Salem Elrayyes

Palestinian Journalist covering political and social local and regional affairs.
Al Manassa's correspondent in Gaza.

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Gaza on life support under Israeli control

Politics_

Gaza struggles for survival under Israeli control as a fragile cease-fire continues, revealing destruction, displacement, and the fight to rebuild amid occupation.

Salem Elrayyes_ 20-10-2025

Gaza on life support under Israeli control

Gaza Journalist Diaries| Questions without answers

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As Gaza falls silent after war, a journalist walks through ruins and unanswered questions, searching for meaning in survival.

Salem Elrayyes_ 15-10-2025

Gaza Journalist Diaries| Questions without answers

Gaza Journalist Diaries| My mother’s quiet exodus in a wheelchair

Society_

A few days ago, I told her that we have to move again, and that our family would have to split up between two different places. She refused.

Salem Elrayyes_ 8-10-2025

Gaza Journalist Diaries| My mother’s quiet exodus in a wheelchair

Gaza Journalist Diaries| Among basil and mint, I sat and wept for my fellow journalists

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I ask myself: Will I keep going? And I answer: Yes. I’m still here. I’ll keep going. Until the war ends, or I do.

Salem Elrayyes_ 2-9-2025

Gaza Journalist Diaries| Among basil and mint, I sat and wept for my fellow journalists

Gaza Journalist Diaries| I'm not okay, please don't ask!

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It feels like a long, unending nightmare, with no waking—except the one death may bring.

Salem Elrayyes_ 10-8-2025

Gaza Journalist Diaries| I'm not okay, please don't ask!

Lawlessness in Gaza: Thieves, gangs, and killers flourish under Israeli occupation

Politics_

With Hamas’ grip unraveling, Gaza faces a surge in crime, vigilante justice, and armed chaos as Israeli strikes dismantle the Strip’s fragile security order.

Salem Elrayyes_ 27-7-2025

Lawlessness in Gaza: Thieves, gangs, and killers flourish under Israeli occupation

One breath of home in Gaza City; then back to exile

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Climbing over the ruins of my home, I sought any trace of life. Amid the wreckage of 40 years, I found it—green seedlings breathing where everything else had died.

Salem Elrayyes_ 27-4-2025

One breath of home in Gaza City; then back to exile