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Palestinians mourn poet Refaat Alareer killed in Israeli air strike

Refaat Alareer sought to tell Western audiences of the horrors in Gaza, but could also be controversial [Alareer's Twitter account]

Tributes have poured in following the killing of renowned, and for some controversial, Palestinian poet and academic Refaat Alareer, in an Israeli strike in Gaza.

The 44-year-old Alareer was a prominent professor at the Islamic University of Gaza and one of the leaders of a young generation of authors in the enclave. He was killed alongside several family members by an air strike in Gaza City on Wednesday.

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