“Free, free, free Palestine!” “Cease-fire now!” “Every morning, I write on the group, ‘Please, are you all OK?’ This is the fourth day I’m trying to reach Mom. Every day since Oct. 7, my body is here, but my heart is connected to each one of my family. So far they are alive, but they are not OK. Shushu is the youngest girl, and I am the youngest boy. We’d always play together, and we were kind of the spoiled in the family. I never thought that this chat group is the most important thing in my life.

Source: New York Times November 20, 2023 07:30 UTC