Palestinians and representatives of the Association of Hajj and Umrah Companies take part in a protest and press conference outside the journalists' tent at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2026, demanding freedom of movement and the right to travel to perform the Hajj pilgrimage. Continued border crossing closures and travel restrictions due to the ongoing war, now in its fourth year, have prevented thousands of registered pilgrims from performing the pilgrimage since the war began.
Israeli soldiers deployed in a neighborhood of the West Bank city of Hebron on November 1, 2026, as Palestinian residents of besieged neighborhoods held a protest against their forced displacement from their homes. The deployment comes amid an ongoing Israeli military operation and restrictions on residents' movement in parts of the city.
Seven-year-old Fula Asaliya, who suffers from muscle atrophy and severe malnutrition, lives with her family in a tent at the Halawa displacement camp in the northeastern Gaza Strip, where they face shortages of food, baby formula and the medications her condition requires amid the continued Israeli blockade. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, approximately 158,000 children in Gaza suffer from acute malnutrition, including 28,000 whose lives are at risk.
Palestinian workers collect and sort plastic waste and nylon bags in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City, on October 29, 2026, to extract alternative fuel, including diesel and gasoline, through makeshift burning ovens. Through thermal distillation, residents and workers produce limited amounts of fuel needed to run electricity generators, water pumps and vehicles, amid a tight blockade and severe shortages of fuel and basic goods in the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian children Iyad and Mira Ghabn, who have had cerebral palsy since birth, sit beside their parents inside a displacement tent west of Gaza City on October 29, 2026. According to their family, the two children need specialized medical care, treatment and rehabilitation amid difficult living conditions and shortages of medical supplies, as border crossings remain closed and restrictions continue on the entry of supplies into the Gaza Strip.
Vendors and residents stand beside empty fruit and vegetable stalls at al-Sahaba Market in Gaza City, amid severe shortages of fresh produce and record-high prices due to continued border crossing closures and restrictions on commercial and humanitarian supplies. Declining imports and funding shortages that prompted the World Food Programme to cut daily hot meals from 250,000 to 150,000 have raised concerns over a renewed risk of famine in the Gaza Strip.
Displaced Palestinians struggle to continue their lives in temporary tents set up near the rubble of destroyed homes in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, amid growing fears over the approaching winter. Shelters of nylon and worn fabric cannot withstand rain and cold, as families face severe shortages of blankets, winter clothes, heating supplies, food and water caused by the blockade and border crossing closures.
