Hani Mahmoud

@AJEnglish correspondent 📍 Gaza, Palestine

[Hani Mahmoud @Hani1983Mahmoud]

The classroom is temporary. The streets outside are still marked by destruction.
But today, these children are together again learning, laughing and starting a new school year… and after nearly three years, they are simply excited to be back.

[Hani Mahmoud @Hani1983Mahmoud]

“Based on what Jared told me, I thought Iran would attack us,” Trump said.
This is how a nuclear-armed superpower launched an illegal war under Trump. Not on rigorous briefings from career analysts who spend their lives tracking adversary capabilities.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Not sure the magnitude of this is fully understood: Israel has wiped out 2,700 families in Gaza, leaving 6,000+ people as the sole survivors of entire bloodlines. This is the result of deliberate policy, pursued with full knowledge of its effects. This is not war. It is genocide.

[Hani Mahmoud @Hani1983Mahmoud]

The contrast between diplomatic announcements and the reality on the ground in Gaza could not be more stark. Shelling and gunfire continued across several areas overnight, with little warning. Drones remain overhead, fueling fear and uncertainty.

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

DON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT GAZA!

[Hani Mahmoud @Hani1983Mahmoud]

Children are shivering in water-soaked clothing. Parents are burning scraps of wood or plastic to keep warm, dangerous and toxic, but often their only option.

[Hani Mahmoud @Hani1983Mahmoud]

Many of the bodies that arrive here are unidentified, undocumented, and in some cases severely decomposed. Palestinian officials tell us that Israel often withholds the names, the dates, and the circumstances of death, making it extremely difficult for them heir families.

[Hani Mahmoud @Hani1983Mahmoud]

Al Basha Palace had been more than stone and mortar, it was the keeper of our collective memory. But all of that vanished when Israeli airstrikes tore it down, leaving only ruins where history once stood.

[Hani Mahmoud @Hani1983Mahmoud]

Let’s be honest, if people can’t find medicine, clean water, or food, nothing has really improved. What’s happening is not recovery, it’s survival under impossible conditions, dressed up to look like progress.

[Hani Mahmoud @Hani1983Mahmoud]

Coca-Cola is available in Gaza in abundance, but there isn’t a single bottle of antibiotics on most pharmacy shelves. Yet, some still want to talk about “improvement” in the humanitarian situation?

[Hani Mahmoud @Hani1983Mahmoud]

Nothing here resembles normal life anymore. Cities once filled with morning market sounds and schoolchildren’s laughter are now fractured landscapes of broken concrete and empty chairs. Families live between the tents of displacement camps and the skeletons of destroyed homes.

[Hani Mahmoud @Hani1983Mahmoud]

For Gaza’s residents, the so-called ceasefire hasn’t brought certainty or peace — only more questions. When will the next strike come? Will aid arrive? And is there any end in sight to this cycle of fear and waiting?

[Hani Mahmoud @Hani1983Mahmoud]

Every shroud represents a life, a story untold...and in this fragile calm, the work continues — not to rebuild, but to remember.
Hani Mahmoud-Al Jazeera.

[Hani Mahmoud @Hani1983Mahmoud]

The scene inside the Café doesn’t erase the destruction or the uncertainty that still surrounds daily life here. But it’s proof that, even under siege and amid ruins, Palestinians keep finding ways to live, and moments to smile.

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

I'm posting this because this doctor is testifying that it's true. Is there any reason to doubt his testimony? (Social media caution, on my part)

[Hani Mahmoud @Hani1983Mahmoud]

Settlers’ terrorism has no limits. Palestinians have no protection whatsoever. Stop this terror!

https://t.co/Xk25T60ja1

[Hani Mahmoud @Hani1983Mahmoud]

In Gaza, the bombing may have stopped but the struggle is only beginning...most of the clean up is done by hands. People are using basic tools and sometimes their hands to clear what used to be their homes.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

⭕ LIVE: World leaders gather in Egypt for an international summit on the Gaza ceasefire deal. https://t.co/XtvADK2qZW

[Dr. Mads Gilbert @DrMadsGilbert]

This is evil on a historic scale. I have no words.
Israel, USA are accountable and must pay both legally and financially.

[Hani Mahmoud @Hani1983Mahmoud]

Most people here aren’t talking about politics, they’re talking about survival. Many say that unless Trump’s visit brings tangible pressure to end the violence and open reconstruction, it will mean little on the ground.