Updates

Gisha’s response to the prime minister’s decision to postpone medical evacuations of Palestinian children from in Gaza

Update, July 31: On July 30, 85 patients and 63 companions managed to exit to receive care in the UAE. Some 14k are waiting for evacuation and many are suffering…

July 31, 2024

Updates

High Court Petition: Aid Access NOW

Five human rights organizations in High Court petition: Israel must enable full humanitarian access to Gaza, especially to the north of the Strip; significantly increase the volume of aid, and provide for all the needs of the civilian population

Stories

Testimonies from a humanitarian catastrophe

Three Palestinians from across Gaza share their struggle to access to basic necessities and provide for their families

Updates

Rafah Crossing remains closed to the movement of people, Gaza nearly hermetically sealed

Since the Israeli army took over the Palestinian side of Rafah Crossing on May 7, movement of people through the crossing has been halted completely, including for medical patients in need of life-saving treatment as well as dual nationals

Updates

The Ever-expanding Gaza Buffer Zone

Reports and satellite image analysis point to Israel’s plans to enforce a “buffer zone” and other land grabs amounting to at least 32% of the territory of the Gaza Strip

Updates

Incitement in court

Update on fourth hearing on aid access case

Multimedia

This war must end now

Israel continues to carry out attacks in Gaza where dozens of civilians in crowded areas are being killed. These attacks cannot be justified on claims that military targets are located in the area

Updates

After Gisha’s intervention, Palestinians holding Israeli citizenship were evacuated from Gaza

At the beginning of May, 20 Palestinians holding Israeli citizenship, half of them children, were evacuated from Gaza through Rafah Crossing. At the end of the month, 12 more Palestinians holding Israeli citizenship were evacuated through Kerem Shalom Crossing

June 18, 2024

Short documentary about Gisha’s petition for aid access

A team of the program “Docu-time” produced by the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation – Kan accompanied attorney Osnat Cohen-Lifshitz, director of our legal department, in May. Filming happened over a week;…

Stories

The Stalled Evacuation

In February, a third group of Palestinian citizens and residents of Israel exited the Strip via Rafah and crossed into safety in Israel. But the evacuation of a fourth group is stalled due to Israel's failure to coordinate it, despite the imminent danger to their lives

April 18, 2024

Reports

Expert Opinion: Severe food insecurities and fear of famine in Gaza

A group of Israeli legal scholars and experts in the field of food security and public health express their opinion on severe food insecurities in Gaza as part of Gisha's Aid Access Petition

Reports

Legal Opinion: Israel’s status in the north of the Gaza Strip

A group of leading legal scholars in Israel in an expert legal opinion: Israel has an active obligation to ensure humanitarian relief to residents of north Gaza and if necessary, to provide it

Updates

Unlawful Evacuation Order

The closing of the crossings and a military incursion in Rafah threaten to further unravel what is already a humanitarian catastrophe

Updates

A second hearing in the HCJ Gaza aid access petition

The small increase in aid is not enough to answer needs. It must not serve as justification for a ground invasion of Rafah, and cannot replace the unobstructed, consistent flow of aid into Gaza via Rafah and Kerem Shalom

Updates

Too little, too late: Israel announces measures to increase aid to Gaza that have yet to be implemented

While necessary, if and when implemented, there is no justification why these measures were not taken months ago. Without effective coordination and ceasefire, they are little more than meaningless

Legal Action

Aid access petition and the Rafah incursion

The state presented partial and misleading information in its most recent update to the court. It is evident that the state is not fulfilling nor does it intend to fulfill its obligations under international law, the order issued by the International Court of Justice, or Israeli law

Reports

In Their Words: Mental Health Professionals in Gaza on Treating the Effects of Closure

September 2022

Reports

Red Lines, Gray Lists

Israel’s dual-use policy and the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism

January 11, 2022

Kerem Shalom Crossing

How does Gaza’s main commercial crossing operate? What infrastructure is lacking? What changes to policy and practice would facilitate more trade and transit of goods? Everything you need to know about movement of goods to and from the Gaza Strip.

March 3, 2020

Reports

Gaza Up Close

High unemployment, severe shortages of electricity and clean water; a young, educated population with immense potential, and deliberate policy choices by Israel that deny movement, violate rights and block development. Everything you need to know about the closure on Gaza

July 2023

Exits by Palestinians via Erez Crossing to Israel, the West Bank, and abroad

Other

Merchants

Patients and companions

This graph depicts data from January 2010 onwards. Source: Palestinian Civil Affairs Committee in Gaza

Entrance of goods to Gaza via Kerem Shalom

Entering truckloads

The graph depicts the number of truckloads that entered Gaza via all Israeli-controlled crossings from October 2009 onwards. Source: PalTrade, OCHA-OPT and UNSCO. These figures include truckloads of goods entering the Gaza Strip other than fuel and gas.

Movement of people via Rafah Crossing

Exits and entrances

This graph depicts the number of entries and exits at Rafah Crossing from July 2010 onwards. Source: Gaza Crossings Authority

Gisha in the media

All about Gisha in the media

Gisha in the media

‘Pressure on Israel From International Bodies Has an Effect. High Court Judges Listen to Us Now’, Haaretz

August 1, 2024

Gisha in the media

La séptima plaga llega a Gaza: el regreso de la polio amenaza a toda una generación atrapada, El Confidencial

July 24, 2024

Gisha in the media

Gaza’s Insulin Crisis: How Diabetics Are Fighting to Survive, Newsweek

July 24, 2024

All about Gisha in the media