Gaza Is Being Wiped Off the Map, Stone by Stone. "Words Are Losing Their Meaning and Can No Longer Convey What Is Happening," One Resident Writes

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36303524

by Amira Hass
Sept 17, 2025

“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡. 𝐓𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 – 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬.”