"In Gaza, there is no escape from the reality of war, said Al Jazeera's Ibrahim al-Khalili, reporting from Gaza City, where exploding buildings and chaos reign and desperate people attempt to escape gunfire at food distribution sites. Added to these horrors is the ever-present sound of Israeli drones, he said, pausing to listen to the sound of a drone flying above."
"Many Palestinians living in Gaza City find the sound of them unbearable, he said, explaining that it's not just surveillance. It's psychological warfare a noise meant to unnerve, to break people down. Even before the current war, a report published by Save the Children in 2022 found that four out of five children in the Gaza Strip suffered from depression, sadness and fear caused by the punishing Israeli blockade."
Exploding buildings and chaos in Gaza City force people to escape gunfire at food distribution sites. Israeli drones have hovered over Gaza for years, creating a nonstop buzz that long predates current bursts of gunfire and explosions. The drone noise functions as psychological warfare, a noise meant to unnerve and break people down. A 2022 Save the Children report found four out of five children in the Gaza Strip suffered depression, sadness and fear from the blockade. Music teacher Ahmed Abu Amsha turns the threatening drone buzzing into songs to help distressed children cope.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]