First-Person Accounts

Humans in Palestine

Individual accounts, documented and verified. The people behind the statistics — their names, their lives, their testimonies.

Human Account · Gaza Strip

139 Weeks — Part 1 of 7

One hundred and thirty-nine weeks of war in Gaza. One named Palestinian per week — documented in published reporting, anchored to OCHA primary sources. Part 1 of 7: Weeks 1 through 20, from October 7, 2023 to February 23, 2024. Twenty people. Approximately 29,514 killed.

Human Account · Gaza Strip

“Even when people survive, life itself no longer feels the same”

Eid al-Adha arrives in Gaza for the third consecutive year under bombardment. Five named Palestinians — a livestock breeder, two fathers, a nurse, a displaced man — document what the feast of sacrifice has become.