwind 24 hours for people in Rafah
An Israeli tank brigade has seized control of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
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World
Hamas has accepted a cease-fire deal proposed by Egypt and Qatar
Hamas said it has accepted a proposal from Egypt and Qatar for a cease-fire. It is not immediately clear what the proposal entails, nor what Israel's position is.
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Palestinians in Rafah say they're in limbo as Israel threatens an assault
People in southern Gaza say they're tired of being displaced and moved around, only to be bombed or told to move again. In Rafah, where Israel plans an assault, families weigh the risks of what to do.
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National
Israel prepares for Rafah offensive as U.S. plans to build new Gaza port
Aid groups draw up contingency plans as Israel plans assault on Rafah, where most people in Gaza are displaced. Meanwhile, the U.S. is building a pier to deliver aid.
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World
A baby girl born orphaned and premature after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza has died
The newborn died after five days in an incubator. Her family was killed in an air strike. UNICEF says 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, with thousands more orphaned and wounded.
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There are canceled flights and fish on sidewalks after Dubai's record rainfall
Dubai is still recovering from unprecedented floods days after the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in the United Arab Emirates.
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World
One man's search for his father in mass graves at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital
Recovery teams are exhuming bodies from mass graves at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital more than two weeks after an Israeli raid there.