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October 15, 2025 – Palestine –
In Khan Younis, Gaza, a once–beloved family home now lies in unrecognizable ruins, torn apart by the consequences of conflict. Ruwaida Amer, the author of a feature in +972 Magazine, recounts how she waited anxiously for confirmation of her home’s survival after Israeli forces withdrew. What she received instead was a video showing only a mound of debris—no walls, no roof, no remnants of the life once lived there. The home was located in Al-Fukhari, a neighborhood evacuated and later returned to under a ceasefire. Neighbors, who ventured back first, bore the burden of relaying the devastation. Ruwaida describes a shock so deep it forced her to collapse to the ground, unable to imagine how to rebuild from total erasure.
Her story is echoed by visuals circulating in international media: a Palestinian journalist is captured in tears upon returning to northern Gaza to view his destroyed family home. The emotional toll is stark—he stands before the rubble, tears streaming, uttering that not only was his past erased but his future, too. The images are searing in their simplicity—and power.
Together, these accounts highlight the human tragedy behind headlines: homes built over decades, layered with memory and love, reduced to dust in the crosshairs of war. Where walls stood, there is now nothing but a search for meaning in debris. Where voices once echoed, there is silence and suffering. These stories also underline how journalists, not just as storytellers but as victims, bear the wounds of conflict in their own lives—even as they continue to document the losses of others.
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