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In response, Israel launched a full-scale war against Hamas, trapping Mr. Azaiza and two million others under bombardment in Gaza, a tinderbox after decades of conflict. Mr. Azaiza, who had already lived through four wars, grabbed his camera, and stepped out into an unraveling world. But war in Gaza transformed him into a war correspondent for the social media age. Mr. Azaiza documents the effect of Israel’s bombardments in a way typical of his generation: raw footage filmed selfie-style, uploaded as stories. I had one leg on the bed and one leg on the floor,” Mr. Azaiza said.

Persons: Motaz Azaiza, Azaiza, “, ”, ” Mr, he’s, He’s, Mr, I’m, I’ll Locations: Gaza, Israel, Gaza City

For 34 hours, the vast majority of the more than two million Palestinians who live in Gaza had no way to reach the outside world, or one another. They had no way to know whether their loved ones were alive or dead. Desperate paramedics tried to save people by driving toward the sound of explosions. In response to the attacks, the Israeli military declared a siege of the densely populated territory, cutting off electricity, water and medical supplies as it rained down a relentless barrage of aerial and artillery bombardments. The Israeli military also said that it was conducting airstrikes in Lebanon after at least 16 rockets were launched from there into Israeli territory.

Persons: Fathi Locations: Gaza, United States, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt

It was increasingly difficult to reach people in the Gaza Strip or know what was happening in the enclave late Friday, as Israel said it was stepping up its bombardment and staging another incursion. On Friday evening, two major Palestinian mobile networks, Jawwal and Paltel, said that their phone and internet services were down. Some Palestinians who have managed to communicate with the outside world said that fear and panic were spreading. They don’t know what’s happening around them.”Visuals from inside Gaza on social media channels monitored by The New York Times and some wire services were extremely limited on Friday afternoon. Reuters maintained a live camera directed from the Israeli side of the border toward the Gaza skyline that showed darkness with an occasional burst of light.

Persons: Belal Khaled, Khan Younis Organizations: WhatsApp, Nasser Hospital, The New York Times, Reuters Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, Khan

☆ An Audio Diary of Despair
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Yousur Al-Hlou | More About Yousur Al-Hlou | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But I am still breathing, just still breathing. I used to be having everything normal. Tasneem Ismael Ahel’s audio messages typically arrive all at once. ImageFor many Palestinians in Gaza, sporadic access to WhatsApp is one of the few outlets for sharing firsthand accounts of the war happening around them: raw reflections on death, despair and shattered dreams sent via audio messages from a territory under siege. For two weeks in mid-October, Tasneem, a 19-year-old college student from Gaza City, documented how her hometown was transformed under Israeli bombardment, sharing daily updates with The New York Times in the form of an audio diary.

Persons: Tasneem Ismael Ahel’s Organizations: New York Times Locations: Israel, Gaza, Tasneem, Gaza City

The devastating impact of an explosion at the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday became clearer on Wednesday through videos that witnesses posted to social media. Emergency workers were collecting bodies and remains in an effort to identify the dead. “There are still lots of bodies they haven’t yet collected,” said Amir Ahmed, a paramedic with the Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza City. “There are too many bodies.” He said all the victims would be buried in a mass grave at a funeral later on Wednesday. Neither side’s account could be independently verified immediately, and the cause of the blast and the precise death toll remained unclear.

Persons: ”, Amir Ahmed, Ahmed Organizations: Ahli Arab Hospital, Health Ministry, Palestinian, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Ahli, Gaza City, Gaza

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