Sally Hayden

This was a great interview and an important book. #JHISS25

Thank you 🙏🙏

One week tomorrow.

Reommended reading!

Last day of this deal today… (& if you download a 99p version consider spreading the word, telling your friends, buying someone a hardcopy from an independent bookshop etc.) www.amazon.co.uk/Fourth-Time-...

Doing a book event on 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' in Armagh this Friday at the John Hewitt Summer School. Only seven tickets left, available here: marketplacearmagh.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

I was in Um Al Khair, Masafer Yatta, a few weeks ago. I heard all that they were going through but still shocked & saddened to hear that one of its residents, Awdah Hathaleen, has been killed today by a settler.
Um Al Khair is mentioned in this article: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

'When he heard what The Irish Times saw and heard in Sderot, Prof Bartov said it reminded him “of what the Germans called in World War II ‘execution tourism’, ie touring and photographing (as souvenirs) one’s own atrocities”.'

Must-read reporting from @sallyhayd.bsky.social at the Israel-Gaza border.

My latest, from the Israel-Gaza border, where I listened in as tour groups came to view the ruins of Gaza: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

Nablus, the occupied West Bank.

Two weeks tomorrow. bsky.app/profile/sall...

Podcast: 'Unbelievable' level of suffering in Gaza The deteriorating situation in Gaza has taken centre stage this week amid continued warnings of starvation in the Palestinian enclave.

I spoke with @news.rte.ie ‘Behind the Story’ podcast yesterday: www.rte.ie/news/2025/07...

Foreign Affairs Committee expected to recommend services be included in Occupied Territories Bill Committee meeting on Friday to finalise report

Irish Foreign Affairs Committee expected to recommend services be included in the proposed Occupied Territories Bill www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
My recent report from the West Bank references the discussion over this: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

I'm talking at the John Hewitt summer school in Armagh one week from today, tickets & info here: marketplacearmagh.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

‘They are very weak, they’re thin, their minds have stopped’: Stranded fathers’ anguish over children in Gaza Separated from their families by war and closed borders, Gazan workers describe life in limbo — haunted by hunger, loss and the voices of children they can no longer protect

In Jericho, the occupied West Bank, I met Palestinian fathers who were working in Israel before October 7, 2023, and have spent almost two years since unable to be reunited with their families.
Report here: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

Zoomed in sections of photos showing some of the destruction I could see today in Gaza from a distance of a few km. bsky.app/profile/sall...

‘They are very weak, they’re thin, their minds have stopped’: Stranded fathers’ anguish over children in Gaza Separated from their families by war and closed borders, Gazan workers describe life in limbo — haunted by hunger, loss and the voices of children they can no longer protect

As a father I just can't even begin to imagine the horror of this : My daughter is daily on a group call asking when am I coming back, blaming me,” says Ahmed. “[My children] think I ran away. @sallyhayd.bsky.social

www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

Was on Pat Kenny's show right after this: www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig... bsky.app/profile/sall...

This is all happening within view & kilometres from places where people have unlimited food, water etc. etc.

A view of Gaza today 1km from where the blockade starts. In the few minutes I was allowed to stay I heard multiple explosions, heavy gunfire, & saw smoke rising from 4 or 5 places. Gazans have been locked in & trapped under this intense bombardment for close to 2 years now.

Nablus at night #palestine

Starvation in Gaza is destroying communities – and will leave generational scars Health and societal ramifications of extreme hunger will reverberate long after the war is over

“All these traumas are the reason why the Irish took almost 150 years before they could memorialise what they experienced in the 1840s. Those who inflict starvation are aware of this, they know that what they’re doing is actually dismantling a society.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Three acclaimed voices on migration, @sallyhayd.bsky.social, @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social & @horatioclare.bsky.social, will come together at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social to discuss their on-the-ground reporting and the failures of the asylum system.

🎟️https://www.foyles.co.uk/events/on-migration

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In Balata refugee camp, Nablus, tonight, where Tarik Assi came home after more than two decades in Israeli prison.

Il trattato contro le mine sta facendo pericolosi passi indietro Nella corsa europea al riarmo c’è anche l’annuncio di alcuni paesi che vogliono abbandonare il trattato di Ottawa per la messa al bando delle mine antipersona. Leggi

My piece on demining in northern Syria in Italy's Internazionale: www.internazionale.it/notizie/sall...

Sally Hayden | Kilkenny Arts Festival | 7 - 17 August 2025 Irish Times journalist Sally Hayden moved to Beirut in January 2024. Since then, she has travelled twice across the occupied West Bank; lived through and reported on the war in Lebanon; and crossed...

Speaking about the past year of Middle East reporting in Kilkenny, August 10. Thank you to the arts festival for inviting me: www.kilkennyarts.ie/programme/th...

Sally Hayden | Kilkenny Arts Festival | 7 - 17 August 2025 Irish Times journalist Sally Hayden moved to Beirut in January 2024. Since then, she has travelled twice across the occupied West Bank; lived through and reported on the war in Lebanon; and crossed...

Speaking about the past year of Middle East reporting in Kilkenny, August 10. Thank you to the arts festival for inviting me: www.kilkennyarts.ie/programme/th...