Yasmine Hassan
Producer
Yasmine Hassan is a producer assigned to work with Gaza-based freelance videographer Mohamed El Saife to cover developments inside Gaza and the West Bank related to the Israel-Hamas war. She has worked in CBC bureaus in Ottawa, Toronto, London, Montreal and Moncton. Her work has also appeared in Vice and Al Jazeera. If you have a story idea, send news tips in English or Arabic to yasmine.hassan@cbc.ca.
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Some Gaza mothers forced to reuse diapers, sell jewelry to afford them
As the war continues to ravage the Gaza Strip, basic supplies such as diapers are harder to come by, and when they are available, are sold at expensive prices. Mothers like Asala Shehata have had to find alternatives, including washing diapers, to manage the needs of their children.
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He was an IDF officer but now he says he'd rather go to jail than participate in the Gaza war
Conscientious objectors to the Gaza war are still a minority in Israel, but a small group of them has grown more vocal lately. Michael Ofer-Ziv is one former soldier who sees his criticism of the war and refusal to return to it as a way of paying his dues for participating in some of the injustices of Israel's military campaign and occupation of Palestinian territories.
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What displacement looks like for Palestinians in Gaza as Israel-Hamas war continues
Displacement has affected the majority of Palestinians in Gaza living through the year-long war between Israel and Hamas. International organizations, including the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, have set the number of internally displaced people at 1.9 million in the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian emergency workers pull out of northern Gaza, saying IDF is targeting them
Palestinian Civil Defence announced Wednesday it will pull out of northern Gaza, saying its crews, which carry out first responder and search and rescue services, have been targeted by Israeli attacks as they tried to pull survivors — or bodies — from the rubble or offer first-aid to the injured.
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Death is everywhere in Gaza. That has prompted people of all ages to write their last words for loved ones
There is likely no one among the more than two million residents of Gaza who hasn’t been touched by death in the last year of Israel's war with Hamas, leading some to confront their mortality and the looming presence of death by writing a form of last will and testament for their loved ones.
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14-month-old is 1 of 5 babies born in East Jerusalem hospital now separated from parents in Gaza by the war
All Sa'ida Idris has known almost since the day she was born just over a year ago is the beeping and buzzing of machines and the touch of a rotating staff of nurses and doctors at a Palestinian hospital in East Jerusalem. She's one of five premature babies born there and separated from their parents in Gaza by the Israel-Hamas war.
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Life, death and resilience through a year of war in Gaza
Freelance videographer Mohamed El Saife has been heading out into the ruins of what used to be vibrant communities inside Gaza every day of the past year to document the lives upended by the Israel-Hamas war. These are some of the stories he's covered for CBC News.
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Nearly 1 year into the war, some students in Gaza go back to school
The UNRWA has opened 36 makeshift classrooms in Khan Younis, to serve 7,600 kids while they shelter there. After almost a year of war, children and their parents are wary of the new school year, but students remain excited to learn.
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She was killed while rollerblading in Gaza. Her father hopes she'll be the last child killed in the war
A photo of Tala Abu Ajwa wrapped in a white shroud with her pink rollerblades went viral soon after her death in Gaza City. Her father says she took her skates with her during every displacement the family had since the Israel-Hamas war began 11 months ago.
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This 20-year-old says IDF used him as a human shield when searching houses in Gaza. He's not the only one
A Palestinian civilian says he was unjustly detained by the IDF and made to take part in house-clearing operations in Gaza, forced to search buildings for explosives and Hamas militants before Israeli troops were cleared to enter. Rights advocates say it's something the IDF has done before in this and past conflicts.
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