Gaza population

World Food Programme cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza, citing funding shortages

The WFP said it was reducing the number of recipients of its monthly assistance to 1.1 million people from 1.6 million.

|ByREUTERS
Carl Skau, Acting Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), visits a soup kitchen funded by the WFP, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip October 18, 2026.
Palestinian women look from a damaged house at the site of an Israeli strike on a house that was pre-warned by the Israeli military to evacuate, before the strike was carried out late on Thursday at Shati (Beach) refugee camp, in Gaza City, May 29, 2026.

Female Gazan PLC candidate to 'Post': I want a say in the decisions shaping my life - interview

In an interview with the Post, Hiyam Taha explained why she is seeking to enter politics and how she hopes to improve the future of the Palestinian people.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Otzma Yehudit party chairman and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attends a supporters’ conference ahead of the upcoming general elections in Netanya, September 1, 2026.

Ben-Gvir unveils 'Disengagement 710' Gaza voluntary emigration plan ahead of elections

The plan calls for establishing a dedicated government ministry, reaching agreements with destination countries, creating regulated emigration pathways, and providing assistance packages.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Gazan without permission to be in Israel was apprehended by police (August 4 2026).

Israeli man accused of transporting two illegal residents from Gaza in exchange for NIS 50

Khatib, a 74-year-old resident of Kafr Kanna, was charged with transporting illegal citizens, while the two Gazans were charged with entering and remaining in Israel without permits.

|ByELI ASHKENAZI

Palestinians in Gaza fear IAF attack marks beginning of end of cease-fire

The IAF strikes were precipitated by a Palestinian mortar that was launched from Gaza and landed in an open area in the Eshkol regional council.

DECEMBER 20, 2014ByYASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA
PALESTINIANS SIT in a damaged house as they watch a parade celebrating Hamas’s ‘victory’ over Israel, in the Shejaia neighborhood, Gaza

UN Mideast envoy: One-state reality is on the parties' doorstep if deadlock not broken

“I feel 2014 changed the course of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and that the future is more uncertain than ever,” Serry said.

DECEMBER 16, 2014ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
PA President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets UN Middle East envoy Robert Serry in Ramallah July 6, 2014.

Genocide in miniature

OCTOBER 5, 2014BySTEVE APFEL
The Jerusalem Post

What should Israel do? What would the United States do?

Israel is doing precisely what every other western democracy would do if confronted with the situation Israel now faces.

AUGUST 5, 2014ByALAN DERSHOWITZ
Smoke rises following what witnesses said was an IAF air strike in the east of Gaza City.

Gaza's sole power plant shuts down due to fuel shortage

The power plant is one of the main sources of electricity for Gazans, and without it, daily blackouts of around 12 hours are expected.

MARCH 15, 2014ByREUTERS
Palestinians in Gaza brave a power outage this past November.