Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad flees Gaza: ‘I hope this nightmare ends’
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Plestia Alaqad, a Palestinian journalist whose dispatches from Gaza have provided a rare glimpse of the war to millions of social media followers around the world, has fled Gaza amid Israel’s ongoing bombardments and military siege. “I hope this nightmare ends soon, I hope we don’t lose anymore journalists.” At least 53 media workers, including 46 Palestinian journalists, have been killed since 7 October, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, as of 22 November. “The more I walk,” she said in one video as she surveyed collapsed homes and buildings and the rubble around her, “the speechless I get.” Her often unfiltered overage of Israel’s attacks has shifted a dynamic across world media struggling to capture what is happening in Gaza amid power shortages, blackouts and ongoing bombardments. “It feels like I’m posting movie scenes for people to watch, and whenever they get bored they watch something else.” In her latest video, speaking in Arabic, she told her followers that she feels guilty for leaving and expressed her sorrow for Gaza citizens forced to leave their country to stay alive.