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A mother with her newborn daughter in a displaced persons' camp in Khuza'a, Gaza Strip, November 7, 2014. (Anne Paq/Activestills)

Mortality rate increases among Gaza infants for first time in 50 years

With Gaza’s infant mortality rate up for the first time in 50 years, health officials worry that a continued blockade, and lack of sufficient neonatal care, may cause the upward trend to continue. For the first time in 50 years, Gaza’s refugee population has seen an increase in the number of infant deaths, according to…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland August 9, 2015

IDF White Phosphorus bomb over Gaza during operation Cast Lead, December 2008 (Image from Al Jazeera broadcast)

Israel gives up white phosphorus, because ‘it doesn’t photograph well’

By Idan Landau A certain air of nostalgia dominated Maariv’s headline last Thursday: “Due to criticism in the world, IDF parts ways with white phosphorus”: just like the old Galil assault rifle and the old two-way radios that generations of soldiers grew familiar with. A couple of years ago we learned the IDF was giving…

By +972 Magazine April 28, 2013