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Surviving Conflict in Gaza, One Textual content Message at a Time
Each morning, Ahmed Mansour, a Palestinian filmmaker within the U.S., texts his household in Gaza to test if they’re nonetheless alive. Israel’s siege on the territory has triggered widespread communication blackouts, making it troublesome for him to achieve his mother and father and siblings.
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“Free, free, free Palestine!” “Stop-fire now!” “Each morning, I write on the group, ‘Please, are you all OK?’ That is the fourth day I’m making an attempt to achieve Mother. You already know, I come from a comparatively small household. Father. Mom. Muhammad. Reema. Reham. Mahmoud. Rula. Ruwaa. Shaimaa. My childhood reminiscences. I scent the meals that my aunts and neighbors have been cooking. And when the summer season comes and the breeze of the seaside. However now? Each day since Oct. 7, my physique is right here, however my coronary heart is related to every considered one of my household. Thus far they’re alive, however they don’t seem to be OK. Shushu is the youngest woman, and I’m the youngest boy. I sort of helped elevating her. We’d at all times play collectively, and we have been sort of the spoiled within the household. So Shushu and I and my mom have been at all times inseparable. There may be not a single protected place in Gaza. Each time I learn that they bomb a home in Nuseirat or bomb a home in Maghazi or in Zawayda or Deir al Balah or Rafah, I instantly assume, Is it my sister’s home? Is it my mother and father’ home? I by no means thought that this chat group is an important factor in my life. It breaks the information if my household is alive or not. I preserve making an attempt and praying. Making an attempt and pray.”
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