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Gaza Holds Collective Wedding For Amputees

• CrossFireArabia
• June 12, 2026

By Dr Marwan Asmar

Despite the ongoing Israeli fire on the Gaza Strip, hundreds of people celebrated the wedding of 40 bride and grooms whose limbs were amputated as a result of the genocide on the enclave started on 7 October, 2023.

The collective wedding held last Wednesday in the Mowasi area, south Khan Younis, was organized by the Palestinian Qanateer Welfare Society and with the support of donations from the people of Morocco.

“This celebration is for the physically-challenged and amputees made so during the war,” said Hazem Sulieman, one of the participants in the event.

“Some of the people getting married today are amputees and some who lost an eye,” he added.  

The United Nations estimates that there are between 4500 and 6000 in Gaza who have lost one or more of their limbs. While UNRWA states that, today, Gaza has the largest group of child amputees in modern history.

The following day, Thursday, another collective wedding of 62 brides and grooms were held in the Mowasi area. They were displaced people from the Khuza’ village and came from the Al Najjar extended family.

“We want to send a message of steadfastness and hope despite the harsh humanitarian conditions we are living under,” said one of the grooms.

The Al Najjar family lost 200 martyrs in this war yet this is the second collective wedding it holds despite the destruction that exists around them.

The Israeli army has killed nearly 73,000 people and injured over 173,000 others, mostly women and children, in a brutal offensive in Gaza since October 2023, that has also caused widespread destruction to 90% of the enclave’s civilian infrastructure.

Dr Marwan Asmar is a writer based in Amman and is the editor of www.crossfirearabia.com

Israel Denies Entry of French Journalist

• CrossFireArabia
• June 12, 2026

Israel on Thursday denied entry to a French journalist and deported her to Paris over her criticism of Israel’s two-year genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Communications Minister Amichai Chikli said in a post on US social media company X that French journalist Alice Froussard was leaving Ben Gurion Airport and returning to France.

“I am pleased to announce that Alice Froussard, the pro-Hamas French journalist who believes the Oct. 7 massacre should be viewed in context, is leaving Ben Gurion Airport on her way back to Paris,” Chikli wrote.

According to Israeli news website The Times of Israel, the Foreign Ministry said Froussard arrived in Israel on Thursday for work but was stopped and placed on a return flight to France.

The ministry claimed that investigators found that the journalist had made a series of statements deemed hostile to Israel, including describing Israeli military operations in Gaza as a “massacre,” accusing Israel of apartheid and allegedly justifying the Oct. 7, 2023 events.

Froussard did not immediately comment on her deportation or the allegations against her.

According to The Times of Israel, Froussard has spent the past six years living and working in Jerusalem and Ramallah and has worked for several French media outlets, including Radio France Internationale (RFI), France Culture, Le Figaro, TV5 Monde and Mediapart.

The report said the French Embassy in Israel expressed strong dissatisfaction with the decision according to Anadolu.

Israel has deported and barred entry to several foreign journalists and activists in recent months over criticism of Israeli policies and actions.

The Israeli army has killed nearly 73,000 people and injured over 173,000 others, mostly women and children, in a brutal offensive in Gaza since October 2023, that has also caused widespread destruction to 90% of the enclave’s civilian infrastructure.