Relatives gather by the body of a Red Crescent rescuer killed by the Israeli army in a raid on the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, on May 24, 2025. (Credit: Houssam al-Masri/Reuters)
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 26-year-old translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today during the war.I keep asking myself the same question: “Are we really human? Humans like you?”I live in a world where, when a dog is abused, people pour into the streets with outrage and signs. When a cat is mistreated, animal rights groups launch campaigns and raise money.During the war in Syria, countries like Turkey and Sweden mobilized to host refugees and ease their suffering. When Ukrainian civilians fled Russian bombs, European countries opened their borders, offering shelter, education and care, treating them with compassion, as they should.But when Palestinian children are bombed in their beds, when toddlers are pulled from the rubble...
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 26-year-old translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today during the war.I keep asking myself the same question: “Are we really human? Humans like you?”I live in a world where, when a dog is abused, people pour into the streets with outrage and signs. When a cat is mistreated, animal rights groups launch campaigns and raise money.During the war in Syria, countries like Turkey and Sweden mobilized to host refugees and ease their suffering. When Ukrainian civilians fled Russian bombs, European countries opened their borders, offering shelter, education and care, treating them with compassion, as they should.But when Palestinian children are bombed in their beds, when toddlers are pulled from the...
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