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Both a human rights advocate and journalist, what's the difference anyway?| Head of Media @euromedhr| Objective but not neutral| I have a story to tell..

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Footage released by Israeli forces showing entire neighbourhoods being wiped out in Gaza Genocide, in every sense of the word it's genocide.

Footage released by Israeli forces showing entire neighbourhoods being wiped out in Gaza Genocide, in every sense of the word it's genocide.

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- I love you Mama - Why do you love me? - Because you bought me [new] clothes. *Hugs Aya, killed along with her younger brother in an Israeli strike on Gaza

- I love you Mama - Why do you love me? - Because you bought me [new] clothes. *Hugs Aya, killed along with her younger brother in an Israeli strike on Gaza

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First rain of the season in Gaza. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are experiencing it in tents set up on the rubble of their homes following (and still during, as it has not yet ended) Israel’s genocide

First rain of the season in Gaza. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are experiencing it in tents set up on the rubble of their homes following (and still during, as it has not yet ended) Israel’s genocide

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If you’re wondering how a large portion of the over 1 million forcibly displaced Palestinians wash their clothes and shower while Israel has cut water and electricity supplies since 7 October. Good morning from Gaza

If you’re wondering how a large portion of the over 1 million forcibly displaced Palestinians wash their clothes and shower while Israel has cut water and electricity supplies since 7 October. Good morning from Gaza

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Guess who just turned 5? :) Tom has been with me for the past five years. This means he has survived with me two devastating Israeli wars on Gaza in 2021, the current one (so far, of course), and many other—less devastating—escalations and assaults. Since October 2023, he has moved with me between three shelters. There have been many days and weeks when I felt I was in a dilemma since I couldn’t find anything to feed him, especially during the first months of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. I shared with him my portion of the bread we managed to find and saved him some clean water when we used to count the sips of water we could have each day. The once unsociable cat, who hated strangers, was unable to understand why he was suddenly snatched from his calm home and taken to a shelter with around 70 strangers, including children, whose noise and energy left him anxious and paranoid all the time. The once-spoiled cat, who didn’t settle for less than chicken breast and fancy wet and dry cat food and used to turn his back to me whenever I tried to feed him less fancy food, had to eat bread wetted with water and white rice leftovers when he starved and realized this wasn’t another attempt from me to make him eat what I wanted. Despite all of this, I can’t help but feel ashamed to say that Tom was so privileged compared to the hundreds of Palestinians, especially children and elderly people, who either starved to death or died due to acute malnutrition and severe vitamin and iron deficiencies caused by Israel’s systematic starvation of the population in Gaza. I feel ashamed of myself when I give Tom half of my loaf of bread and then go to work to document another case where a mother helplessly watched her child starve to death, not because she didn’t have the money to buy him food, but because there was literally no food to buy as Israel imposed a deadly blockade on northern Gaza to force the population to the south. What I’m not ashamed to admit, however, is that I now eat the same food Tom once rejected for being “poor quality.” Before the war, I’ve never bought canned luncheon meat for him, knowing how harmful it could be for cats. But for the past year, that same canned food, part of international aid, which most of the time is low quality food and barely edible, has sustained us both. These days, Tom and I share the same can of luncheon meat. But after all, I’m proud of Tom now more than ever, the spoiled cat who has transformed from a loner into a social butterfly, now making friends with all the stray cats around the shelter :) I can’t wait for the day I’ll put him in his box for the last time and head north… HOME

Guess who just turned 5? :) Tom has been with me for the past five years. This means he has survived with me two devastating Israeli wars on Gaza in 2021, the current one (so far, of course), and many other—less devastating—escalations and assaults. Since October 2023, he has moved with me between three shelters. There have been many days and weeks when I felt I was in a dilemma since I couldn’t find anything to feed him, especially during the first months of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. I shared with him my portion of the bread we managed to find and saved him some clean water when we used to count the sips of water we could have each day. The once unsociable cat, who hated strangers, was unable to understand why he was suddenly snatched from his calm home and taken to a shelter with around 70 strangers, including children, whose noise and energy left him anxious and paranoid all the time. The once-spoiled cat, who didn’t settle for less than chicken breast and fancy wet and dry cat food and used to turn his back to me whenever I tried to feed him less fancy food, had to eat bread wetted with water and white rice leftovers when he starved and realized this wasn’t another attempt from me to make him eat what I wanted. Despite all of this, I can’t help but feel ashamed to say that Tom was so privileged compared to the hundreds of Palestinians, especially children and elderly people, who either starved to death or died due to acute malnutrition and severe vitamin and iron deficiencies caused by Israel’s systematic starvation of the population in Gaza. I feel ashamed of myself when I give Tom half of my loaf of bread and then go to work to document another case where a mother helplessly watched her child starve to death, not because she didn’t have the money to buy him food, but because there was literally no food to buy as Israel imposed a deadly blockade on northern Gaza to force the population to the south. What I’m not ashamed to admit, however, is that I now eat the same food Tom once rejected for being “poor quality.” Before the war, I’ve never bought canned luncheon meat for him, knowing how harmful it could be for cats. But for the past year, that same canned food, part of international aid, which most of the time is low quality food and barely edible, has sustained us both. These days, Tom and I share the same can of luncheon meat. But after all, I’m proud of Tom now more than ever, the spoiled cat who has transformed from a loner into a social butterfly, now making friends with all the stray cats around the shelter :) I can’t wait for the day I’ll put him in his box for the last time and head north… HOME

