Nine Days in Gaza

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

“You never get used to the sound of bombings,” Rahf Hallaq tells us on today’s episode. Ms. Hallaq, an English language and literature student, lives in the northwestern area of Gaza City, where she shares a home with her parents and five siblings. She turns 22 next month. We talk with Ms. Hallaq about her life, her dreams and what the last nine days have been like in Gaza. Guest: Rahf Hallaq, a 21 year-old English student and resident of Gaza City.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro. This is a Daily.
0:10.8	In the war between Hamas and Israel, civilians in Gaza have suffered disproportionately.
0:18.5	So far, rockets launched by Hamas, which initiated the airstrikes, have killed 12 people in Israel,
0:26.3	sewing fear across the country. But Israel's counterattacks have killed more than 200 people,
0:34.2	dozens of them children, as it seeks to destroy Hamas' leaders' rocket sites and tunnels in Gaza.
0:41.5	Today, a conversation with a resident of Gaza about what it's been like there for the past nine days.
0:56.8	It's Wednesday, May 19th.
1:04.3	Hey, Rahaf. I think you are muted.
1:07.6	Hi, I can hear you now.
1:10.4	Yes. Hi, Rahaf. It's my goal, Barbaro.
1:13.9	Hi, Michael. How are you?
1:15.7	Good. Good. It's nice to meet you.
1:17.9	Nice to meet you too.
1:19.5	Rahaf, I want to start by asking you to pronounce your full name for me.
1:26.5	My first name is Rahaf. My second name is El Halak.
1:31.5	Gotcha. Where am I reaching you right now? Where are you?
1:35.3	Well, I'm at my own house right now in the northwestern area of Gaza City.
1:42.9	I have my family with me, my mom, my dad, and my five siblings.
1:50.0	And are you the eldest of those five siblings? That's a big family.
1:54.0	Yes, I'm the eldest.
1:55.6	And just describe the the ages and the family. How old are you? How old are they?
2:00.4	Well, I'm turning 22 next month. I have a 19-year-old sister, a 15-year-old sister,
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