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The current government of Israel does not want the world to witness the death and deprivation its military is inflicting on civilians in Gaza. Since October 2023, following the deadly Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians and the taking of 251 hostages, foreign journalists have been prohibited from entering the region independently.

To fill that gap, international news organizations use Gazans to provide coverage of the nearly 2-year-old war. One such reporter, Anas al-Sharif, had been documenting food shortages in Gaza. An intern

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