What It Means to Keep Going in Gaza
Jan 28, 2026
Yazdan is Anera’s branch director in Gaza In Gaza, we have learned not to believe anything until we see it. Announcements are made. Timelines are promised. Crossings are said to be opening. Conditions are said to be improving. And yet, for the past two and a half years, reality has taught us caution. We measure…
Read MoreRains and Floods are Making Gaza More Miserable Than Ever
Dec 12, 2025
Over the past several days, Gaza has been hit with heavy rains and severe flooding, and I want to share what this has meant for the people living through it, and for our teams trying to respond. The most devastating impact has been on the thousands of families sheltering in makeshift camps. Entire sections of…
Read MoreGaza City is Being Destroyed As Civilians Face Expulsion
Sep 10, 2025
Every day here is worse than the one before. Displacement camps are overcrowded and filthy. Heat makes the conditions unbearable. Kids are sick with rashes, diarrhea and other illnesses. People fight for water. Trucks can’t get through and families walk long distances just to fill a jerrycan. And now, entire residential blocks in Gaza City…
Read MoreGaza Starvation Deepens
Jul 30, 2025
Anera’s Gaza Director Yazdan El Amawi shares the latest on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where starvation is rising and basic services are collapsing.
Read MoreWhat Remains in Gaza When Normal Life is Gone
Jun 2, 2025
Yazdan El Amawi is the director of Anera’s Gaza office I have spent my entire life in Gaza, yet today I hardly recognize it. Over the last 20  months, and especially these past three, the familiar contours of home have been reduced to piles of concrete and rebar, with our sense of who we are…
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