In the nine months that +972 has been covering the war in Israel-Palestine, none among us have faced more dangers, hardships, and tragedies than our Palestinian journalists in Gaza.

Every morning during our team calls, our editor-in-chief, Ghousoon Bisharat, relayed her conversations with our colleagues in the Strip. She updated us on whether anyone had to flee their homes or shelters due to Israeli airstrikes and evacuation orders; if she hadn’t received any replies to her texts because of power outages or blocked telecom signals; if our writers couldn’t submit their articles yet because they had spent hours searching for food; or if they needed time away from work in order to grieve for family members and friends who were killed.

These nightmarish scenarios were a constant feature of our journalists’ work in Gaza. And yet, week after week, we marveled as they continued to send us fresh news and analyses — through text messages, voice notes, and emails — and patiently answered our questions as we edited their drafts. The harrowing stories they published on our site were only the tip of the iceberg, but the horrors never broke their determination to show the world what was happening in the Strip.

Those Palestinian writers — Ruwaida Kamal Amer, Ibtisam Mahdi, Mahmoud Mushtaha, Mohammed Mhawish, Ibrahim Mohammad, and Mohammed Zaanoun — have proven their mettle a hundred times over. If you have appreciated their reporting and opinions these past months, consider becoming a member of +972 to support their work.

Gaza is the most dangerous place to be a journalist in the world today; in fact, it is recorded as the deadliest conflict for journalists in the 21st century. At least 152 Palestinian reporters and other media workers have been killed during the war so far, with countless more displaced, detained, starved, and wounded. As many on the ground have testified — and as our recent investigations have indicated — the Israeli army has targeted journalists and media organizations, whose press vests have become a hazard rather than a protector.

It is not hard to see why. With foreign media largely blocked from entering the bombed and besieged Strip, Palestinian journalists — together with regular citizens armed with cell phones — are the world’s only eyes and ears inside Gaza. By documenting and bearing witness, they are seizing power from government officials and mainstream newsrooms to dictate the facts about the war, defying efforts to gaslight the public. And those threatened by the truth will do anything to silence it.

That is precisely why, at +972, we have made it a central mission to elevate the work of our Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Now, after helping some of our colleagues seek safety outside the Strip, we want to foster a new team of reporters on the ground, while continuing to work with those abroad. Will you become a member of +972 with monthly recurring donations to support that mission for the long haul?