After the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Khan Younis on Sunday, displaced Palestinians have flooded back in to see what remains. Many were shocked by what they found.

Ruwaida Amer reports.

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“The number of journalists that have been martyred in the past six months is so high that friends have shut their doors on my family because they didn’t want a journalist staying with them, believing us to be a target.” - Ibtisam Mahdi 972mag.com/gaza-death-war…

‘Israel's onslaught made me a refugee, a bereaved sister, and a mother to starving children. My journalistic endeavors have become almost impossible.’

ابتسام مهدي reflects on six months under bombardment and siege in Gaza. 972mag.com/gaza-death-war…

Ben Arad, 18, is the third Israeli conscientious objector imprisoned since October 7. He tells Oren Ziv why the assault on Gaza propelled him into action.

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‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza.

Investigation by Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם. שיחה מקומית

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Is the destruction in Gaza beyond repair? Will our friends try to start anew elsewhere? How will we get used to life without the places we love?

By Ruwaida Amer.

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Netanyahu isn’t the only one interested in prolonging the war.

By Menachem Klein. שיחה מקומית

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“Thinking about life before and after the war makes me crazy sometimes. My heart hurts a lot and I feel like I will burst into tears. I don’t know how I will be strong enough to bear all of this. Even as I write these words.” Ruwaida Kamal Amer +972 Magazine
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Netanyahu isn’t the only one interested in prolonging the war

A broad coalition of political forces, from Israel's far right to the Zionist left, have differing motivations for turning the war into the new normal, writes Menachem Klein.

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Recent work by a brilliant Israeli journalist revealed how the Israeli state targeted low-level militants in their home, often when they weren't even there, often blowing up their families, with up to 20 civilians per low-level target being acceptable.

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I am still very afraid. Any sound worries me. I hope to sleep in safety. Stop the war for the sake of our tired hearts.

‘The sounds of explosions do not stop. I have grown afraid of the sound of a speeding car, or anything that resembles the terrifying noise of a falling missile.’

Ruwaida Amer, in Khan Younis, reflects on six months of the Gaza War.

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Is the destruction in Gaza beyond repair? Will our friends try to start anew elsewhere? How will we get used to life without the places we love?

Ruwaida Amer reflects on living through six months of a cruel nightmare in Gaza.

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'These houses were systematically bombed during the first few weeks of the war...with a predetermined authorized collateral damage rate of 20 Palestinian civilians per house' Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם breaks down his new reporting on how Israel is using A.I. in their bombing targets

If the view that Netanyahu is continuing the Gaza war for personal interests is growing, and the futility of continuing the war is becoming clearer, why is there still a consensus in Israel against a ceasefire?

By meron rapoport. שיחה מקומית The Nation

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The clearest proof that our film has had an impact was not on the stages of Berlin or even in the press, but at the screening in At-Tuwani, where residents of Masafer Yatta themselves came to see the film, writes Hamdan Ballal Al-Huraini.

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Washington’s downplaying of the UN Security Council’s ceasefire resolution shows why the world can no longer look to the U.S. as the arbiter of a rules-based order, writes Samer Badawi.

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Israeli teen jailed for refusing draft: ‘I’m willing to pay a price for my principles.’

Oren Ziv interviews conscientious objector Ben Arad.

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One source said that human personnel often served only as a ‘rubber stamp’ for the Lavender machine’s decisions, adding they would personally devote only about ‘20 seconds’ per target — just to make sure the target was male — before authorizing a bombing.

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