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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Hala Alyan

Bombed hospitals, buried children: we have become numb to Gaza’s destruction

woman weeps among a crowd of adults and children
Palestinian women evacuate a school that had been a shelter in eastern Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on Friday. Photograph: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

Back in May, when the image of a decapitated child in Rafah started circulating, my friend texted: This is the image. This is the one. Now the world’s going to roar. For many of us, this has been the reality of the last months: waiting for the image that will shake complacency and complicity; waiting for the image so staggering it’ll be non-negotiable. An amputated toddler. A blown-apart body. A girl hanging from the side of a building. We are still waiting.

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