00:00Palestinians reached two years of an intensified
00:03genocidal campaign executed by Israel.
00:06Reporting from the Gaza Strip, our colleague,
00:08Huda Haagasi, shares us an insight into the lives
00:11of Gazans during this time.
00:13During the two years of this Israeli genocidal war,
00:19I have personally been working every day as a war correspondent
00:22to try to give voice to the crimes of occupation army.
00:25I could say that these have been the two most difficult years
00:28of my life.
00:30During the two years and during my work,
00:32I have tried to give a voice to those people who
00:35live trapped under siege, under forced displacement,
00:40under destruction, and under death.
00:43Personally, and as a journalist, like most of my colleagues,
00:46we have tried to suffer what any citizen suffer,
00:50and any guys on the side, the Gaza Strip.
00:53And the very difficult conditions of working as a journalist,
00:56first, we have suffered forced displacement, we have suffered famine,
01:01and we have suffered death and lust.
01:05And on the other hand, we have been working under extreme conditions,
01:10without access to the internet, without access to electricity,
01:14under bombardment, and under Israeli bombing that has been
01:17persecuting us for all these years.
01:21Since the beginning of the Israeli Genocidal War,
01:24Israel has targeted, bombed, and killed journalists.
01:28Since the beginning of this war, more than 250 colleagues working in the media
01:33have lost their lives trying to report on the Genocidal War.
01:39Therefore, working as a journalist inside the Gaza Strip is not just any job,
01:44it means resistance, it means facing the obstacles of daily life,
01:49as well as facing attacks from the occupation army.
01:53And I personally believe that after these two years of war,
01:57working as a journalist can be considered one of the most dangerous and risky jobs
02:02here inside the Gaza Strip.
02:05I have personally suffered a lot.
02:08Firstly, because I have been separated from my family during the first phase of the war.
02:16My family remained in the north of the Strip,
02:20and I have to evacuate to the south.
02:23In the second phase, thank God, my family is not here.
02:27They were able to evacuate and escape the nightmare.
02:32But I have decided to stay in the Gaza Strip.
02:35I am staying to continue covering the events,
02:40the destruction, the death, and the bombing caused by Israel.
02:44These have not been easy years at all.
02:47They have been the most difficult years I have ever experienced,
02:50together with my fellow citizens,
02:52what I wish for today,
02:54and what I wish for every day I live in the Gaza Strip,
02:57is that this Israeli genocide war ends as soon as possible,
03:03that these bloodsheds end,
03:06that the death stops,
03:08that the destruction stops,
03:10that we can have our freedom of expression,
03:13that we can try to report without fear of being bombed at any moment,
03:17that international law are respected.
03:20But unfortunately, here in the Gaza Strip,
03:22nothing has been done.
03:26Like my fellow journalists, I have a goal,
03:30which is to continue covering,
03:32to continue giving a voice until this war can end,
03:35as soon as possible, here in the Gaza Strip.
03:40Thank you very much.
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