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Two Voices from Gaza
Two Voices from Gaza
A market in Khan Younis, Gaza. (Photo by Mohammed Talatene/picture alliance via Getty Images)
A Palestinian and a former IDF soldier on the place the world is watching. Plus: Hamas’s strategy of human sacrifice.
By Bari Weiss
10.16.23 — International
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Two Voices from Gaza

More than a week into the Israel-Hamas war, the focus of the world is on Gaza, where 199 civilians are being held hostage by Hamas. It has been the target of Israeli air strikes in recent days, and it is set to be the site of intense fighting in the coming days, with an Israeli ground invasion believed to be imminent. 

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Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.
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