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The sound we hear 24/7 in Gaza, as we work, eat, sleep, or speak (though we have to raise our voices just to hear each other): Israeli drones buzzing at very low altitudes

The sound we hear 24/7 in Gaza, as we work, eat, sleep, or speak (though we have to raise our voices just to hear each other): Israeli drones buzzing at very low altitudes

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Israeli occupation forces blew up the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital for Cancer Patients in #Gaza today.

Israeli occupation forces blew up the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital for Cancer Patients in #Gaza today.

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Bidding farewell to his third child in around two months.. Aljazeera correspondent Wael al-Dahdouh lost his eldest son Hamza in an Israeli airstrike today. In October, he lost his wife and 2 other children in the ongoing Israeli attacks.
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Bidding farewell to his third child in around two months.. Aljazeera correspondent Wael al-Dahdouh lost his eldest son Hamza in an Israeli airstrike today. In October, he lost his wife and 2 other children in the ongoing Israeli attacks.

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Breaking: An Israeli strike has again targeted the Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza, live on air. The strike directly hit civil defence crews as they were rescuing survivors from the first strike
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Breaking: An Israeli strike has again targeted the Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza, live on air. The strike directly hit civil defence crews as they were rescuing survivors from the first strike

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714,072 views • 9 months ago

A clearer recording of Israeli quadcopters emitting crying baby sounds in my neighborhood in Gaza at dawn. You’d think it’s a real baby, until the sound gets closer to your window, and you realize it’s another quadcopter, trying to lure people out.
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A clearer recording of Israeli quadcopters emitting crying baby sounds in my neighborhood in Gaza at dawn. You’d think it’s a real baby, until the sound gets closer to your window, and you realize it’s another quadcopter, trying to lure people out.

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622,849 views • 11 months ago

A beautiful moment to end the day. Graduates from Al-Aqsa University in Gaza celebrate and applaud their professor, the one who inspired and encouraged them to keep going and reach graduation despite the genocide
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A beautiful moment to end the day. Graduates from Al-Aqsa University in Gaza celebrate and applaud their professor, the one who inspired and encouraged them to keep going and reach graduation despite the genocide

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264,789 views • 7 months ago

“My dearest Kimo, open your eyes, daddy" Around 40% of the victims of Israel’s attack on #Gaza are children
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“My dearest Kimo, open your eyes, daddy" Around 40% of the victims of Israel’s attack on #Gaza are children

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674,417 views • 2 years ago

Shortly after a photo of a skeletal child in Gaza was widely shared by international media outlets, including BBC, CNN, and The New York Times, pro-Israeli voices claimed that his appearance was the result of pre‑existing health conditions We visited the family in their makeshift tent, where they showed us photos of the child looking chubby before Israel reimposed its blockade last March. Middle East Eye
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Shortly after a photo of a skeletal child in Gaza was widely shared by international media outlets, including BBC, CNN, and The New York Times, pro-Israeli voices claimed that his appearance was the result of pre‑existing health conditions We visited the family in their makeshift tent, where they showed us photos of the child looking chubby before Israel reimposed its blockade last March. Middle East Eye

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201,974 views • 10 months ago

I visited Khanyounis southern Gaza today following the withdrawal of Israeli forces Not a single home isn’t bombed, not one building isn’t scorched.. Walking through the neighborhoods, you cannot help but sense Israel’s palpable desire for revenge against an entire population
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I visited Khanyounis southern Gaza today following the withdrawal of Israeli forces Not a single home isn’t bombed, not one building isn’t scorched.. Walking through the neighborhoods, you cannot help but sense Israel’s palpable desire for revenge against an entire population

