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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ziad in Gaza

Gaza diary part 43: ‘Do people around the world think of us as merely news?’

A girl carrying a baby walks along the beach past a group of people fishing in Rafah, southern Gaza on 16 January 2024.
A girl and baby walk along the beach in Rafah, southern Gaza on 16 January 2024. Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

Saturday 20 January

10am Over a hundred days have passed. Is anyone but us counting? In the past, I have always wondered about that moment when medical workers, especially doctors, lose that part of themselves where they start dealing with sick people as work and not as humans. Right now, I ask myself whether people around the world witnessing and watching our misery have reached the stage where they think of us as merely news instead of children with dreams for the future; mothers and fathers who wanted a better life for their kids; teachers who wanted to inspire the coming generations; and workers and farmers and musicians who wanted to follow their passion.

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