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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ziad in Gaza

Gaza diary part seven: ‘I am weak, I am vulnerable. But I want to live’

Mourners at a funeral for people killed in the Israeli airstrike that damaged Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City.
Mourners at a funeral for people killed in the Israeli airstrike that damaged Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City. Photograph: Reuters

Friday 20 October

8am I never thought that I, in my 30s, would become like one of those old people who wake up and check the newspaper obituaries to see who has died. In my case, it is the internet not the newspaper – if we have a connection – and I check to see if anyone I know has died in the airstrikes and bombing. As for the age, I believe that you are as old as you feel, and these days I feel old. Very old.

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