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.

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