"Malak A Tantesh is a journalist in Gaza. On 16 September, the day Israel began its full-scale ground offensive Gaza City, she was among those trying to flee the city. As she hurriedly packed up for her 11th displacement in the last 18 months, she recorded voice notes. We all say that we don't want to leave, but we deeply know that we have no other choice, she says."
"When Israel's blockade of the strip led to hunger and famine, it became hard to work: I was covering stories about hunger and famine, and I was myself hungry. I was feeling that I am about to collapse. We were eating one meal a day."
"About 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza. She says she has nightmares about being targeted but will not give up: When I feel I am writing their stories I live in it, so I can deliver their feelings to the outside world. And despite everything she has been through, she says she does not want to leave: My grandparents taught us how to love this land and how to take care of it. We and the land are one."
Malak A Tantesh, a 20-year-old journalist in Gaza, experienced her 11th displacement in 18 months on 16 September amid a full-scale ground offensive. She recorded voice notes while fleeing Gaza City and described the impossible choice to leave despite not wanting to. Israel's blockade caused hunger and famine, making reporting physically and emotionally exhausting; Malak often ate one meal a day and felt close to collapse while covering the same suffering. Around 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza. Malak endures nightmares about being targeted but remains committed to conveying others' feelings and refuses to abandon the land taught to her by her grandparents.
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