Ismail

Ismail is a pseudonym for a 28-year-old journalist from Gaza who asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal.

Recent Articles
Palestinian mourners at a morgue following an Israeli air strike in Gaza, August 5, 2022. (Mohammed Zaanoun/Activestills)
From my balcony in Gaza, the wailings of war return
I hear ambulance sirens below and drones hovering above. I see families carrying their life's belongings in backpacks. These are our wartime rituals.
By Ismail August 7, 2022
Hundreds of Palestinians attend a funeral for the Abu Hatab family in Gaza City, on May 15, 2021. Eight children and two women belonging to the family were killed after their three-story building in Shati refugee camp collapsed following an Israeli strike, medical sources said. (Mohammed Zaanoun/Activestills)
Here in Gaza, people are sending farewell messages to their loved ones
I am writing to tell you that this struggle, before it is a political or historical or ideological struggle, is our human struggle. A struggle for our very humanity.
By Ismail May 17, 2021
A Palestinian child seen in the wreckage of a neighborhood in Gaza following an Israeli airstrike, May 12, 2012. (Mohammed Zaanoun)
In Gaza, we are forced to choose between a quick or slow death
Nobody in Gaza misses the sight of horror and bloodshed. But under Israel's siege, we are bleeding whether or not there is a war.
By Ismail May 12, 2021
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