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426,595 views • 2 years ago

It’s Gaza, teaching life while battling death
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It’s Gaza, teaching life while battling death

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31,505 views • 1 month ago

Always wanted to record how Tom welcomes me when I get back from work! Say hi to my biggest fan and full-time drama queen when I’m late
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Always wanted to record how Tom welcomes me when I get back from work! Say hi to my biggest fan and full-time drama queen when I’m late

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26,576 views • 1 month ago

Israel gave permission to Red Crescent crews to enter a targeted area to retrieve the bodies of victims and evacuate the wounded. They entered the place. They were bombed.
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Israel gave permission to Red Crescent crews to enter a targeted area to retrieve the bodies of victims and evacuate the wounded. They entered the place. They were bombed.

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281,796 views • 2 years ago

Footage of Israeli airstrikes targeting a displacement camp in northern Gaza earlier today. The footage was shared by a survivor of the attack
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Footage of Israeli airstrikes targeting a displacement camp in northern Gaza earlier today. The footage was shared by a survivor of the attack

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59,665 views • 5 months ago

Graphic footage: An Israeli soldier beating a dog owned by a Palestinian family in Atara Village in the occupied West Bank. From training dogs to rape Palestinians to torturing them for merely being owned by Palestinians, Israelis have practiced all forms of animal abuse
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Graphic footage: An Israeli soldier beating a dog owned by a Palestinian family in Atara Village in the occupied West Bank. From training dogs to rape Palestinians to torturing them for merely being owned by Palestinians, Israelis have practiced all forms of animal abuse

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13,003 views • 25 days ago

Live from what remains of the dialysis section at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, where all machines have suddenly stopped working due to a lack of water. The machines have been shut down for the day, and patients were sent home until the water tanks are refilled. Israel has destroyed around 90% of Gaza’s water wells and 80% of its water infrastructure, making access to water a daily struggle for both individuals and hospitals.
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Live from what remains of the dialysis section at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, where all machines have suddenly stopped working due to a lack of water. The machines have been shut down for the day, and patients were sent home until the water tanks are refilled. Israel has destroyed around 90% of Gaza’s water wells and 80% of its water infrastructure, making access to water a daily struggle for both individuals and hospitals.

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92,758 views • 1 year ago

Here, I have stood at the peak of fear and felt the deepest peace.. Good night from Gaza🪴
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Here, I have stood at the peak of fear and felt the deepest peace.. Good night from Gaza🪴

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15,537 views • 2 months ago

Many airstrikes just targeted different areas across the central Gaza Strip, including Nusairat, Deir al-Balah, and al-Zawaida, again, all of which located in the area where Israel asked residents in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip to move.
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Many airstrikes just targeted different areas across the central Gaza Strip, including Nusairat, Deir al-Balah, and al-Zawaida, again, all of which located in the area where Israel asked residents in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip to move.

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118,568 views • 2 years ago

How Israel is starving Palestinians in the "humanitarian zones" in the Gaza Strip👇 The New Humanitarian
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How Israel is starving Palestinians in the "humanitarian zones" in the Gaza Strip👇 The New Humanitarian

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73,472 views • 1 year ago

In this 1:22-minute video, can you spot a single building that hasn’t been bombed or burned? Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
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In this 1:22-minute video, can you spot a single building that hasn’t been bombed or burned? Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

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70,262 views • 1 year ago

From Gaza's seafront Baqa coffee shop, bombed by Israeli occupation forces yesterday, a giant teddy bear lay on the ground. This was a birthday gift from a mother to her two-year-old daughter. Both were killed in the attack.
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From Gaza's seafront Baqa coffee shop, bombed by Israeli occupation forces yesterday, a giant teddy bear lay on the ground. This was a birthday gift from a mother to her two-year-old daughter. Both were killed in the attack.

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41,477 views • 11 months ago

A long queue of women and children waiting for a food supplement in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, was hit by an Israeli airstrike eariler this morning. At least 17 were killed, the vast majority of them children and their mothers. Footage from the aftermath by journalist Hussam Shabat
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A long queue of women and children waiting for a food supplement in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, was hit by an Israeli airstrike eariler this morning. At least 17 were killed, the vast majority of them children and their mothers. Footage from the aftermath by journalist Hussam Shabat

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37,051 views • 11 months ago