Earlier this month, after Israel and Hamas reached a cease-fire
agreement, the Israeli military said it would withdraw from parts
of Gaza — allowing some Palestinians displaced to the south to
try to return home to the north.
Rachelle Bonja, a producer of “The Daily,” recently spoke by
phone with three Gazans who were making or contemplating the
journey home. One of them, Saher Alghorra, is a
photojournalist who often works with The Times; another is Nidal
Kuhail, a former restaurant worker whom The Times has spoken
to over the course of the war.
The third is Hussein Khaled Auda, a former bodybuilder who ran a
small gym in Jabalia. Mr. Auda’s story is about his family. His
four young children were killed in airstrikes during the war, and
his wife was seriously injured. He has been traveling back home
in large part to find and bury the remains of two of his
children, who had been in the rubble of his house after one of
the airstrikes. We interviewed his wife, Rawa, and other
relatives, and reviewed death certificates and video footage to
help understand what happened to his family.
In our reporting, The Times also learned that a cousin of Mr.
Auda’s was a senior leader of Hamas in Gaza who was killed during
the war last year. The Times asked Mr. Auda if he himself had any
ties to Hamas. He said he was not a member of Hamas and not
political, and had dozens of cousins. He said he had seen the one
affiliated with Hamas just a couple of times in his life.
Like other news organizations, The Times has not yet been able to
send its own staff journalists into Gaza unescorted. This
episode, like many other Times pieces for more than two years,
seeks to help our audience understand the experiences of Gazans
during a devastating war.
Guest:
Rachelle Bonja, a New York Times audio
producer for “The Daily.”
Saher Alghorra, a photojournalist for The New
York Times.
Nidal Kuhail, a former restaurant worker
whom The Times has spoken to over the course of the war.
Hussein Khaled Auda, a former bodybuilder who
ran a small gym in Jabalia.
Mohammed Abu Namous, a journalist in Gaza.
Background reading:
“Everything Is Gone”: Gazans return home to find devastation
and little hope.
Who were the 2,000 Palestinians freed by Israel?
Photo: Saher Alghorra for The New York Times
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