"We Did Not Expect the War to Go on for So Long"

Adel Al-Hawajri, a journalist from Gaza, says people are mentally and emotionally drained because this war is very different from the previous rounds of violence

- Adel Al-Hawajri

I have been working as a freelance journalist in Gaza since the beginning of the war. I live my life like other fellow journalists. We want to make our voices heard by everyone.

In the first moments, or, the beginning of the war on Gaza, like most of the Palestinians, I was in my house, doing my daily chores, following my morning routine, something that I do in a certain light mood. But when the bombings started, more than my life, I was scared for my family and my loved ones.