06.08.2025 - 06:44 [ UN News correspondent / United Nations ]

First Person: Documenting despair and finding hope amidst the rubble of Gaza

(August 4, 2025)

It is enough to listen for a few minutes: Planes buzz incessantly overhead, and airstrikes silence everything except fear which, although invisible, fills every space between our tents and seeps into our bodies.

At night, there’s absolute darkness except for the flashes of bombing.

We sleep knowing that waking up is not guaranteed.