
Sara Jabakhanji
Senior Writer
Sara Jabakhanji is a Toronto-based senior writer assigned to cover news developments in the Middle East, including the war in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. She has worked in CBC bureaus in Ottawa, London and Toronto. You can reach her at sara.jabakhanji@cbc.ca.
Latest from Sara Jabakhanji
7 children killed in Israeli strike while lining up for nutritional supplements in central Gaza
At least seven children were killed by an Israeli strike in broad daylight while waiting in line for nutritional supplements near a medical centre in central Gaza on Thursday, health officials say.
World |
Palestinians, human rights activists slam Israeli defence minister's plan to build camp on Rafah's ruins
Critics expressed alarm Tuesday after Israel's defence minister said he plans to move all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp at the southern tip of the war-battered enclave, according to Israeli media, with some saying it would violate international law and amount to crimes against humanity.
World |

Militarized Gaza aid system shows Israel's continued use of starvation as weapon of war, Amnesty report says
A new Amnesty International report published Thursday says the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation uses a militarized aid mechanism that enables Israel to use starvation as a weapon of war and inflict genocide against Palestinians.
World |
Director of north Gaza hospital killed alongside his family in Israeli strike on apartment
The director of one of north Gaza's largest hospitals was killed, along with his wife, daughter and sister, in an Israeli strike on their apartment, medical officials said Wednesday.
World |

People in Gaza 'starve or risk being shot': NGOs urge end to aid work backed by U.S., Israel as deaths rise
More than 170 non-governmental organizations have issued a joint call for the dismantling of a food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group, as civilian deaths and injuries mount near aid sites in Gaza. In response, GHF is calling for other aid groups to collaborate with them.
World |

Family clans try to secure aid convoys in Gaza from criminal lootings
As food and aid distribution in Gaza continues to be deadly and plagued by violence, influential clans and tribes that have long existed in the territory are taking it upon themselves to secure aid convoys entering the region.
World |

Why are hundreds of Palestinians getting killed trying to access food in Gaza?
Mounting deaths of Palestinians as they try to access food in Gaza come as humanitarian groups continue to slam a new aid distribution system, saying it forces people to risk their lives by entering combat zones where they are repeatedly fired upon.
World |
Canadian demonstrators held, passports confiscated ahead of planned global march to Egypt-Gaza border
More than 40 Canadians planning to participate in the global march to Gaza, alongside thousands of other foreign activists, have been detained in Egypt and had their passports confiscated by authorities, organizers told CBC News.
World |
Dozens of Canadians gather in Egypt ahead of global march to Gaza border
Dozens of Canadians are expected to be among thousands of other activists gathering in Egypt this week ahead of a global march to its Gaza border as they call for an end to Israel's siege on the territory.
World |

Israel 'operated clans' in Gaza, Netanyahu says, after being accused of arming Palestinian militias
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel has "operated clans" in Gaza in a video published on social media Thursday after an opposition leader accused him of arming Palestinian militias in order to bolster opposition to Hamas.
World |