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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kaamil Ahmed and Ana Lucía González Paz. Design by Ellen Wishart and Pip Burkett

‘I hate the night’: Life in Gaza amid the incessant sounds of war

Some viewers might find the following footage distressing.

The whirring of drones has become an inescapable constant to life in the Gaza Strip. At night the sound is punctuated by more violent intrusions: Israeli missile strikes, sirens, gunfire and the screams of frightened people. The sonic hellscape is alleviated at dawn, when people go out into the daylight to find the missing, dig out the dead and look at the damage. This contrast between the day and night is captured below in sounds recorded over the past year.

Here, we hear the sound stress on Gazans, as witnessed by two Palestinians. It is a layer of the war that experts associate with long term psychological trauma.

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