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V O L .1 E L I T E ISSUE 72

When the Reporter is Targeted and the Word is Assassinated…

Who Will Tell Gaza’s Story?

Manar Mahmoud - Political Science - Fourth Year

In the heart of the tragedy unfolding in In recent days, the martyrdom of reporter

Gaza, where the sounds of Anas al-Sharif has made it clear that the
bombardment mingle with the cries of occupation’s war is not limited to crushing
the wounded, journalists and reporters the resistance movement, but extends to
gagging, cameras and pens to erase the
remain the soldiers of truth, fighting a
truth before it can echo beyond Gaza’s
different kind of battle the battle of
borders. Anas was known for his courage
words and images against war, to
and boldness in exposing violations, and
expose the violations committed by the
shortly before his death, he posted a tweet
enemy. warning of a new invasion plan by the

The field Reporter is not merely a news occupation. Targeting him at that exact
carrier; he is the world’s eyes and ears, moment was intended to cut off any
and its voice from the heart of events. attempt at documentation or exposure
When he falls a martyr, we lose not just before the planned attack began.
a person, but the last witness to the

truth. In conflict zones, he faces the
danger of bullets and shelling but the
greater danger is the deliberate

silencing of his voice, to prevent any
narrative that contradicts the one the
ruling power seeks to impose.
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